68 • August, 



Many families, thanks to the indefatigable efforts of Mr. Verrall and Dr. Meade, 

 have undergone complete revision, but there is still much to be done ; only one who 

 has actually compared them can believe the discrepancies in the lists of British species 

 as given by Curtis, Stephens, and Walker, and as compared with the revised 

 catalogues. 



If any one will take an interest in working up the fauna of his district, I shall 

 be most happy to render any help that lies in my power, and will willingly name any 

 specimens that may be submitted for that purpose. — E. Brunetti, 129, Grosvenor 

 Park, Camberwell : July, 1888. 



[We prefer the English " long " pins, such as Tayler & Co.'s Nos. 2 and 16, to 

 any continental pins. They are not quite so " long " (an advantage) and they are 

 stronger (an additional advantage). Any insect too small to take a " No. 2," should 

 be pinned with an ordinary fine short pin, and then be mounted on pith (that of 

 Jerusalem Artichoke is the best), which can be impaled with a suitable long pin. 

 The very fine long continental pins are objectionable for several reasons. — Eds.] 



Neivspaper Entomology. — I have just cut this paragraph from a local paper: — 



" The Caterpillar Pest. — The Kentish Observer has received an interesting 

 explanation of the caterpillar visitation which is proving so destructive to the fruit 

 and nut crops in Kent. It states that a farmer who has been making an investigation 

 into the subject has come to the conclusion that the spawn which produced the 

 caterpillars was deposited by the swarms of butterflies which swept our coasts last 

 autumn, and which were supposed to have been driven over from the continental 

 forests by the storms." 



I think comment would be superfluous ! — J. H. A. Jenner, 4, East Street, 

 Lewes : July 14th, 1888. 



Revisio Synonymica Heteropterorum Pal^arcticorum QVM DESCRIP- 

 SERitnt auctores vettjstiores (Linnaeus, 1758 — Latreille, 1806) : Yon O. M. 

 Reuter. Helsingfors : Druckerei der Finnischen Litteratur-Gesellschaft. 1888. 

 4to, pp. 1 — 458. 



This work contains two parts— i and ii — though the paging is continuous. The 

 first contains (in German) an introduction to the subject ; a historical review,- 1st, 

 of works prior to the use of binary nomenclature ; 2nd, of works with binary 

 nomenclature (1758 — 1806) ; 3rd, of later works in which those of former authors are 

 either referred to or made use of, pp. 1 — 73 : all in chronological order. 



The object of the work is set forth thus : — " Stability in -nomenclature has for a 

 long time been one of the most earnest. desires of Entomologists, as without it all 

 works on system, biology and geographical distribution of insects are very difficult.- I 

 have, therefore, herein attempted to give a contribution towards a firm position for the 

 nomenclature of the palaearctic Hemiptera-Heteroptera, and hope this work will not 

 be unwelcome, although I know in advance that it will not find unqualified assent." 



The confusion in specific- names which has existed in the Hemiptera arises, like 

 that in other Orders, either from the insufficiency of the first description to identify 

 a species when several more or less similar species have been subsequently discovered, 



