72 [August, 1S81. 



LimnopMlus subcentralis, Brauer, in Scotland. — I have just received a $ of 

 this from Mr. Peter Cameron, who captured it near Loch Awe. — James J. King, 

 207, Sauchiehall Street, Grlasgow : July, 1881. 



The Miceogeaphic Dictionaey, Edited by J. W. G-eiffith, M.D., &c, and 

 Arthur BZenfeey, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. 



Fourth Fdition, edited by J. W. Griffith, M.D., &c, assisted by the Eev. J. M. 

 Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., and T. Rupert Jones, F.R.S., F.Gr.S. Part i. John Yan 

 Voorst, 1, Paternoster Row : July, 1881. 



The fact that the third edition of this standard work has been exhausted in 

 about six years, and that the fourth edition is commenced, is a sufficient guarantee 

 for its excellence and popularity ; it is also a hopeful sign, as indicating the great 

 increase of students of Microscopy. The survivor of the two original editors is also 

 to be congratulated on having retained the assistance of two of his colleagues con- 

 nected with the third edition. We notice that several additional crowded plates 

 (one of which appears in the first part) are promised, and that there is considerable 

 modification in the text, especially as regards the bibliographical references (one of 

 the special features of the work), so as to bring it up to date as closely as possible, 

 thus maintaining its value as a book of reference. The whole is expected to be 

 completed in about 21 thick monthly parts. The third edition occupied nearly 900 

 pages, with 48 plates. In the present we are promised 53 plates, and no doubt the 

 text will be increased in proportion, so that the book bids fair to soon become a 

 formidable rival of a well-known London Directory, so far as bulk is concerned. 



Entomological Society of London : June 1st, 1881.— H. T. Staikton, Esq. 

 F.R.S., &c, President, in the Chair. 



The Rev. E. N. Bloomfield was elected a Subscriber. 



Mr. J. W. Douglas sent for exhibition living specimens of Orthezia urticce, 

 Linn., from Darenth Wood, O. cataphracta, Shaw., from Pitlochry, carded examples 

 of a new species proposed to be called O. Normani, after Mr. Gr. Norman, who has 

 recently found it at Pitlochry, and specimens of Aleurodes carpini, Koch, taken on 

 28th May, on hornbeam-leaves at Bexley Wood. 



Mr. T. R. Billups exhibited Crabro clavipes, Linn, and Molorclius minor, Linn. 



Mr. J. Sang exhibited some interesting British Lepidoplera. 



The following communications were received : — Notes by Mr. Gr. E. Piercey on 

 an insect troublesome to travellers in Turkestan, probably Argus per sicus. Read : — 

 The report of the Committee of the Society on Phylloxera on "Vines in Australia ; 

 A communication from the Colonial Office about an insect destructive to the eggs 

 of Locusts in the Troad ; "On the Tortricidee, Tineidce,txr\d Pterophoridce of South 

 Africa," by Lord Walsingham ; and Descriptions of Bhynchota found in Australian 

 and Pacific regions, by Mr. W. L. Distant. 



