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very likely occurs in Britain ; other species are the large and distinct 

 C. jucnndus, Fisch., from Spain and southern France ; C. dorsatus, 

 Zett., occurring in central and southern Europe; C. palnnatm, Fisch. - 

 von-W., from central and southern Europe and northern Africa. 



From the above remarks it will be seen that the British orthop- 

 terist may take heart and feel thankful that he has only six species, 

 representing four very distinct genera to deal with, and that, with the 

 possible exception of 0. viriduhis and 0. rnjipea, none of them are very 

 closely allied to each other. The other species should really never be 

 confused. 



To recapitulate, our six species of Ste)iobothrus, in the wide sense, 

 should be known respectively as : — Stenobothrus lineatus, Panzer, Omo- 

 cestas viridulus, Linn., 0. rufipes, Zett., Stauroderns hicolor, Charp., 

 OJiorthippHN elegans, Charp., (J. parallelus, Zett. 



Synonymic note on Thamnotrizon, Fisch. — As pointed out by 

 Bolivar, the generic name Tluvimotrizon, Fischer, 1853 {Ortlwptera 

 Ewropaea), should be replaced by Olyntlioscelia, Fischer von Waldheim, 

 which has seven years' priority (1846, Urthoptera Imperii Rossici, p. 

 412). Fortunately, this only affects one British species, which should 

 be known as Olynthoscelis einereus, Linn. — Malcolm Burr, B.A., 

 F.E.S., Barcelona. Ain/ust IQth, 1904. 



URRENT NOTES. 



We are in receipt of The So nth- Eastern Naturalist''' for 1904, and 

 wish to call the attention of entomologists to a paper by Capt. Savile G. 

 Reid, R.E., F.E.S., who has been helped by Mr. E. Goodwin, entitled 

 " Notes on the Lepidoptera of Mid-Kent." Satisfactory and interesting 

 as it is, we regret that the visit of the South-Eastern Union of Scientific 

 Societies to Maidstone was not made an excuse for the publication of 

 a really good complete local list of the lepidoptera of the Maidstone 

 district, so that the fauna of Maidstone might be scheduled in as com- 

 plete and scientific a manner as was that of the Rochester district by 

 Mr. Chaney. The account of a botanical and entomological outing on 

 June 10th, on the North Downs, together with the captures made, etc., 

 is also interesting. Those naturalists who are interested in the teach- 

 ing of nature-study, and in the advance of scientific education generally, 

 will further be interested in a lengthy paper on the subject by Mr. 

 W. Mark Webb, which should be read, however, side by side with a 

 criticism (pp. xlvi-lii) by Mr. Tutt, who points out details missed by 

 the average lecturer without a knowledge of the inside working of 

 schools of the various types referred to as those in which nature-study 

 should be taught. 



There are many curious things in the recently published Politics 

 for the Pocket, of which some of the political examination papers are 

 not the least amusing. One of the satirical questions in the latter 

 reads : " Write a short account of recent works of fiction, stating in 

 what order you would place Mr. Vince's leaflets, the foreign intelligence 



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