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occasion of the 25tli Anniversary of the Society. The Comptes- 

 Eendus of the meetings, which are much extended, and often 

 contain lengthy papers, are distributed monthly to the members. 



HOLLAND. 



Tijdsclirift voor Entomologie, the organ of the ' Nederlandsche 

 entomologische Vereeniging.' The present publication was pre- 

 ceded from 1854 to 1857 by ' Handelingen ' of the Society, the first 

 vol. of the Tijdschrift' appearing in 1859. Since then it has been 

 continuous in 4 parts annually, the vol. for 1886 being the 29th. 

 There are only two meetings of the Society during the year, the 

 "summer" and "winter" respectively, reports of which are 

 distributed to the members. The contents of the 'Tijdschrift' 

 have always consisted largely of memoirs concerning the insects 

 of Holland and of the Dutch Indies, and are remarkable for the 

 beauty and fidelity of the plates. Latterly several papers have 

 been published in English ; and in connection with this I may 

 remark that another Dutch publication (' Notes from the Leyden 

 Museum), of which Entomology is the prominent feature, is 

 wholly hi English. 



GERMANY. 



Entomologische Zeitung, published by the Entomological Society 

 of Stettin, the oldest of the existing Societies devoted to Ento- 

 mology in Germany. It commenced in 1840, and for some years 

 was published monthly, 12 numbers forming an annual vol. ; but 

 subsequently it appeared, as now, in quarterly parts, each pur- 

 porting to consist of three numbers. Since July, 1843, it has 

 been edited by the veteran Dr. C. A. Dohrn, one of our honorary 

 colleagues, and President of the Society, who, now in his eighty: 

 first year, continues to show an amount of vigour to be envied by 

 some men half his age. The information scattered through the 

 47 vols, of this Journal is enormous, and probably no other German 

 entomological publication is so widely read in this country. 



Berliner entomologische Zeitschi-ift, and Deutsche entomolo- 

 gische Zeitschrift. — Force of circumstances compels me to couple 

 these two, noiv very distmct, publications. The Berl. ent. Zeitschr., 

 as the organ of the Entomological Society of Berlin, commenced 

 in 1857, and continued under that title down to 1874, after which 

 it became the Deutsche ent. Zeitschr., still purporting to emanate 

 from the original Society. This distinction, in title only, lasted 

 down to 1880. Then a division in the camp of the entomologists 

 of the German metropolis took place. The Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. 

 was revived as representing the Entom. Soc. of Berlin, and the 

 Deutsche ent. Zeitschr. was continued as representing the German 



