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is as it should be ; the fate of numerous local Societies both at home and abroad 

 is to be neglected, often solely because sufficient care is not taken by the executive 

 to show how their publications (if any) can be procured. 



The brochure under notice has been very carefully edited, and the only sug- 

 gestion we have to make is that, in the index, " Mollusca " should not be intercalated 

 between " Lepidoptera " and " Keuroptera" and all in the same type, for no 

 apparent reason other than alphabetical convenience. 



Oechaed and Bush-feuit Pests, and how to combat them : by Cecil 

 Waebfeton, M.A., F.Z.S., Zoologist to the Royal Agricultural Society of England. 

 Pp. 20, Svo, with twelve illustrations. London : John Murray, 1902. 



This official pamphlet (published at the nominal price of sixpence) is intended 

 for distribution amongst British fruit growers, and should prove very useful by 

 giving in a few concise phrases the life-history of the most destructive insect pests 

 and allies, and the best means of prevention or cure. It is a marvel of brevity, and 

 in this respect differs much from the long and laborious reports published in the 

 United States and elsewhere : those familiar with both must decide as to which is 

 the more serviceable. It is popular to the degree of omitting all scientific names, 

 a practice of doubtful utility, because the same English name is often applied to 

 different things, but in most cases the species is figured, though sometimes not 

 in its perfect stage. 



A List of the Beetles of Ieeland : by Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., 

 F.E.S., and J. N. Halbeet. Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, 3rd Series, 

 vi, pp. 535-827 (1902). 



This is the first general list of Irish Coleoptera that has been published. The 

 compilers have for a long time been working at the Irish beetles ; they have them- 

 selves collected a large number of species, and they have taken great pains to gather 

 together the records of the earlier collectors. The result is a really valuable list ; 

 it is true that only 1630 species are catalogued, or less than half the number recorded 

 from the British Isles, but the workers at the Irish Coleoptera have been few and 

 far between, and the only wonder is that so much has been accomplished. 



There is a very interesting introduction, dealing with questions of distribution, 

 and the value of the work is much enhanced by the completeness of the references, 

 together with the careful bibliography and the clear index. 



Three species are added to the British list, viz., Bembidium argenteolum, Ahr., 

 and Stenus patpoms, Zett., from the shores of Lough Neagh, and Xanfholinus 

 cribripennis, Four., from three or four localities in Ulster; the last mentioned, 

 however, is perhaps not really different from the X. distans, Kr., of our collections. 



Among other interesting species may be mentioned Carabus clathratus, L., and 

 Pelophila borealis, Payk., which seem to be much commoner in Ireland than else- 

 where in Britain, Dyschirins obscurus, Gyll., a very interesting re-discovery, Hy- 

 droporus obsoletns, Aube, Bides<ui minutissimus, Germ, (recently confirmed by Mr. 

 Halbert ; Mr. Wollaston doubted the record from the River Lee, Cork), Quedius 

 longicornh, Kr., Pyropterus affinis, Payk., Silis ruficollis, F. (taken abundantly by 

 sweeping herbage close to high water mark near Wexford), Strangalia aurulenta, 

 F., Otiorrhynchus auropunctatus, Gryll. (not recorded from England and Wales or 



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