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variability of the species. Like all who have 

 studied these creatures, he finds that Ammo- 

 phila is the most remarkable, the most intel- 

 ligent and interesting; and the most attractive 

 of his twenty-four photographs refer to this 

 wonderful wasp. 



The Festschrift Mohiiis' contains four ento- 

 mological articles. The first is by Dr. K. 

 Kraepelin, on ' Die geographische Verbreitung 

 der Scolopendriden,' pp. 167-194. The author 

 tabulates the distribution of each subfamily, 

 from which it is seen that the neotropical 

 region is especially rich in Cryptoptinas, the 

 oriental region in Otostigminae, while the 

 African and neotropical regions have equal 

 claims as the home of the true Scolopendras. 

 The family, as a whole, is more fully repre- 

 sented in South America than elsewhere, with 

 seventy species, nearly equally divided among 

 the three subfamilies. It may be noted that 

 although the paltearctic region has fewer spe- 

 cies than the nearctic, yet it has more endemic 

 species. 



The second article is ' Ueber die Ent- 

 wicklungsstufen der Steinlaiifer Lithobiidse, 

 und Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Chilopoden,' 

 pp. 195-298, 3 pis., by Dr. K. W. Verhoeff. 

 He describes the immature stages of several 

 species of Lithohius, showing the increase in 

 number of segments, legs, antennal joints and 

 ocelli in each stage. He finds eight stages 

 before maturity, the last four of which he 

 designates as follows: fifth, agenitalis; sixth, 

 immaturus; seventh, prsematurus; eighth, 

 pseudomaturus. The number of legs does not 

 increase beyond the ' agenitalis ' stage, while 

 the antennal joints and ocelli increase in 

 number to maturity. The remainder of his 

 article consists of notes on the morphology of 

 various parts of the body, and an account of 

 a case of cannibalism. . 



Dr. H. J. Kolbe presents the third article, 

 ' TJeber die Lebensweise und die geographische 

 Vex'breitung der coprophagen Lamellieornier,' 

 pp. 475-594, 3 maps. The author gives a 

 resume of the known life history of the vari- 

 ous species, and then enters a long discussion 

 of their geographical distribution; tabulating 



' Zool. Jahrh., Suppl., Bd. 8, 1905. 



the subfamilies and genera (with number of 

 species) for each region. From these studies 

 he divides the Palsearctic region into four 

 subregions : Europa;o-Siberian, Mediterranean, 

 Turkestain and Chino- Japanese. The African 

 region he subdivides into Tropical, Sovith Af- 

 rican and Madagascar. The Indian is di- 

 vided into Upper Indian (including South 

 China and Formosa), Lower Indian (including 

 Ceylon) and Indonian (including the Philip- 

 pine and Sunda Islands). The Australian 

 region he divides into Melanesian, New Hol- 

 land (including islands of the South Seas) 

 and New Zealand. The Neotropical fauna is 

 grouped in the Argentino-Patagonian (in- 

 cluding Chile), the Brazilian, the Central 

 American and the Antillean subregions. The 

 Nearctic he divides into but two subregions, 

 the cismontane, and the transmontane or Cali- 

 fornian. Africa appears to be the most fertile 

 region for these insects. 



The last article is by Th. Kuhlgatz, on 

 ' Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Metamorphose ge- 

 fliigelter Ileteropteren,' pp. 595-616, 13 figs. 

 He treats of the morphology of the thorax as 

 indicating the age and development of the 

 individual; of the relation of the scutellum to 

 the wings ; and, as less important, the shape of 

 the head and abdomen, and the color as in- 

 dicative of maturity. Nathan Banks. 



ROBERT OGDEN DOREMUS. 



Probably no educator has ever left more 

 pupils to mourn his loss and recall his many 

 estimable qualities as a teacher and lecturer 

 than Dr. Robert Ogden Doremus, who died on 

 March 22, 1906, in the eighty-third year of his 

 age. 



Dr. Doremus was born in New York City, 

 on January 11, 1824. He was descended on 

 his father's side from Anneke Jans, who early 

 settled in New York and on his mother's side 

 from Robert Ogden, one of the founders of 

 Princeton University. He was at one time 

 a student in Columbia College, but completed 

 his college education at New York University, 

 receiving the degree of B.A. in 1842, the de- 

 gree of M.A. in 1845, the degree of M.D. in 

 1850, and the degree of LL.D. in 1871. 



Dr. Doremus earlj' manifested a special in- 



