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lentus and pomovce (the latter seems fairly common about Brockenhurst), Megapenthes 

 tibialis, Cardiophorus asellus, Athous rhomheus, Corymhites metallicus, Sericosomus 

 hrunneus, and many other Elateridce. Trionocyphon serricornis, both species of 

 Haplocnemns, Conopalpns testnceus, Tillus elongatus, Pissodes notatus, Asclera 

 sanguiyiicoUis , Tetratoma fungorum (the latter common in the autumn on large white 

 Boletus on a particular birch, which had recently blown down, apparently only 

 occurring singly elsewhere), and Anoplodera sexguttata, which I have also taken at 

 Darenth this summer. — Aethue J. Chitty, 33, Queen's Gate Gardens, S.W. : 

 October 2\st, 1891. 



Locusta viridissima near Charmouth. — While at Charmouth in August I 

 obtained four specimens of this, the largest of our grasshoppers ; one of them flew 

 into our landlady's face after dark. I once saw a specimen on a house at Broadstairs, 

 but have never seen any other alive. I put a few Hymenoptera into my bottle, 

 among them being Crabro cribrarius, Panurgics calcaratus, and Pemphredon lu- 

 gubris. — W. W. Fowlee, Lincoln : November llth, 1890. 



[Yery often abundant in the Isle of Wight, &c. — R. McL.] 



Index to the known Fossil Insects of the Woeld, including Mteia- 

 PODS AND Aeachnids : by Samuel Hubbaed Scuddee. Forming No. 71 of the 

 Bulletins of the United States Geological Survey. Pp.744, 8vo. Washington, 1891. 



This is another of the same author's laborious compilations, for which he will 

 receive the gratitude of present and future workers. In 1890, he published a 

 bibliography of fossil insects, containing an exhaustive list of workers and their 

 works. He now supplements this by a list of the fossils described arranged geologically 

 according to Orders, and with full bibliographical references to each fossil. The 

 total number of specific references is 6334, and on analysing this we find that 558 

 are Palaeozoic, 1743 Mesozoic, and 3933 Cenzoic (or Tertiary). In the Palaeozoic, the 

 author is careful to use the terms Orthopteroid, Neuropteroid, &c. (instead of 

 Orthoptera, Neuroptera, &c.), and the references are mainly to these two series. To 

 all who work up Fossil Insects this Index is indispensible, and to the general ento- 

 mological reader, with some geological knowledge, it will be found both useful and 

 suggestive. 



Catalogue Eaisonne of Silk-Peoducing Lepidopteea : by Alfeed 

 Wailly. Pp. 35,8vo. London, 1891. 



Mons. Wailly is well known as an enthusiast in introducing and rearing the 

 various silk-producing Lepidoptera of the world, and this little book will be found 

 useful by those interested therein. It is divided according to continents, the species 

 belonging to each being considered separately. There is much information as to 

 some of the species ; others are merely catalogued. It does not aim at being 

 scientific, so we will not criticise it from that point of view. As it bears no pub- 

 lisher's name it is pi'obably mainly intended for private circulation. 



