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grass. On May 4th it was still present in the Poolvaish locality, but not in such 

 great numbers. I shall be pleased to distribute series to any Coleopterist who re- 

 quires the species.— J. Harold Bailet, Port Erin, Isle of Man : May \Oth, 1902. 



Ceuthorrhynchidius mixtus, Muls. and Fey, near Woking. — Amongst a number 

 of common beetles captured by my boys in this neighbourhood during the past 

 week I have found a single specimen of this species. It was taken by sweeping 

 nettles and other plants in a damp shady lane. C. mixtus, it may be remembered, 

 has been recorded somewhat recently from Porlock and the neighbourhood of 

 Ipswich. Oxytehis Fainnairei has also occurred here this spring. — G. C. Champion, 

 Horsell, Woking: May \Uh, 19U2. 



Jlcuinus. 



First Report of the (Natal) Government Entomologist, 1899 — 1900: 

 by Claude Fuller. Pp. 150, 8vo. Pietermaritzberg. 1901. 



It would seem from this Report that the Entomologist lias to attend to fungoid 

 diseases as well as to insects, ticks, &c. This first Report is a creditable production, 

 which will no doubt be improved upon in further issues. Naturally it is got up very 

 much on the American model. The illustrations are open to improvement, that on 

 page 83 strikes us as being very bad : the plate illustrations from photos, are good. 

 One point is of interest at the present time. In discussing the " Fruit Moth " 

 question the author, without expressing any very decided opinion, distinctly leans 

 towards the belief that the fruit is first punctured by the "Fruit Fly" or some 

 other insect, and that the moths enlarge upon the work thus commenced. 



The Butterflies and Moths of Europe : by W. F. Kirby, F.L.S., with 

 54 coloured plates, &c. 4to. Cassell and Co., Ltd., London, Paris, New York, and 

 Melbourne. 1902. 



We have before us the first part of this new and enlarged form of the same 

 author's " European Butterflies and Moths." The gaudy cover is in bad taste. But 

 the actual Plates are excellent so far as they go, and the letter-press fairly up to 

 date. The author must not lose sight of the fact that a similar work (albeit in the 

 German language), being a 3rd edition of E. Hofmann's " Schmetterlinge Europas," 

 by Dr. Arnold Spider, is being extensively sold in this country, in which the plates 

 are simply exquisite, and the text with more scientific pretentions. 



bitnarj). 



John Edward Fletcher was born at Newtown, Worcester, on August 13th, 1836, 

 and died at St. John's, Worcester, on February 24th, 1902. He is said to have 

 commenced his entomological studies at the age of 15, and he continued them 

 practically until his death. But severe internal injuries sustained some ten years 

 ago had debarred him from out-door work. He was in comparatively humble 

 circumstances, following the occupation of a working glover ; but he was a 

 man of rare intelligence, and, as his letters showed, of considerable education, 

 albeit, probably largely self-taught. Retiring and reserved in the extreme, he did 



