Fourth A>nual Reppet on the Noxious, Beneficial, and othee insects 

 OF THE State of Missouri. By Charles V. Eiley, State Entomologist. 

 Jefferson City, Mo. 1872. p. 145. 



It speaks Tolumos for the far-sightedness of our Transatlantic cousins that 

 thej are fullv alive to the necessity of having thoroughly sound and scientific infor- 

 mation on subjects connected with economic entomology ; and the State of Missouri 

 will, at any rate, never have cause to regret having, as its first entomological officer, 

 a gentleman of such ability as Mr. Riley, whom we had the pleasure of seeing in 

 England last summer. This fourth report is fully equal, if not superior, to the 

 . preceding ones, and we cannot but think that English horticultm-ists, farmers, &c., 

 would do well to study the series ; they could not fail to acquire much valuable in- 

 formation thereby, for some of the species treated upon, e.g., Carj)ocapsa pomonella, 

 are well-known English pests. Europe has been blamed by Americans for the intro- 

 duction into their Continent of several noxious insects, of which the cabbage- 

 butterfly and gooseberry saw-fly may be cited as recent examples. On the other 

 hand, the terrible vine-aphis (Phylloxera vastatrix), now proved to have been im- 

 ported from the United States, threatens tlie ruin of the vineyards of Eiu'ope. The 

 European notion, when anything of this kind occurs, is to form a Commission of 

 enquiry on the subject ; in America, it is considered safer to have a regular official, 

 whose duty it is to examine into the evil when the first indications show themselves, 

 rather than wait until it is thoroughly developed. 



Transactions of the Noefolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society, 

 1871—72. 



We have again the pleasure of noticing the records of the work done by this 

 energetic local society. " Possibly there is less entomological matter than usual, but 

 all branches of Natural History are represented. Mr. Barrett publishes liis further 

 observations on coast insects found inland, and the President (Mr. Henry Steven- 

 sou, F.L.S.) in noticing the wholesale destruction of birds' eggs by dealers, casually 

 alludes to the fact that Papilio Mc haon has been all but exterminated by the same 

 ruthless individuals. 



The British Species of Ceambus. By F. Buchanan White, M.D. 



This pamphlet, the contents of which were originally pubhshed in the pages of 

 the ' Scottish Natui'alist,' will be foimd extremely useful for the determination of the 

 species of the difficult genus Cramhus. llie descriptions are lucid, and the notes on 

 the distribution of each species in Britain, and on the continent, are very valuable, 

 as are also the indications of species which, though not hitherto recorded as Bi'itish, 

 may be reasonably expected to occur here. 



Entomological Society of London : 'ird June, 1872. — Prof. Westwood, 

 President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Staintou exhibited a Iwig of cork-oak from Cannes, placed in his hands by 

 Mr. Moggridgc, bearing examples of a large, black, berry-like Coccus. 



