C)Q [September, 1875. 



labelled by Dr. ImhofP ; indeed, in the case of A. curvipes, Imh., this is distinctly 

 mentioned, althongh any allusion to Dr. Imhoff's labelled types is studiously 

 avoided elsewhere. The question I put to Herr Schmid here is, has he named the 

 species he describes, or has he relied entirely upon the types labelled by Dr. Imhoff ? 

 A distinct answer to this query will save much trouble to future investigators. By 

 what appears on the surface, it seems as if the latter method had suited his con- 

 venience best ; or, if he has critically tested the descriptions of the various authors, 

 wh}' not give the synonymy ? Its absence in the majority of cases is a great draw- 

 back to the usefulness of the paper. 



Dr. Imhoff's name is mentioned three times only in the whole paper; surely 

 he had a greater share in the collection of specimens than this figure shows. It 

 woidd have been scant justice to a Hymenopterist of great fame to have acknow- 

 ledged even such assistance. 



Twice in the course of the paper " unsere Museum Sammlung " is mentioned, 

 but it nowhere appears ivldch of the (20 odd) Museums of Switzerland is meant. It 

 is, therefore, needfid to explain to strangers that Herr Schmid lives at present at 

 Basle, aijd that Dr. Imhoff's tj'pes are kept in the Museum of that town, as I have 

 said before. 



At p. 470, we read imder A. ohlongatum, " Meine reichlich gelben Arten stammen 

 meistentheils aus dem Unterwallis, die dunklern aus der hiesigen Gregend, doch 

 fand ieh hier [where ?] schon dunkle und helle zusammen in copula." Surely, 

 instead of "Arten," Ilerr Schmid meant to say " Stiicke ;" else the phrase has no 

 sense in its present connexion. A species is not a specimen. The locality is, I pre- 

 sume, Basle. 



The paper is accompanied by a folded double plate, owned to by Walther 

 Schmid, and the authorshiji of which nobody who sees it is likely to dispute with 

 him. — Albert Muller, South Norwood, S.E. : July, 1872. 



Dbituiirn. 



Coleman T. Eohinson. — The American entomological publications have lately 

 recorded the decease (the resvdt, we believe, of a carriage-accident) of Mr. Robinson, 

 the late President of the American Entomological Society. He was born in the 

 State of New York in 1838, and, after having finished his education, and made a 

 tour in Europe, &c., commenced business on the New York Stock Exchange, from 

 which he retired a year or two since, having already amassed, it is said, an immense 

 fortune. Notwithstanding his business engagements, he had acquired considerable 

 entomological reputation through his papers on North American Lepidoptera, pub- 

 lished chiefly in conjunction with his colleague Mr. Qrote (with whom he visited 

 this country about two years since), and he had recently turned his attention greatly 

 to the TortricidcB. A list of his separate writings, from the pen of Mr. Grote, is in 

 the ' Canadian Entomologist,' vol. iv, No. 7. 



His prematiire death is a great loss to entomological science, and will be deeply 

 felt by his American colleagues. The Society of which he was President has of late, 

 we regret to say, shown signs of a want of that vitality which characterized its 

 commencement, — the result, probably, of limited funds. It is to be hoped that the 

 loss sustained by Mr. Robinson's death may not further depress its energies. 



