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their own r^on or with the character of analytic keys used. 

 In 1906 to 1908. there appeared from the pens of Brunner and 

 Josef Redtenbacher a monumental study entitle<i. '*Die Insek- 

 ten famine Phasmiden." This was the last of the great mono- 

 graphs from the hand of Hrunncr, and on it he spent years of 

 study. The first section of it appeared when he was eighty- 

 three years of age. In many ways it is evident in this great 

 publication that his grip on the rapidly accumulating literature 

 of the time was not complete, as many species and even genera, 

 as well as modi established synonymy and variational data, 

 are ignored, the species and genera often being redescribed. 

 This is, however, frequently the case when the preparation of 

 a paper extends o\xr many years, but it is regrettable that 

 before printing or in the proof these matters were not cor- 

 rected. 



Several more broadly philosophical papers were published 

 by Brunner, his "Observations on the Colours of Insects" be- 

 ing published in German and English in 1897. This paper 

 attempts to classify the systems of insect coloration and is an 

 interesting contribution to a most interesting subject. In 1883, 

 he presented the noteworthy essay, *'Ueber hypertelische Nacfa- 

 ahmung bei den Orthopteren." in which the author advanced 

 his theory of hyiicrtcly. a term given to phenomena not ex- 

 plicable in accord with the accepted theories of devdopmcnt. 



The Bnmncr collfction of Orthoptera at Vienna, now, we 

 believe, in the ilufinuseum. is probably the most representative 

 in existetice. including as it does many thousands of types, of 

 other authors as well as of Brunner himself, among these speci- 

 mens being the majority of the StAl types of Phasmidae. By 

 placing his collection at the chsposal of his co-worleers and in 

 giving them aid and encoaragement Brunner rendered great 

 service to the study he loved. Retltenbacher's "Monographic 

 der Conoceplialiilen,** of iSi>i, would not have been published 

 but for the aid of the Brunner collection. 



The two criticisms which we have heard voice<i and have 

 I)ersonally felt regarding Brunner's work can, we think, be 

 ascribed to two tendencies which arc quite apparent in it. It is 

 evident he possessed a dogmatic tendency, whi<;h is strongly 



