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zines of Canada and the United States, and publishing separate 

 bulletins in every State as a branch of the work of the agricultural 

 experimental stations, their troubles and remedies are still crowded 

 out, and new means of publication have constantly to be found. The 

 newest addition to these publications is the Journal of Econoniic 

 Entonwln;)!/, and we have only room to notice that, among so much 

 published and republished material in this branch of work, this Journal 

 appears to be among the best. One item worth noting is a paper on 

 " The Relation of Temperature to the Hybernation of Insects," by 

 E. D. Sanderson, a subject which was discussed at length in the F.nt. 

 Record, vols, vii and viii. This paper is well worth reading. 



The Abbe de Joannis {Bull. Soc. Knt. Fr., 1908, p. 45) describes 

 new aberrations as follows : — Melitaea plioehe ab. ronfnsa, Ephyra 

 punctaria ab. radiomartiinata, A. prunaria ab. ni<irolineata, and Earias 

 rhlorana ab. fiariwargo. 



Among a very varied and interesting lot of papers in the Thirty- 

 eightlt Annual Report of the Ent. Soc. of Ontario, 1907, is an account 

 (pp. 99 et seg.) of a most amazing abundance of the larvae of Peridroma 

 saucia, at Leamington, Ontario, at the end of July, 1907. They 

 devastated the tobacco and tomato crops, and Mr. Moore " counted as 

 many as 250 caterpillars on a single plant." This is the way to get a 

 series. One would like to know the size of that tomato or tobacco 

 plant, and the size of the larvae. If it were a small plant and the 

 larvae well-grown, it would be bad for both larva? and plant ; but if the 

 larvffi had just left the egg, well, we have ourselves seen 300 larvae of 

 lots of species on a moderate- sized leaf ! 



A hybrid between Gaiitropacha tremuli folia $ and ilici folia 5 has 

 been reared by F. Lenz, and is named (rastropacha hybr. reris (Berl. 

 Ent. Zeits., lii., p. 107). 



It is with the greatest regret that we have to record the death of 

 two more British entomologists. Fredk. C. Lemann, one of the small 

 band of British lepidopterists who have hunted and studied the 

 European butterflies in their native haunts, and who has well- 

 maintained the reputation which its members have for accuracy and 

 keenness of observation, was attacked by influenza, which rapidly 

 developed lung trouble, and ended most unexpectedly in death on 

 March 23rd. An accomplished linguist, he had travelled widely in 

 most parts of Europe, and his char)ning companionship and knowledge 

 of things added zest and interest in the rambles which he undertook, 

 in company with other British entomologists, into the little known 

 and unworked parts of Switzerland, Austria, Italy, etc., carefully 

 recording details of his work, and handing over his knowledge most 

 generously to anyone who appealed to him for help. His cheerful 

 disposition endeared him to all his friends and companions, and we 

 who knew him best will long find an unfilled gap in the circle of our 

 intimate friends. His best-known work is, perhaps, an excellent trans- 

 lation of that part of Frey's Lep. der Schweiz, relating to the butterflies. 



The regretted decease of John T. Carrington, the prince of 

 Bohemians among entomologists, has also to be recorded. We hope 

 to give a further notice in our next number. 



We shall be exceedingly grateful if any visitors to the continent 

 can send direct to Dr. T. A. Chapman, Betula, Reigate, living ? s of 

 ( 'yaniris scmiarfpts, or Everes artjiadcs. 



