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from a cause quite beyond the control of the author, to wit, the paucity 

 of collectors of these insects." Now that we have a thoroughly trust- 

 worthy work on Hemiptera-Homoptera to aid us in identification, we 

 may reasonably anticipate not only that considerable additions will be 

 made to our knowledge of the distribution, within our limits, of the 

 known species, but that species new to the list may also be detected. 



A large-paper edition, with twenty-eight coloured plates, is also 

 published. 



The Lepidoptera of the British Islands: a Descriptive Account of the 

 Families, Genera, and Species indigenous to Great Britain and 

 Ireland, their Preparatory Starjes, Habits, and Localities. By 

 Chakles G. Barrett, F.E.S. Vol. iii., pp. 896. London: L, 

 Eeeve & Co. 1896. 

 This volume treats of the Bombycidae, commencing with family 



ten, and a part of the Noctufe. Altogether thirty-three genera and 



ninety-nine species are dealt with. 



Economic Entomology fur the Farmer and Fruit-grower, and fir Use 

 «s rt, Text-book in Agricultural Schools and Colleges. By John 

 B. Smith. Pp. 481. Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott Company. 

 1896. 



Although this liberally illustrated text-book is intended more 

 especially for American students, it contains much that will interest 

 British entomologists. 



Proceedings of the Eighth Annual Meeting of the Association of Economic 

 Entomologists. (Bulletin No. 6. New Series. U.S. Department 

 of Agriculture. Division of Entomology.) Washington. 1896. 



Bibliography of the More Important Contributions to American Economic 

 Entomology. By Sabiuel Henshaw. Pt. v. L-Z. Pp. 179. 

 (U.S. Department of Agriculture. Division of Entomology.) 

 Washington. 1896. 



OBITUAEY. 



We hear with regret of the death of Mr. J. B. Hodgkinson, of 

 Ashton-ou-Ribble, which took place at about the end of February last. 

 He was an untiring collector, and a frequent contributor of notes on 

 field work, &c., to the entomological magazines from 1856 to a quite 

 recent date. He first obtained Cidaria reticulata in 1856, but the 

 identity of the species was not discovered until 1861, and no other 

 examples were found in the Lakes District uutil 1876. In 1877 he 

 reared this insect from larvje, and the following year he bred Penthina 

 postremann. He was especially successful in his work among the 

 Micro-Lcpidoptera, and added several species to our list, some of 

 which were new to science. Mr. Hodgkinson was elected a Fellow 

 of the Efltomologieal Society of London in 1890. 



