RECENT LITERATURE. 199 



in which the black markings were extended, some coalescing into 

 bands ; and a specimen of Cicada iwmtana from the New Forest, found 

 close to the pupa-case from which it had just emerged. Rev. F. Perry, 

 a large number of insects from South Africa, including stages of the 

 migratory locust, a wasp which preys upon spiders, Hemiptera showing 

 mimicry, &c. — Mr. Edwards, several species of the Nymphaline genus 

 Prepona, and the various species and races of the A(/ameiimou group 

 of Papilio. — Mr. Turner, a specimen of the harlequin beetle, Acrosinus 

 longimanus, from Trinidad. — Mr. Sich read a paper on " The Lesser 

 British Lepidoptera," and exhibited a large number of species typical 

 of the various groups. 



May 8th. — The President in the chair. — Messrs. Harrison and 

 Main exhibited a very varied series of Tanuocaiiipaincerta, fromDelamere 

 Forest, Epping Forest, and Liverpool. — Mr. Moore, Papilio ptolychus, 

 male and female, from the Solomon Isles, and P. erectlms from New 

 Guinea. — Mr. Scourfield gave an address on "Lakes, and their 

 Scientific Investigation," with diagrams. — Hy. J. Turner [Hon. Rep. 

 Secretary). 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Claude Fuller. "First Report of the Government Entomologist, 

 1899-1900." Natal Dep. Agric, 1901, pp. iv. and 150 ; twenty- 

 five plates and numerous text figures. 

 Our Colonial Governments have in general far from recognized 

 the pressing need for agriculturists of adequate entomological guidance, 

 and we welcome this first report of the recently established Entomo- 

 logist in Natal. The work is more in the nature of a general guide to 

 the principal insect pests of the country, with notes for their preven- 

 tion and destruction, than a special report, and is of a thoroughly 

 practical nature, filling up a distinct gap, as our previous knowledge 

 of African insect-pests was somewhat fragmentary. We hope to see 

 many of these reports from the pen of Mr. Fuller in the future. 



G. W. K. 



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H. OsBORN and E. D. Ball. " A Review of the North American 



Species of Athysunus (Jassid®)," 1902, Ohio, Nat. ii. pp. 231-57, 



plates 16 and 17 [also forming Ohio Univ. Bull. (6) 14. 7th 



Contrib. from Dep. Zool. and Ent.] . 



Recently (Entom., 1901, p. 836) we had occasion to notice the 



useful work by the above authors on some obscure American Homo- 



ptera of special interest to entomologists in this country, on account 



of the close relation of the forms treated to their allies of the 



European fauna. 



In the present paper the difficult genus Athysaiius is dealt with, 

 three new subgenera being separated from Burmeister's original 

 group. Twenty-six species (not including four doubtful) are now 

 accredited to North America, and of these, three are also European, 

 viz. A. striola (Fall.), A. obsoletus, Kirschbaum, and A. striatula (Fall). 



G. W. K. 



