l()(j [December, 



guidance, ttlso described as L. carinatiis, which species belongs to another genus 

 altogether. As to the hedge-bank at Mickleham, is it not possible that there may 

 have been some Ononis on it ? This is quite as likely to be the case as that Tanacetum 

 is there. I have only now to remark that Dr. Scholtz's exponent of hortitlanus, 

 when I saw it, had one elytron, and was thereby quite recognizable ; and that the 

 existence of a row of punctures on the under-side of the thighs of his tanaceti can 

 scarcely exclude it from Dr. Fieber's short diagnosis of the species, of which he says 

 the thighs arc largely punctured. — Edwabd Saundebs, Eeigate : October, 1873. 



Note on preserving insects in collections. — I have devised R method for preserv- 

 ing insects without the trouble of camphor. No Psocus, nor Cheyletus eruditus, nor 

 other pest dares enter a box after I have treated it. Having a clean-papered box, I 

 wash it with the common carbolic acid (disinfecting solution) with two-thirds water. 

 It dries without any stain, and I find, after many months' trial, a perfect result. 

 Sheets of card thus medicated give me all the small soft Hemiptera, &c., with 

 antenna?, &c., not eaten by Psocus, as was formerly the case. — T. A. Marshall, The 

 Grange, Lastingham, Pickering ; October, 1873. 



Georg Bitter von Frauenfeld. — This distinguished Austrian entomologist died at 

 Vienna very recently ; we believe from the result of a surgical operation. Ilis 

 writings were very voluminous on all subjects connected with Entomology and 

 general Natural History, especially biology, and ho was one of the Naturalists 

 attached to the 'Novara' expedition. As secretary of the flourishing "Zoologiseh- 

 botaiiischen Gesellschaft in Wien " his loss will be severely felt, for his energy has 

 raised that Society to a high degi'ee of usefulness and prosperity. 



J. J. Katqo—Vfus inspector of the Grand Ducal Natural Histoi-y Museum in 

 Darmstadt. As an entomologist he is principally known by his Monograph of the 

 Coleopterous family Passalidce. 



J Biidulf Schiner. — Deyrolle's ' Petites Nouvelles ' briefly records the death of 

 this celebrated Austrian Dipterist, but we have no further particulars. His writings 

 are very numerous, and in the hands of all students of Dipfei-a, one of the most 

 important bemg the Dipterous portion of the ' Fauna Austriaca,' worked out on the 

 analytical method as in the other portions of the series {e.g., Coleoptcra by Redten- 

 bacher, Neuroptera by Brauer, &c.). 



[Familiar names in coniieetion with entomology are rapidly becoming things 

 of memory. Are they being replaced by those of younger students ? The en- 

 tomological horizon both here and on the continent is extremely hazy : for 

 instance, what has become of the swarm of aspirants in Micro-Lepidopterology that 

 appeared some 12 or 15 years since ? It is poor encouragement if, after a road is 

 cleared and made easy, there are no travellers to use it. It has been suggested that 

 this is only the natural state of things after periods of severe political excitement, 

 and wo would fain hope the explanation is just. Judging from all we see, there is 

 no lack of buyers of books on entomology. Do these only acquire the books on the 

 same principle that most would-be entomologists place insects in their collections, — • 

 for show, and for the sake of mere possession ?.] 



