Georgia, is not likely to be indigenous." Lis range is, however, more extended 

 than here given, being, according to Junk's Coleopterorum Catalogue, Canada 

 and United States of N. America. — E, <;. Uayfokd, 2, Rockingham Street, 

 Barnsley ! January lUh, 1914. 



'/'A. ravages of Bupalua piniarius in Prussia. During my recent visit, to the 

 Eorc ts of tin' Oberforsterei of Salmunster, Hessen Nassau, I have had the 

 opportunity of seeing the greal extent to which the common G-eometrid, 

 Bupalus piniarius, cent multiply, and the damage that the larvee can cause to the 

 Pine, Unfortunately I was no1 there early enough in the summer to note 

 whether the imago was then more than usually abundant, but it is now easy to 

 Bee, even at a distance, where the so-called "Spanner" has been at work, by 

 the very pronounced thinness of the crown, The needles, as could be seen on 

 the snow-thrown and felled trees, were nibbled in the way characteristic of the 

 attacks of this species, Although (In- peel is to be found in numbers all over 

 the area under pine, the more serious attach was over some fifty acres where 

 the trees were 60 70 years old, with the crowns beginning 66 80 feet up from 

 the ground. A search on December 11th by Mr. W. C, Lowdermilk and myself 

 ;d the foot of a Bingle tree, selected at random, in this area, resulted in the 

 discovery of :w> pupae, over an area of some 40 square feet, and, judging from 

 the proportion of the ground examined, we estimated we could have found at 

 least another 200 there. No preference for any particular aspect could be 

 ascertained indeed such was hardly to be expected in a close stand. The 

 pupa; were, as usual, mosl l.y at 1 he depth where decomposed and undecomposed 

 needles adjoin, ami were of ten completely surrounded by ice particles. A rery 

 small percentage- some 6 or 7 of the 386 appeared red, and contained the 

 larvee of an unknown parasite. Not a single pupa of Trachea jn/iwperda — the 

 " Eule" was found, although it is destructive in some years, — H, <i. Champion, 

 New College, Oxford : January VJth, 1914. 



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" I)ji'TEitA Immoa. Part IV. Dolichopodhwb," by Wh.i.iam Lundbkck, 

 8vo, 407 pp. 130 figs. Copenhagen, G. E, C, Gad. London : William Wesley 

 and Sons. 



This volume, forming part of the important work on Danish Diptera begun 

 by Mr. Lundbeck in 1907, is similar in general arrangement and style to the 

 previous volumes, and should appeal to British students, for the author gives 

 intelligent and recognisable descriptions in English of all the genera and 

 species know)) to inhabit Denmark, and of then., over 87 per cent, also inhabit 

 Britain. The family of Dolichopodidm have attracted the attention of many 

 able workers in the past, and are consequently fairly well known; it is there- 

 fore not surprising that Mr. Lundbeck should find in Denmark only two species 

 [BoUchopus varitibia and Medeterus melancholicus) which he fell called upon to 

 <!< scribe as new to Science, and of these, the firs! is a synonym of J), latieola, 

 Verrall (v. Ent, Mo. Mag., 1913, p. 131), The work yet remaining to be done 



