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Naturalist of modern times whose acquaintance with British animate nature was so 

 wide. Mr, Dale was, in addition, an ardent devotee of cricket and lavn tennis, and 

 for some years was frequently seen in the hunting-field. He was never married, 

 and a nephew and niece, the children of his younger and only brother, Edward, 

 whose tragic death took place at Salisbury some two years ago, are left to mourn his 

 loss. His valuable collections are bequeathed to the Oxford University Museum, 

 provided that certain specified conditions are complied with. — Eustace R. Bankes. 



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The Yictoria Histoet of the Counties op England : A Histokt of 

 Sussex. Insecta, edited by Heebeet Goss, F.L.S., &c., pp. 128, folio. London : 

 A. Constable & Co., Limited, 1906. 



Sussex is the third of the English counties treated of in the " Victoria 

 History " that we have as yet had occasion to notice, and from its favourable situa- 

 tion and varied physical features, it would naturally be expected to be one of the 

 most productive and interesting of all in the Entomological sense. This is fully 

 borne out by the fact that the " Insecta " occupies nearly 13U pages of the section 

 of the work devoted to the Natural History of the county. The Editor has been 

 fortunate in obtaining the co-operation of many well-known resident (and other) 

 Entomologists, in making the enumeration of all the Orders of Insects more com- 

 plete than in either of the previous volumes noticed, and especial use has been made 

 of the excellent lists compiled, chiefly by the Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, for the 

 Hastings Natural History Society. While several districts appear to have been 

 exceptionally well investigated, others, especially in the north and west of the 

 County, are comparatively unworked, and many interesting additions may be 

 expected from these parts. The various Orders are all well represented, the lists of 

 the Lepidoptera and Coleoptera being as usual the most complete, and the latter 

 reaching the fine total of 2080 species ; while a good start has been made with the 

 Diptera in the enumeration of 950 species by Mr. J. H. A. Jenner. Localities 

 are given for the more interesting and uncommon forms in all Orders, an excellent 

 practice, which we hope to see continued as far as possible in the forthcoming 

 volumes of the " Histoi'y " ; and we may congratulate all concerned in the work on 

 the thoroughness with which it has been carried out. 



Twenty-ninth Annual Repoet and Peoceedings of the Lancashiee 

 AND Cheshiee Entomological Society, Session 1905. " Visiter " Printing 

 Works, Southport. 



The Annual Report of this active and flourishing local Society for the past 

 year includes three papers of much interest, one of which " Some Notes on Manx 

 Coleoptera" by Mr. J. R. Le B. Tomlin, has already appeared in our pages. Mr. 

 E. J. B. Sopp gives a very full and readable account of the early stages of the large 

 water-beetle, Dytiscus punctulatus ; and the Vice-Presidential Address of Mr. H. 

 St. J. Donisthorpe at the Annual Meeting, treats of the Myrmecophilous Coleoptera 

 of G-reat Britain, a subject he has made especially his own. This last embodies a 

 full list of our British " ant's nest beetles," with copious notes on each species, based 



