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COLEOPTEROLOGISCHE Hefte. Part I ; edited by Baron E. v. Harold, Muuich 
(London, Longmans). This new publication may briefly be described as a German 
" Abeille." It is 8vo in size, and the first part contains 84 pages (price 2s.), the 
contents being, 1, a paper on Canthidimn fCoprophaga) and its allies, with descrip- 
tions of 41 species, by the Editor; 2, Entomological Notes by Dr. Schaufuss, being 
an addition to his " Monographic der Sphodrinen " (pub. in the Dresden Isis, 1865), 
containing descriptions of a new genus {Morphnos) and two new species ; 3, descrip- 
tions of five new species of Leptusa, from the Apennines and Pyrenees, by Dr. 
Scriba; 4, notes on the synonomy of Gymnopleurus mundus and G. fastiditus, by 
the Editor; and, 5, Diagnoses of 25 new species of exotic Coprophaga, also by the 
Editor. It appears that there will be from 4 to 6 parts every year. 
We wish this new venture every success 
iencntl Information;. 
The Entomological Club. — The annual dinner will take place on Wednesday^ 
the 3rd of July, at the " Bull Inn," Birch Wood Corner. Mr. B. Newman in the 
Chair. Tickets 16s. each. 
Eammersclimidt redivivus. —Since 1834, and until recently, there appeared in 
the list of Honorary Members of the Entomological Society of London, the name 
of Hammerschmidt of Vienna, who published many valuable memoirs, especially 
on gall insects, and entomological anatomy and physiology. During the troublous 
times in Austria about the year 1848, this gentleman seemed to disappear from 
the scientific world ; and about six years since, as no information could be 
obtained as to his being still alive, the name was erased, and the place filled up. 
Within the last month, the Society has been somewhat startled at receiving from 
Paris a card bearing the name of " Dr. Abdullah Bey, Chevalier de I'ordre du 
Medjedie, Lt. Colonel et Medecin d'Etat-Major, Constantinople," and adding that 
he was formerly known as Dr. Hammerschmidt, of Vienna. Thus an enigma has 
to be solved. Being reasonably supposed to be dead, his position as Honorary 
Member was cancelled, and another gentleman (we do not say more worthily) occu- 
pies it. VOiich of the twain is now entitled to the honour ? 
The late Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., F.L.S.— With great sorrow we record the 
decease of this gentleman, at the early age of 44. 
Indefatigable in collecting, possessed of an earnest love for Entomology, and 
uniting an innate rapidity of perception to a capability of unwearied application, 
Mr. Clark has long and worthily stood in the first rank of Coleopterists, who have 
judeed lost in him at once a courteous friend, and a persevering fellow-labourer. 
Of him it may most truly be said, that he was not only pre-eminently energetic 
himself, but the constant cause of energy in others. 
As far as regards the limited field of British Entomology, Mr. Clark will long 
be remembered as one of that band of pioneers which cleared a starting point for 
us out of the confusion of older authors ; and it is by his labours in the Hydrade- 
phaga, Phytophaga, and certain groups of the Rhynchophara, that the Coleopterists 
