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" The Index to the known Fossil Insects of the World." There 

 have been avast number of other books, papers, and pamphlets 

 from his pen which it is impossible to even enumerate here. 



E. G. Broome died at the age of 48. He had been a member of 

 this Society for thirteen years, but could not often attend. He ^Yas 

 keenly interested in British Lepidoptera, of which he had formed a 

 good collection. 



Of the more important entomological publications during the 

 year, one must mention the " Catalogue of the Lepidoptera 

 Phal^naB in the British Museum," vol. x., by Sir George F. 

 Hampson. This is the seventh volume treating of the enormous 

 family of the Noctidihc. It is more bulky than its predecessors, 

 and there are more plates accompanying it. The species of the 

 subfamily Erastrianir are here described, and it is astonishing to 

 find that more than a quarter of the species are described for the 

 first time, being new to Science. 



A very large work, " The Macrolepidoptera of the World," by 

 Dr. Adalbert Seitz, has made good progress during the year, and 

 the volume on the Palsarctic Butterflies has been completed. 

 There is no possible doubt that this ambitious undertaking will be of 

 great service to very many entomologists who are living in places 

 where access to large collections and libraries are prohibited to 

 them. Least progress has been made with the African section of 

 the work, but under the new publisher we may perhaps look forward 

 to a more rapid appearance of this and all the remaining sections. 



An important book by Mr. Ernest Edward Austin, entitled " A 

 Handbook of the Tsetse-flies " (Genus Glossina), printed by 

 order of the Trustees of the British Museum, is a very welcome 

 addition to the literature on these death-carrying Diptera in their 

 relation to man. There are ten coloured plates and 110 pages of 

 letterpress, and amongst the description of the fifteen species are 

 two that are new. The distribution of the species and the map 

 showing these areas will be particularly valuable. The species are 

 all so well described, and the figures are so good, that identification 

 should be a comparatively easy matter. 



" Ichneumonologia Britannica," vol. iv, treating of the 

 Tri/plinniiue, by Claude Morley, is a valuable addition to our know- 

 ledge of these rather neglected Hymenoptera. 



" Insecta Transvaaliensia," by W. L. Distant, has at length 

 assumed the dimensions of vol. i., being the embodiment of the 

 twelve parts which have been periodically appearing for some years 

 past. As a contribution to a knowledge of the entomology of 



