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the present time, when its name has become a terror to tlie 

 American potato-growers. Following this historical sketch, 

 Dr. Wilson popularly defines what a beetle is, and then 

 shows the place of the Colorado amongst beetles. In the 

 same popular manner the author goes on to describe the 

 habits and various stages of the insect, and compares it with 

 the " Bogus potato-bug," which is figured for comparison. 

 Lastly, he treats his subject from an economical point of 

 view, and describes the damage done by this insect, and the 

 remedies which have been successful or otherwise. As we 

 finish reading this little work we cannot help wishing there 

 were more to follow, and that the author had extended his 

 labours a little further, for the reader's interest is kept up to 

 the last. We would especially recommend our agricultural 

 readers who are interested in the subject to purchase the 

 pamphlet. 



Death of William Arnold Lewis. — We regret to have 

 to record the death of Mr. W. Arnold Lewis, who with his 

 companion Mr. Noel Paterson and three guides lost their 

 lives in the fatal accident on the Lyskamm, on Septeml)er 6th. 

 Mr. Lewis was educated at Harrow; and after practising lor 

 a short time as a special pleader was called to the bar in 1869. 

 Such time as he could spare from his professional engage- 

 ments he devoted to Entomology, in the study and pursuit of 

 which he displayed a zeal and energy which sometimes led 

 him into conHict with those whose tenets clashed with his. 

 The Lepidoptera were his favourite group; and he chiefly 

 distinguished hiuiself by his opposition to the constant 

 alterations in the nomenclature of the order. His papers on 

 that subject, read before the Entomological Society and the 

 British Association, showed a fund of knowledge and a 

 power of reasoning and vigorous expression, which, if they 

 failed to convince, commanded the admiration of all his 

 opponents. Mr. Lewis was elected a member of the Ento- 

 mological Society in 1869, and a fellow of the Linnean 

 Society in 1872. His remains lie buried at Zernialt. All 

 who knew him well, and especially those who ever joined 

 him in his entomological excursions, will deplore tlie sad 

 catastrophe which terminated his life at the early age of 

 thirty. 



