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It was then seen that he who studied the vegetable feeders of all orders con- 

 ferred a great boon on specialists ; for that larvae neglected by them, as not apparently 

 belonging to their group of insects, might really belong thereto : and Kaltenbach's 

 papers have since then been eagerly studied by all who had access to them. 



In 18G7, a French translation of Kaltenbach's papers was commenced in a Bel- 

 gian publication, " Archives Cosmologiques," but we do not know how far this has 

 pi'ogressed, having only seen the letter B. 



In the same year, a proposition was made to the Ray Society by one of the 

 Editors of this Magazine for an English translation of Kaltenbach's Memoirs, to be 

 brought out collectively in one volume, under the auspices of that Society, which 

 the Council decided to accept ; as, however, many years must elapse (from the 

 numerous engagements of the Ray Sotsiety) before this translation can possibly 

 appear, we were very glad to learn some months ago that Herr Kaltenbach had 

 resolved to issue a collected edition of his scattered papers in G-erman. 



Of this, the first portion, extending to 288 pages (8vo), is now before us, and to 

 all Entomologists who are masters of the German language will prove a great bo.on. 

 In bringing out this new edition, however, the author has entirely recast the work ; 

 it is no longer an alphabetical arrangement of the genera, but the arrangement is ac- 

 cording to the sequence of the natural orders of plants, and it is illustrated with 

 numerous wood-cuts of the. plants. 



Commencing with the Ranunculacece, we have the Berberidce, the W^jnphceacece, 

 the PapaveracecB, the Fumariacece, the Cruciferce, the SesedacecB, the Clstineae, the 

 ViolareiB, the Polygalacece, the Caryophyllacece, the Tamaricineae, the Hi/per icinece, 

 the Linacece, the Malvacece, the Tiliaeem, the Cferaniacea;, the JRutacece, the Sapin- 

 dacece, the AmpelidecB, the TerebinthacecB, the Rhamnacece, the Papilionaceos, the Mo- 

 sacece, the Onagracece, the Lythrarem, the Cucurbitacece, the Crassulacem, the Ribe- 

 siaceae, the Saxifraga;, and the TJmbeUiferce, which are only partially included in the 

 part before us. 



There is no doubt that this edition is a vast improvement on the original one 

 and the subsequent French translation ; and it may now, indeed, be a matter for 

 consideration with the Ray Society whether the proposed English translation, for 

 which illustrated wood-cuts, as in the new German edition, had never been contemp- 

 lated, will really be needed. 



6bituariT. 



George Robert Gray, F.R.S., S(c. — Visitors to the Officers' studies in the Zoo- 

 logical department of the British Museum will no longer have their dry researches 

 enlivened by the cheerfid chat and amiable jests of the coiu'teoxis assistant-keeper ; 

 who, though par excellence an Ornithologist, had always a regard for Entomology and 

 its students, and whose writings (nearly a score in number) upon insects of various 

 orders entitle liim to more than honorable mention here. Although not precisely the 

 first in date of his entomological publications, the descriptions of new genera and 

 species of insects by him in Griffiths' edition of Cuvier's Animal Kingdom, 1832 

 (Vols, xiv and iv), are perhaps" best known to English readers, though scarcely 

 written in orthodox scientific fashion. The Phasmidm, especially those of Australia, 

 received considerable attention from him (including a monograph of the typical 



