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*' Occurrence of Lythria purpuraria in Britain," by V. R. Perkins, 

 Esq. 



" A List of Lepidoptera hitherto formed within the Province of 

 Moray, &c.," by the Rev. George Gordon, M.A. 



"Occurrence of Acentropus niveus at Hampstead," by R. McLach- 

 lan, Esq. 



Trichoptera. 

 "Notes on the Family Phryganidae," by E. Parfitt, Esq. 



'The Zoologist' now consists of 19 volumes, containing 7824 

 pages, and the greatest service the editor could render to his sub- 

 scribers and naturalists in general would be to publish a classified 

 index to the vast amount of interesting matter which is here accu- 

 mulated. I believe the present race of naturalists are for the most 

 part quite unaware what a store of valuable matter is contained in this 

 work, and for those who do know the labour and time required to find 

 the record of observations on any given item are immense. 



* The Entomologist's Weekly Intelligencer,' Vols. ix. and x. This 

 periodical has ceased to appear ; the reason given by the editor for dis- 

 continuing it being that there are too many periodicals, and that this 

 was one of the number. I ventured in my Address last year to sug' 

 gest that the 'Intelligencer' might be improved, and I still think 

 (notwithstanding the editor's denunciation of periodicals in general, 

 which in the main is quite true), that a periodical which should not 

 only give notices of new or rare insects discovered in Britain, but also 

 notes and abstracts of papers published in England and on the Conti- 

 nent, is a desideratum. Such a work I believe would more than any 

 other serve to raise up a body of young men who would be worthy of 

 the name of entomologists ; but as in England no such work is under- 

 taken by an individual unless it will pay, and there is but little 

 chance that, for a considerable period at least, such a work would pay 

 its expenses, there is no prospect that any person would devote the 

 time and capital necessary to begin and continue it. It might possibly 

 be managed by the united labours of several entomologists under a 

 competent editor, but it would be absolutely necessary for them 

 to agree to continue to furnish matter, and firmly to resolve to shut 

 out all personalities. 



* Annals and Magazine of Natural History,' 1861 : — 

 " On the Anobiidai of the Canary Islands," by T. V. Wollaston, 

 Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



