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to show a lack of entomological knowledge on his part. Like all the works 

 of Fabre, the "Life of the Fly " abounds with interesting accounts of the habits 

 of a variety of insects — the Anthrax, Greenbottles, Grey Flesh-flies, Bumble- 

 bee fly, Bluebottle (" the laying " and " the maggot "), etc., each having a 

 separate chapter devoted to it. The book should be in the hands of all 

 lovers of entomology. 



Philip Reese Uhler, LL.D. — This eminent Hemipterist, the first to take up the 

 systematic study of the N. American forms, died at Baltimore on Oct. 21st, 1913, 

 having been born in the same city on June 3rd, 1835. At the early age of ten 

 years, on his father's farm at Reisterstown, he commenced to acquire a fondness 

 for the study of insects, which continued unabated till his death, even during 

 the years of blindness preceding the end. His publishing career began in 1855, 

 terminating in 1904, when failing eyesight (temporarily restored by an operation 

 in 1886) put a stop to his labours in this direction. His first paper was on 

 Coleoptera (1855), the next two on Neuroptera (1857-58), and the first on 

 Hemiptera (1860), to which order he subsequently devoted his entire attention. 

 The admirable concise chapter on these insects, published in "Kingsley's 

 Standard Natural History" (1884-85), shows how firm a grasp he had of the 

 whole subject. During the later years of his life he had in preparation a mono- 

 graph of the N. American Capsidm, but this was never finished. His collection 

 of American Hemiptera was presented to the U. S. National Museum at 

 Washington some years ago, and now forms part of the collection of that 

 Institution. Uhler was elected a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences 

 of Philadelphia in 1858, and of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia in 

 1859, and he was one of the founders of the Entomological Society of 

 Washington. The above particulars are mainly taken from Prof. L. O. Howard's 

 notice published in the " Entomological News " for December, 1913, in which a 

 portrait of Uhler is also given. The present writer had the pleasure of meeting 

 him more than once during one of his visits to London. — G. C. C. 



Jules Desbrochers des Loges, Editor of " Le Frelon " (Chateauroux), died on 

 August 10th, 1913, at Tours, France, in his 70th year. He was the author of 

 many papers on Palffiarctic and exotic Curculionidse, to which group of 

 Coleoptera he was mainly devoted, "Le Frelon" being filled with his writings. 

 He had paid especial attention to the Algerian fauna. 



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The South London Entomological and Natural History Society: 

 Thursday, November 13^,1913.— Mr. A. E. Tonge,F.E.S., President, in the Ohair. 



Prof. W. Bateson, F.R.S., gave an address on the " Problem of Species 

 which overlap Geographically," illustrating his remarks with numerous lantern 

 slides. Mr. Curwen exhibited specimens of Parnassius apollo from Eclepens 



