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allude to Stal, yet places montana, Scop., in a genus ■which he calls MeJampsalta, 

 Kol., although Kolenati made the species, as above stated, the type of his sub-genus 

 Cicadetta. It has, I know, been held to be obligatory that when genera are amalga- 

 mated the name of one of them should be attached to the new combination, but, 

 without admitting this, then at least the genus should have the author's name 

 appended. The true way would be to give a new generic appellation, for the addition 

 to the nomenclature thus created would be a leas evil than is the appropriation of a 

 name to things for which it was not intended. Fieber, in his posthumous work, 

 edited by Dr. Puton, "Les Cicadines d' Europe " (1875), gives Tibicina, Amjot, 

 Kol., as a distinct genus, but does not advert to Tibicen, Latr. and Stal, except in 

 the synonymy of some of the species, ignores Stal and Sahlberg as to the adoption 

 of the genus Melampsalta, and uses Cicadetta as the name for a genus of 26 species, 

 giving it as equivalent to Cicadetta, KoL, and Melampsalta, Kol. in part, yet attri- 

 buting it, as a genus, to Amyot. The question for us now is — what generic name is 

 to be adopted for our one British species, viz. : Cicadetta, Kol. {= Cicadetta, a 

 species, Amyot), nee Fieb. ; or Melanipsalta, Stal and J. Sahib., nee Kol. ; or 

 Cicadetta, Fieb., nee Kol. ; or a new name. I should vote for Stal's comprehensive 

 genus if it were not for the objection to the false application of the name of Kolenati 

 as its author, and to the wrong principle of using the generic name otherwise than 

 for such species as would be covered by the characters given for the sub-genus by the 

 original author. — J.W.Douglas, 8, Beaufort Gardens, Lewisham : DeceHiierls^,1878. 



A Catalogue of the Bbitish TE>-TnREDiNiD^, by P. Camekon. Published 

 by the Natural History Society of Glasgow. 8vo, 1878. 



Although this does not pretend to be much more than a label list, it is a valuable 

 contribution to the literature of British Insects, there having been no attempt made 

 to give a complete view of the British saw-fly Fauna since the time of Stephens' 

 '' Illustrations." The principal synonyms are added. Mr. Cameron admits 324 

 British species, and of these 76, or nearly one-fourth, belong to the unmanageable and 

 difficult genus Isematus. The arrangement is very different to that followed by most 

 of the former writers on the group, and no doubt Mr. Cameron will duly explain the 

 reasons for his system in the Monograpli he has in preparation. 



6bitiutriT. 



Adam White died at Glasgow on the 4th January, aged 62. He was born in 

 Edinburgh on the 29th April, 1817, and was educated at the High School of that 

 city. When quite a .lad he came to London with (we believe) no other credentials 

 than a letter of introduction to Dr. Gray of the British Museum, and a strong de- 

 termination to establish himself in the metropolis in a position suitable to his tastes. 

 He became an official in the Zoological Department of the British Museum in De- 

 cember, 1835, and continued a faithful servant of that institution up to 1863, when 

 mental indisposition necessitated his retirement, on a pension. During this time he 

 published many and varied papers on almost all branches of Entomology, and also 

 a few on Botanical subjects (with some separate works, chiefly of a semi-popular 

 nature). His last scientific communication, before his illness had become established, 

 was to the meeting of the Entomological Society on November 4th, 1861. Tested 



