194 THE ENTOMOLOGIST’S RECORD. 
Vespa vulgaris, St.; V. germanica, St. Str. ; Polistes gallica, St. M. ; 
Anthophora grisea, St.; Halictus seafasciatus, 8. 
Dietera.—Pachyrhina crocata, St.; Volucella pellucens, St. ; 
Chrysotoxum elegans, 8. 
ConreoptrrRa.—Lacon murinus, St.;  Trichodes alvearius, St. ; 
Hammaticherus cerdo,$.; Aglastica alni, St.; Chrysomela menthastri, St. 
Ruynewora.—Cercopis sanguinolenta, St.; Meracurus marginatus, St. 
OrtHoptTERA.— Locusta viridissina, S.—Lieut. E. B..Asusy, 36, 
Bulstrode Road, Hounslow. (To be continued.) 
G)URRENT NOTES AND SHORT NOTICES. 
John Taylor, of Sandown, Isle of Wight, passed away on July 21st, 
1920, after several years’ illness, at the age of 56. Always deeply 
interested in Nature he, eventually, became an ardent collector of 
Lepidoptera and Coleoptera, and we owe much of our knowledge of the 
epecies inhabiting the Isle of Wight to his strenuous work. ‘Of a quiet 
and retiring disposition, he did not contribute much to the literature 
of the subject, but some valuable notes on captures may be found in 
the magazines. He was always ready to supply fellow workers with 
information on the subject, and his own cabinets were the poorer for 
the many generous gifts to others, often comparative strangers. With- 
out the cares of a business he would, doubtless, have become one of our 
leading Coleopterists.—H.F.P. 
Entomology in the United States has been largely, in fact pre- 
dominantly, worked from an economic standpoint, supported mainly by 
the governments of the different states. A result of this has been that 
the National Collections of Insects have been made from that point of 
view, and hence are very deficient in specimens from other parts of the 
world, and although an excellent mass of material from the Western 
Hemisphere has been accumulated, there is little from the rest of the 
world ; a student who wishes to take up a line of study more extended 
than a knowledge of his own fauna, is so handicapped that he must 
come over to Europe to complete his study, and for comparison of 
faunas. This want has been under consideration for some time, and 
recently there has been discussions between the committees of the 
Entomological Society of America and of the American Association of 
Economic Entomologists. These two bodies have now issued a com- 
bined report which, no doubt, will result in active means being taken 
to remedy the defect. 
A Revision of the Nearctic Termites, by Nathan Banks, issued by the 
Smithonian Institution, is a valuable summary of what is known up to 
the present. It contains notes on the biology and geographical distri- 
bution of the various species, and is illustrated with 25 plates, 
numerous figures in the text, and a series of maps showing the range 
of the more important species. The biological notes deal with nests, 
subterranean species, wood-inhahiting species, food, damage (character 
and extent), remedies, preventatives, function of the “swarm” (colonis- 
ing flight), diurnal swarming, nocturnal swarming, variations of swarm- 
ing, foundation of new colonies, loss of wings, courtship, mating, ege- 
laying, metamorphosis, castes, parasites (fungi, protozoa, nematodes, 
mites, predators, termophilous insects, and association with ants. 
Other recent publications of the Institution deal with ‘ Forest 
Lepidoptera with descriptions of larve and pupe,” illustrated by 13 
