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species, but it has now been done simultaneously by two British 

 lepidopterists. 



Mr. Clemens Dziurzynski of Vienna has published a most useful 

 descriptive catalogue of the " Palaearctic species of the genus Zyuaena " 

 (with one uncoloured, and two good coloiired, plates) in the Berl. Ent. 

 Zeitsclirift, liii., pp. 1-60. He notes the modern usage of the name 

 " AntJirocera," but retains '■' Ziitjaena " (the tj'pe of which is, according 

 to Kirby, phei/ea, L., an Arctiid, and not an Anthrocerid, species). He 

 follows generally the work in The Natural History of British Lepidoptera, 

 vol. i., but here and there seems to be lacking in knowledge of magazine 

 references (see p. 32, when he uses tutti, Reb., iov stephend,I)\\'^., Ent. Bee, 

 xii., p. 362). He treats our British Anthrocera hippocrepidis, Stphs., 

 (under tlie name of tutti) as a form of A. filipendulae, with which it 

 has nothing apparently in common, except the frequent occurrence of 

 the six red spots on the forewing, and seems to have overlooked the 

 fact that Bateson showed the t? genitalia to be practically identical 

 with those of A. trifoUi. The name seriziata is changed to seririata, 

 and the insect is treated as a distinct species from jtalustris, Bdv., 

 without explanation. On the whole, however, the catalogue is a good 

 and useful production, and all workers at the group will be thankful 

 to Mr. Dziurzynski for it. 



Mr. Stichel, too, gives {np. cit.) a most useful paper on some 

 lepidoptera of the north of Europe. His references to literature seem 

 pretty complete, but he has apparently overlooked the work done by 

 Dr. Chapman in 1896 {Ent. Bee, viii., pp. 289 et seq.). The students 

 of Pieris napi will have to look up pp. 66-75, where the account is 

 fairly extensive. The remarks concerning Lijcaena arf/]/ro!pw)iion var. 

 lapponica also Avant careful attention. The notes (p. 91) on Callophn/s 

 rubi are hardly up-to-date (see Nat. Hist. Brit. Lep., ix., pp. 91 et seq.). 



In his continued notes "On the British species of Phora," Dr. 

 Wood describes (F^nt. Mo. Ma;^.) new species under the name of rufa, 

 diibitalis, eiiiarr/inata, albicans, retroversa, fuscinerris, paludosa, spini(iera, 

 and cainpestris. 



Mr. Hamm gives {Ent. Mo. Mat/.) an excellent account of the 

 pairing habits, etc., of Empis livida, L., confirming the observation 

 that the ^ provides the $ wdth the prey on which she feeds during 

 the period of copulation, and giving many other interesting details. 



The form of Anthrocera lavandulae, from North Algeria, named 

 niaseni by the Hon. W. Rothschild {Ent., p. 185), appears to be the 

 same as that described by the Abbe J. de Joannis {Bull. Soc. Ent. 

 France, p. 203), as theriji, from Philippeville. One suspects the latter 

 name has precedence in publication. 



An important paper " On the mouthparts of some Blattidae " by 

 Joseph Mangan has just been published in the Proceedings of the 

 Royal Irish Academy, vol. xviii,, sect. B. 



Mr. Luff sends us an interesting pamphlet on " The Non-British 

 Insects of the Sarnian Islands." It contains interesting notes on all 

 the non-British species of all orders occurring in these Islands. 



OBITUARY. 



Pierre Adrien Prosper Finot {u-ith photograph), ^j^ ■'\\'}j 

 Pierre Adrien Prosper Finot, Capitaine d' Etat Major en retraite, 



