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last summer at West Wiekhara. This had been pronounced by the Rev.W.W. 

 Fowler to be " possibly a variety of T. lituratus, Fall., but probably new." 



The Secretary exhibited a box of locust egg-cases, with specimens of the 

 Bombyliid larva found feeding ou the eggs, transmitted by Sir Robert 

 Bidilulph from Cyprus; be also read a communication received therewith 

 from the Colonial Office, with a report on the same. 



Mr. W. L. Distant read " Descriptions of new species belonging to the 

 Homopterous family Cicadidee" Twenty-two new species were described, 

 three from the Neotropical, three from the Ethiopian, thirteen from the 

 Oriental, one Palearctic, one Australian, and one from the Pacific Regions. 



Mr. A. G. Butler communicated a " List of Heteroccrous Lepidoptera 

 collected in Chili by Thomas Edmonds, Esq. Part I. Sphinges and 

 Bombyces."— E. A. Fitch, Hon. Sec. 



NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



A Hunter's Wanderings in Africa. Being a Narrative of Nine 

 Years spent amongst the Game of the far interior of South 

 Africa By Frederick Cotjrteney Selotjs. 8vo, pp. 448, 

 with nineteen full-page illustrations. London: Richard 

 Bentley & Son. 1881. 



Of the numerous hooks which during the last few years have 

 been written about Africa, the majority have appealed chiefly to 

 the sympathies of geographers, and are notable for the important 

 additions which they have been the means of making to our 

 knowledge of the geology and geography of that vast, yet still too 

 little known, continent. 



The present work has a very different aim. It is a book for 

 sportsmen, and especially for those whose delight is in the 

 pursuit of what is generally termed " big game." To compass 

 the death of Elephants, Rhinoceroses, Giraffes, Buffaloes, Elands 

 and other Antelopes, has been apparently the author's sole 

 object in life for the last nine years, nor has the king of beasts 

 escaped the bullet, when by chance he has been encountered. 

 Primarily, the inducement to " wander " in Africa seems to have 

 been ivory, which, if it can only be procured in sufficient 

 quantity, enables the hunter not only to pay his way, but to put 

 something handsome in his pocket at the end of every expedition. 



~Sh\ Selous found, however, that the profits of the professional 



