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meiit to Part L', Xo. -, Vol. lix, of the Joinual of the Asiatic So- 

 ciety of Beii*;al, and iiicliules catalogues of the families DytiscidiB, 

 Gyrinida^, Paussida', llydiophilida', Sili)liida', 0(>iyl(»i)hida', Scydiiiae- 

 nida;, Pselaphida', and Staphyliuidie. Tlie catalogue is synouymical, 

 bibliographical, and geogTaphical, aud has every appearance of a com- 

 l)lete and painstaking work. It is the fourth of the catalogues prc])ared 

 by Mr. Atkinson, who, as he wrote us before his death, intcn«led to 

 publish in this form as far as he should be permitted, catalogues of the 

 entire class Insecta. "We earnestly hope that workers in the fiehl of 

 oriental entomology will take up the task which ]\[r. Atkinson i)r()jected 

 and will carry it to completion on the lines which he marked out. 



THE COLORADO POTATO BEETLE IN NOVA SCOTIA. 



Tlie Provincial Government Crop Eeport of Xova Scotia for August 

 (Halifax, N. S., August 15, 1891), i)ublishcs condensed abstracts of cor- 

 respondence relating to the Colorado Potato Beetle. Correspondents 

 were requested to mention date of first oviposition, extent of damage, 

 remedies applied and method of application, and results. Reports 

 were received from all but five of the eighteen counties of the Prov- 

 ince. In a few instances only did the insects occur in sufficient abun- 

 dance to do serious damage, but the report shows that the species 

 has become distributed throughout a large section of the Province. 

 The following abstract from correspondents' reports will serve to show 

 the popular sentiment: 



Upper Kennetcook, Hants County : Eggs began to be deposited as soon as there 

 ■was a stalk to deposit on. Can not tell wliat tlie damage will be yet. Hand-picking, 

 and Paris green applied with a sprinkler. I think life is too short to hand-pick po- 

 tato bugs, and that every man who has a ])otato patch should be compelled by law 

 to use Paris green. 



Lower Horton, King's County : * * * Zrtic should l>e passed compelling everyone 

 to destroy pests, and fine for neglect. Inspector should be appointed in every district 

 with power to act if owner will not, and charge him for the work. 



A REMARKABLE BUTTERFLY ENEMY. 



At a meeting of the Entomological Society of London, held Septem- 

 ber 2, 1891, Mr. W. L. Distant exhibited specimens of an Orthopterous 

 insect — Hemisaga limtata Sauss., one of the Locustida? — which he had 

 observed in the Tran.svaal to attack and feed on Donais clirysippus^ a 

 butterfly previously snpi)osed, from its protective character and dis- 

 tasteful qualities, to have complete immunity from the predaceous ene- 

 mies of butterflies. The Hemisaga is said to lurk among the tops of 

 tall flowering grasses and to sieze the butterfly as it settles on the 

 bloom. After close watching and observation, Mr. Distant could find 

 no other enemy of this butterfly. 



A NOTE ON THE ANGOUMOIS GRAIN MOTH. 



Eev. James P. De Pass, director of the Florida Experiment Station, 

 in Bulletin No. 16 of the station, devotes some two pages to the sub- 



