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with the following, besides commoner species : Andrena Trimmerana, <J and ? , not 

 uncommon, var. spinigera, $ and $ , rather rare ; A. cineraria, single specimens only, 

 at Winchelsea and Fairlight ; A. thoracica, common at Hastings, Ecclesbourne, 

 and Fairlight ; A. fulva, near the Croft, but not nearly so common as usual ; A. 

 Clarkella, <£ and ? — one specimen taken at Fairlight had only two submarginal 

 cells instead of the usual three ; A. Qwynana and minutula were not rare ; and 

 Afzeliella was to be found in some numbers, but appeared to be rather local ; A. 

 fasciata, £ , was extremely common on the hills immediately surrounding Hastings, 

 but the $ was by no means common, and was a week later in appearing. Nomada 

 ruficornis, var. signata, was not uncommon at the Croft, and borealis, $ , and 

 Fabriciana were fairly common at Fairlight ; of N. flavoguttata, I have only met 

 with a single specimen ; N. ochrostoma was taken at Fairlight by my friend, Mr. 

 Frisby and myself at Easter ; and Sapyga ^-punctata was dug out of rotten wood 

 by me at Ore : both these species are additions to our list. The Rev. Canon Fowler 

 has kindly determined many of the Coleoptera, and Mr. E. Saunders the doubtful 

 Hymenoptera. — W. H. Bennett, 11, George Street, Hastings : November, 1888. 



An Inteodtjction to Entomology : by John Henry Comstock, Professor 

 of Entomology, &c, in Cornell Uuiversity. Part i, pp. 234, royal 8vo. Ithaca, 

 New York. Published by the Author, 1888. 



At the present time, American authors are prolific in the production of works 

 on general entomology. We noticed one such work in our last number. We have 

 now before us the first part of another, more extended and pretentious, by Prof. 

 Comstock, which must find a place in the library of any working entomologist. A 

 more detailed notice of the book is postponed until its completion. The method of 

 treatment is original ; but the classification adopted is mainly that of Brauer. In 

 addition to copious introductory generalities, the Orders (in the old sense) treated 

 upon in Part i, are Thysanura, Mallophaga, Orthoptera, Neuroptera, and Hemiptera. 

 The illustrations are copious ; many of them familiar to us as doing duty in any 

 modem work on American entomology, and the best of these are acknowledged as 

 "after Riley ;" many are new, from drawings by Mrs. Comstock. 



Catalogue eaisonn£ des Orthopteees et des Nevkopteres de Belgiqtte : 

 par E. de Selys-Longchamps. (Extrait des Annales de la Socie'te Entomologique 

 de Belgique, tome xxxii, 1888). 



Upon referring to Hagen's " Bibliotheca Entomologica," we find that the com- 

 piler of this Catalogue has consistently followed up an idea dating from 1831 (if 

 not earlier), when he published a list of the Neuroptera of Liege. He has subse- 

 quently, on several occasions, published lists, for the whole of Belgium, of Orthoptera 

 Psocidce, and especially Odonata. With undiminished energy, 57 years since his 

 first attempt, he now treats on the whole of the Orthoptera and Neuroptera ; and 

 it is not a mere list of names (with localities) : there are often critical and historical 

 notes appended, of much value. The purely local notes on distribution can be best 

 appreciated by those who have a knowledge of the physical conditions of the king- 



