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SVEN LAMPAi 

 Born 1839; Died December 2, 1914 



Sven Lampa was the first official representative in Sweden of eco- 

 nomic entomology; he was one of the founders of the Swedish Entomo- 

 logical Society in 1879, which as one of its principal objects had the 

 development of economic entomology in Sweden; he was during the 

 years 1891-1901 the editor of the well known periodical of this Society 

 Entomologisk Tidsskrift and was in 1908 elected honorary member of 

 the Society. From 1879 to 1897 Sven Lampa had a scientific posi- 

 tion at the entomological division of the State Museum in Stockholm; 

 he made, however, during that period also several trips to different 

 parts of Sweden to study in the field attacks of economically important 

 insects. When the government in 1897 founded an institution for 

 economic entomology, Sven Lampa was chosen as its chief without 

 any competition and he held this position for twelve years till he, 70 

 years old, retired, 1907. His considerable knowledge, his common 

 sense, his kindness and modesty gave him a great personal popularity, 

 which contributed very materially to create general interest for eco- 

 nomic entomology in Sweden. Li Entomologisk Tidsskrift, 1915, has 

 been published his biography by Chr. Aurivillius, his portrait and a 

 list of his 210 pubhcations. 



A. BOVING. 



Reviews 



The Embryology of the Honey-Bee, by James Allen Nelson, Ph. D., 



Expert, Bee Culture Investigations, Bureau of Entomology. 

 Published by the Princeton University Press, 1915, pp. 1-282, 

 with 95 text fig. 2, and 6 pis. 



No domesticated animal has received more detailed and more loving study than 

 has the honey-bee. Apicultm'ists as a group are broadly interested in the habits and 

 behavior, the structures and the physiology of their charges, a fact well illustrated 

 by the popular texts and the periodicals devoted to the subject. In spite of the 

 wealth of data which have been accumulated, much fundamental work remains to 

 be done, and American science is to be congratulated that this is being undertaken so 

 thoroughly by the Division of Apiculture of the Bureau of Entomology. 



One field which has been practically unopened to the student and even to the more 

 technical worker, is that of the embryological development of the honey-bee. Aside 

 from a handful of scattered papers in foreign and inaccessible literature, practically 

 nothing has been known of the subject, in spite of the fact that it is not only of in- 

 terest in itself but that it may throw important light upon other problems con- 

 nected with bees and beekeeping. Indeed, aside fi'om Wheeler's magnificent mono- 



1 Extract from Chr. Aurivillius: Sven Lampa, Entom. Tidsk. Vol. 36, 191.5, p. 

 268-281. (Boving.) 



