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Devon Collembola and Thysanura : by Edward Parpitt. From the 

 Trans. Devon Assoc. Advancement of Science, &c., xxiii, pp. 322 — 352. 1891. 



We cannot but admire the persistency with which this veteran worker continues 

 to list the entomological productions of Devonshire. In the introductory remarks 

 he states that he has found in the county 44 Collembola and 6 Thysanura, a very 

 large proportion of the whole that are known as British, and some additions are 

 made. Original descriptions are given of the species and varieties. 



Journal of the Institute op Jamaica : Yol. i, No. 1. Kingston, Jamaica. 

 November, 1891. 



Concurrently with the appointment of Mr. Cockerell as Curator of the Museum, 

 the Institute commences a Quarterly Journal, edited by the Secretary, Mr. F. 

 Cundall. It is devoted to Literature, Science, and Art. The first Part contains 

 notes on the transformations of native Lepidoptera, by Mr. Cockerell. 



©bitiuirg. 



Sir William Macleay. — The death of this well-known Australian Entomologist 

 and patron of Natural History in the colonies has been announced, at the age of 71. 

 He was a collateral descendant of the celebrated William Sharp Macleay, and was 

 born in Scotland in 1820. He emigrated to New South Wales in 1839, and was for 

 a time engaged in sheep farming. From 1854 to 1874 he was a Member of the 

 Legislative Assembly of N. S. W., and occupied himself especially in the furtherance 

 of public works, and since then of the Legislative Council. He was knighted in 

 1889. In 1874, he conducted, at his own expense, a scientific expedition to New 

 Guinea. He was founder and first President of the Entomological Society of New 

 South Wales, and of the Linnean Society of New South Wales, and in the publi- 

 cations of both Societies (aiid elsewhere) are to be found numerous valuable 

 entomological papers from his pen, chiefly on CoJeoptera, but also occasionally on 

 insects of other Orders. 



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Birmingham Entomological Society: Nov. IQth, 1891. — The President, 

 Mr. W. G. Blatch, in the Chair. 



Rev. C. F. Thornewill showed a specimen of Sphinx convolvuli, taken on 

 September SOtli, at Burton-on-Trent. Mr. Gr. T. Baker showed Callimorpha Hera 

 from Jersey and the continent ; also Nemeophila plantaginis, var. Hospitou, from 

 various localities. Mr. P. W. Abbott showed Nonagria geminipuncta and Toxo- 

 campa pastinum, series of each from the Isle of Wight. Mr. R. C. Bradley showed 

 series of the genus Calliphora, including grcenlandica, azurea, cognata, &c. Rev 

 C. F. Thornewill said that he had found in a cellar at Stretton, near Ashley, forty 

 or fifty specimens of Q-onoptera libatrix, also specimens of Triphosa diibitata. Rev. 

 E. J. Nurse read a paper on " Wicken Fen and its Moths," mainly dealing with a 

 holiday spent there this year, but including much information collected during some 

 vears' residence there. 



