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specimens to Mr. Cotes, Calcutta, and some pai'asites which hatched from them 

 during transit to Professor Eiley, of Washington. The latter has kindly replied : — 

 " The fact of the occurrence of Icerya cegyptiaca in India is very interesting and 

 important, and the parasites which Miss Tomlin sent were examined with bated 

 breath. Most unfortunately, however, instead of being primary parasites they are 

 secondary, and the whole series belongs to an apparently undescribed species of the 

 genus Tetrastichus, all of the species of which are hyper-parasites, so far as I know." 

 I cannot give the name of the food-plant, but hope Mr. Cotes will be able to make 

 this out from the specimens sent. Miss Tomlin says the species is very common, but 

 local ; therefore, every care should be exercised on the part of the authorities to 

 prevent its spread. — E. Newstead, Chester : May, 1893. 



Cicada (Cicadeita) montana in the New Forest. — The dry, hot weather of the 

 last two seasons appears to have been favourable to the above insect (commonly 

 known as Cicada hcematodes) , of which I have recently taken two specimens, and 

 seen a few others which I failed to net. I have also obtained ten more from a local 

 collector, but these were taken last year. I have been constantly collecting about 

 the Forest during the past nine or ten years, but have never met with the insect 

 before. It flies among the common brake {Fteris aquilina), but has a habit of 

 dropping down suddenly, so unless you keep your eye on the exact spot they are 

 diiBcult to catch. — F. C. Adams, Fern Cottage, Lyndhurst : June \Oth, 1893. 



The prevention of mould in collections. — As I fancy the climate here is quite as 

 damp as that of New Zealand, I venture to answer Mr. Maskell'e query with regard 

 to prevention of mould, although I have no experience of Coccids, except as a blight 

 on tea. I first clean the insects with a camel hair brush, and then apply benzine ; 

 this is the only thing I have found of any use at all. A fresh application of benzine 

 is necessary every two months or so. Further, during damp weather I keep an oil 

 stove alight underneath the stand my insect boxes are on. For show cases coral 

 lime is very effective, but it requires renewing as soon as it has crumbled to powder. 

 I have used benzine for Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, Semiptera, also for leaf and stick 

 insects. — P. E. Eadlet, Marguerita, Maturatta, Ceylon : April '24ith, 1893. 



The Hope Professorship. — Mr. E. B. Poulton, M.A., F.R.S., has been appointed 

 to this Chair to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Professor Westwood. — Eds. 



Jaheesbeeicht des Wiener entomologischen Vereines, iii, 1892 (1893). 

 Vienna : published by the Society ; London : Williams and Norgate. 



In our Vol. for 1891, p. 107, we alluded to the establishment of an Entomolo- 

 gical Society in Vienna, and noticed its first yearly Eeport. The Society is making 

 good progress ; there are now 65 Members, and the Eeport for 1892 extends to 70 

 pages with a coloured plate, as against 31 pages in 1891. As before, the contents 



