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A Text Book of Entomology, including the Anatomy, Physiology, Embry- 

 ology, and Metamorphoses of Insects : by Alpheus S. Packard, M.D., Ph.D. 

 Pp. 729 royal Svo. New York : the Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan and 

 Co., Limited. 1898. 



This work is indispensable to the Entomologist who cares to study his subject 

 beyond its systematic and classificational aspects ; it is also indispensable to every 

 student of the anatomy and physiology of Invertebrates. Dr. Packard's " Guide " 

 and " Entomology for Beginners " are in the hands of many of our readers : we 

 cordially recommend those interested to invest in this volume also. It is not our 

 purpose here to go into the details in noticing the work ; neither do we care to 

 analyse it with a view to detecting possible omissions or errors : it is a vast storehouse 

 of information compiled (in addition to what is original) from all writers on the 

 varied and complex subjects dealt with, giving, where necessary, opposed opinions, 

 with copious bibliographies under the main divisions. The illustrations (many of 

 them full page) are all in the text, and there is scarcely a page on which they are 

 not to be found. Owing to the vastness and diversity of the subjects, it was formerly 

 necessary to consult many works in order to arrive at definite conclusions : the pith 

 of these is here concentrated, and the capital Index serves as a guide to the special 

 information desired. It strikes us that the illustrations are somewhat unequal in 

 execution, but as the majority of them are reproductions this is a matter impossible 

 to avoid. — E. McL. 



Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.R.S., 8(o. — To the loss of science and the great grief of 

 numerous friends, Osbert Salvin passed away, at his residence at Fernhurst, Sussex, 

 from heart disease, on June 1st. Those who knew him intimately were aware that 

 such an event had been possible at any time for several years, nevertheless, the end 

 was so sudden as to make its realization diiScult. He was born at Finchley in 1835, 

 and was the only surviving son of Mr. Anthony Salvin, a well known architect. His 

 preliminary education was received at Westminster School, whence he passed to 

 Trinity Hall, Cambridge, of which he was elected Honorary Fellow last year. He 

 graduated in 1857, and immediately afterwards proceeded to Tunis and Algeria in 

 company with two friends, Mr. W. H. Hudleston and Mr. (now Canon) Tristram (both 

 of whom survive) , on a Natural History expedition ; in the autumn of the same year 

 he made his first expedition to Central America, remaining till the middle of 1858, 

 but revisiting it in about a year, and for the third time in 1861 in company with 

 Mr. F. D. Godman, and it is probable that soon after their return from this journey 

 the idea of the great work — the Biologia Centrali-Americana — on which both were 

 occupied to the time of his death, originated. In 1865 he married Caroline, daughter 

 of Mr. W. W. Maitland, of Loughton, Essex, and with her undertook a fourth 

 journey to Central America. In 1874 he accepted the ofiice of Strickland Curator 

 of Natural History in Cambridge University, and held it until 1883. He was 

 elected a Fellow of the Zoological Society in 1860 (and was a Vice-President at the 

 time of his death), of the Linnean in 1864, of the Entomological in 1866 (and was on 

 the Council of both when he died), and of the Koyal in 1873 (since when he had 

 served on the Council for two separate terms) ; on all Councils and Committees he 

 was always an acquisition on account of methodical business habits in addition to 

 his scientific knowledge. On the death of his father in 1883 he succeeded to the 

 family estate at Fernhurst, near Haslemere (which in default of male issue now 



