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be able to turn up the insect again this year. With his usual kindness he has placed 

 the specimen in my cabinet. — James J. King, 207, Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow : 

 17th May, 1883. 



\_Mesophylax aspersus, Rbr., stands in my Monographic Revision and Synopsis 

 as Stowphylax aspersus, p. 132, and Supplement, pp. x and xxxiv. The genus 

 Mesophylax was created by me subsequently (Journ. Linn. Soc, Zoology, xvi, p. 

 156, 1882) for the reception of S. anpersus and S. oblitus, on account of the micro- 

 scopic condition of the spur of the anterior tibiie of the $ , without the first joint 

 of the anterior tarsi being abbreviated, &c. The type form belongs essentially to 

 the South of Europe, and is often found in caves ; the paler var. (?) has been re- 

 corded from as far north as Bavaria. Whether I am right or not in considering this 

 pale form only a variety remains to be proved ; it is usually larger than the type 

 form, but Mr. Service's example is of about the ordinary size. M. aspersus is an 

 insect I should not have suspected of occurring in Britain, and especially in Scotland. 

 Most of the allied species of Stenophylax and Micropterna are very concealed in 

 their habits. There is just a possibility that this example may have worked its way 

 inland from some vessel passing along the Scottish coast, but the chances of its 

 having done so seem infinitesimal. I hope Mr. Service will search for the species 

 diligently, and be enabled to place the matter above all doubt by further discoveries. 

 — E. McLachlan.] 



R0VAEA.SZATI LAPOK. We have received what appears to be No. 4 (April, 

 1883) of a new monthly Entomological Magazine in the Hungarian language, and 

 published at Pesth : we have copied the title. The contents seem to be varied, and 

 probably of great value scientifically, and evidently concern several Orders of insects, 

 according to the scientific names. More than this we cannot say. Beyond these 

 scientific names, the only intelligible matter (to us) is a scale of charges for adver- 

 tisements (in German) on the cover, and the titles of publications noticed. The 

 editor (according to the signature to the scale) is " Dr. E. Kaufmann," of Szaboles, 

 near Fiiufkirchen, Hungary. In another cover-notice (in Hungai-ian) he appears as 

 "Dr. Kaufmann Erno," tlie latter word being evidently the Christian name ; we 

 have not the slightest doubt but that the cart thus put before the horse will retain 

 its anomalous position in catalogues and records. If the editor wishes his magazine 

 to be known outside Hungary (and we presume he has this desire, or he would not 

 have sent us the last No.), he should give a resume of (at least) the contents in some 

 language with which most scientific men are familiar ; in that case it would be pos- 

 sible for those who do not understand the Magyar language to obtain a translation 

 of any article that seemed of sufiicient interest. Patriotism we look upon as one of 

 the finest attributes of human nature ; but Science knows no nationality ; therefore, 

 if the notes in the Magazine whose title we give at the head of this notice are of any 

 value outside Hungary (and, no doubt, most of them are so), the editor should not 

 conceal their value by giving no clue to it in a form available to the majority of 

 scientific students. 



