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he had mounted for the microscope. He was very thorough and 

 conscientious in all the work that he did, and he had a great facility 

 not only for drawing, but for learning languages, several of which 

 he spoke and wrote fluently. He was modest and retiring in his 

 nature, though ever ready and eager to encourage and assist the 

 young. He died from the effects of suppressed gout on April 

 26th, at his country cottage at Disley, Cheshire, and was buried 

 in the churchyard of that place on April 29th. He was a man 

 deservedly respected by all who knew him, as was shown by the 

 number of friends who attended his funeral, many coming from 

 long distances notwithstanding the weather, which was excep- 

 tionally stormy. — J. F, 



Errata. — In the remarks made in the 'Entomologist,' p. 50 

 of this volume, on plate I., figs. 2 and 2a, I find that an error has 

 been committed in the name of the insect figured. I have seen 

 Mr. Ashmead, and he informs me that the insect in question was 

 caught by himself on July 9th, 1881, in company with large 

 numbers of Argynnis Adippe, and that he entertains no doubt but 

 that it is of that species, a view in which I fully concur. In 

 the obituary notice of the late Mr. Darwin, p. 101, line 6 from 

 bottom, for "spheroid" read "special." — J. Jenner Weir; 

 6, Haddo Villas, Blackheath, S.E., April 29, 1882. 



Thripidce (Entom. xv. 95). — Mr. Pergande's name should be 

 " Theodor," not " Thomas."— E. A. F. 



REVIEW. 



The Student's List of British Coleoptera. Compiled by Francis 

 P. Pascoe. London : Taylor & Francis. 1882. 

 This small volume of 120 foolscap octavo pages might well 

 have been entitled "A Handbook to the Classification of British 

 Coleoptera," since its utility is likely to be far beyond that of the 

 conventional "List." It contains a synopsis of the families of 

 our British Coleoptera arranged in a dichotomous table, followed 

 by similar tables of the genera, with a list of the British species. 

 Mr. Pascoe commences with the CoccinellidcB and the other 

 Trimera, following with the Tetramera, Heteromera, and Penta- 

 mera, and concludes with the CicindeUdce ; thus reversing the 

 general order. The great labour spent in the compilation of 

 these synoptic tables is evident when we consider that there are 



