1888.] 233 



be despised witli the temperature often below zero. So far as I have observed, P. 

 tremuJo'ides is less susceptible to the attacks of leaf-insects than the P. tremula of 

 Europe.— T. D. A. Cockeeell, West Cliff, Custer Co., Colorado : Jan. 6th, 1888. 



Captures of Caleoptera in the Hastings district. — The following captures of 

 Coleoptera in the Hastings district, during the months of November, December, and 

 January, may be of interest. Ilyohales niffricoltis {1) , in a Boletus; Staphylinus 

 st-ercorarius, running across a pathway ; Lathrobium longulum, Anchomenus ob- 

 longus, and Cephenniiim, thoraeicum, in Sphagnum ; Helops coeruleus (1), Endomychus 

 coccineus (13), Tetratoma ftmgorum (5), Platgnaspis villosa (2), Rhinosimus viridi- 

 pennis, and Pogonocherus hispldus (1), under loose bark ; Ennearthron affine and 

 cornid«m, Engis rujifrons and hameralis, Cryptophagus scatiieus, Triphyllus punc- 

 tattis, Cis bideiitatus, and Homalium ccesum, in fungi. At Fairlight I took a specimen 

 of Coryphium aiigusticoU-e from an old bird's nest, and found another under bark 

 near Ore. Corticaria crenulata and curta were in the greatest profusion at the roots 

 of Glaucium at Bo Peep ; but I looked in vain for Syncalypta hirsuta. Elmis ceneus 

 was common at Guestling and Ecclesbourne, and at the former locality I took a 

 single specimen of E. Volkmari. The only other things worth mentioning were 

 Opilus mollis, Scymnus limbatus, Hylesinus crenatus, Orchestes alni, and Tychius 

 meliloti. 



Among some Coleoptera taken some years ago, the Eev. W. W. Fowler has 

 kindly named the following, not previously recorded from this district : — Epurcta 

 fiorea, Rhizophagiis parallelocollis. Colon latum, and Cis alni. — W. H. Bemnktt, 

 11, George Street, Hastings : February, 1888. 



The Butterflies of North America : by W. H. Edwards. 3rd Series, 

 Parts III and IV. Boston and New York : Houghton, Mifflin & Co. London : 

 Triibner & Co. 1887. 



Three out of the six magnificent plates in these two parts are devoted to species 

 of Argynnis, one to Melitoea, one to Colias, and one to Ccenonympha. All are of the 

 usual excellency, the species of the last named genus has over forty separate figures 

 allotted to it, representing variation, transformations, details of structure, &c. The 

 text shows that no pains have been spared in acquiring the fullest and latest informa- 

 tion from all points of view. 



Dbituari). 



George Eobert IFaterhottse \ra.s born at Somei's Town, on March 6th, 1810. He 

 commenced his career as an Architect, for which profession he had been educated, 

 devoting his spare time to the study of Natural History, some articles in the " Penny 

 Cyclopedia" on Fishes and Insects being among his earliest writings. In 1833 the 

 Entomological Society of London was founded, with Mr. Waterhouse as its first 

 Curator, and with his decease, that Society loses the last of those who were present 

 at its first meeting, although four of the original members still remain. In 1835 he 

 accepted the appointment of Curator to the Museum of the Eoyal Institute at 

 Liverpool, which he, in a little more than a year, exchanged for the Curatorship to 



