352 THE entomologist's RECORD. 



from an illustrative point of view, it is more convenient than the some- 

 what unwieldy proportions of the larger work. His remarks are very 

 suggestive and well worth study. 



In Psyche, vol. ix., p. 97, Scudder discusses the Orthoptera-fauna 

 of New England. In his list of 1862, 78 species were included; to-day 

 98 are known. It is instructive to note that, of the names given in 

 1862, no less than three-quarters have been changed to suit the 

 requirements of modern nomenclature. Only two earwigs are included, 

 one is an accidental visitor, the other is Labia minor, L., now well- 

 established, but doubtless originally imported from Europe. 



Mr, McLachlan records (Ent. Mo. Ma;/.) Berthausia prisca, Kolbe 

 (a genus and species of Psocidae new to Britain) , as being captured on a 

 mossy boulder in the vicinity of Lynmouth. The specimen is somewhat 

 large, apterous, the antennae 13-jointed, the legs very long with 

 2-jointed tarsi. Mr. McLachlan also adds (Ent. Mo. Mag.), A<jrion 

 hastidatiim, Charp., to the British list, the addition being based on a 

 ^ example taken by Colonel Yerbury at Aviemore on June 28th. The 

 exact locality is " the backwaters of the Spey, between the bridge at 

 Aviemore and the mouth of the stream which runs down from Loch 

 an Eilan." 



Mr. Saunders notes {E^it. Mo. Mag.) Crabro carbonarius, Dahlb., 

 as an addition to the British list. This, too, was taken at Aviemore on 

 June 28th by Colonel Yerbury. Mr. Saunders also adds {Ent. Mo. 

 Mag.) Nabis brevis, Scholtz, to the list of British Hemiptera, a 

 specimen being taken by sweeping, on low-lying, somewhat marshy 

 ground, along the canal between Byfleet and Weybridge. 



In the Canadian Entomologist, pp. 236 et seep. Professor Fernald 

 discusses the little-understood family — Chorentidae. He shows that the 

 generic name Hemeropliila, Hb. (with piariana as type) belongs to this 

 group, SiinaetJiis, Leach, and Gauris, Hb., falling as synonyms. He 

 maintains Choreutis, Hb., with myllerana, Fab. (scintilulana) as type, 

 and sinks Porpe, Hb., as being synonymous with Choreutis. He follows 

 Guenee in maintaining Orcheinia, Gn., for diana. For the other 

 species he uses Brenthia, Clem., with p)avonicella as type, Walsing- 

 harnia, Riley, with diva as type, and Setiostoiaa, ZelL, with xanthobasis 

 as type. [Was not Hetnerophila, Hb., proposed for the Geometrid — 

 abruptaria '/ — Ed.] 



We have received a most interesting brochure Les Zygenes de la 

 Normandie, 1900, by L. Dupont. It gives a general review of our 

 knowledge of the group, and a detailed account of the species inhabiting 

 the territory dealt with- — Zygaena (Anthrocera) mines, Z. achilleae, Z. 

 lonicerae, Z. trifolii, Z. palustris (trifolii-tnajor), Z.Jilipendulae, Z. trans- 

 alpina, Z. carniolica, Z . fausta, Z . hippocrepidis, Stephens (7i6^c Hiibner) . 

 For the latter, in order to distinguish it from i^. var. hippocrepidis, Hb., 

 M. Dupont suggests the name Z. stephensi. One is struck with the 

 large number of species to be taken in Normandy compared with those 

 found in Britain, a fact the more remarkable when one considers how 

 similar Normandy is in many respects to some of our southern counties. 

 It is a work to be obtained by all serious students of this intensely 

 interesting superfamily, and is published at Elbeuf — Imprimerie- 

 papeterie Allain, 1,3, and 5, Rue St. Jacques. 



Our readers will learn with regret that the veteran entomologist, 

 Dr. Otto Staudinger, died on October 13th last at the age of 70. He 



