78 THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Biqwestidce, of which he published an excellent synonymic catalogue 

 in 1871. He also published in 1873 a ' Catalogue of the Species con- 

 tained in the genus Bupestris of Linnaeus. He contributed numerous 

 papers relating to this Family in the ' Transactions ' of the Entomo- 

 logical Society (1867-1872), in the ' Journal ' of the Linnean Society 

 (1870-1873), and in ' Insecta Saundersiana ' (1869). He formed a fine 

 collection of these insects, which became the property of the British 

 Museum in 1874 ; it consisted of 7267 specimens, of which 364 were 

 types. He also formed collections of British Coleoptera, Hemiptera, 

 and Hymenoptera, and extended his studies of the two latter Orders 

 to the whole of Europe, including the Mediterranean fauna. He con- 

 tributed numerous notes and descriptive papers to the ' Entomolo- 

 gist's Monthly Magazine ' on Hemiptera from 1869, and on Hymeno- 

 ptera from 1880. Some of the more important relate to the species 

 collected by the Rev. A. E. Eaton in Algeria, many of which were 

 new to science. He published a ' Catalogue of British Hemiptera ' 

 in 1876. His most important separate works are ' The Hemiptera 

 Heteroptera of the British Islands,' illustrated by thirty-two plates, 

 in 1892. This was followed in 1896 by a similar work, ' The Hyme- 

 noptera Aculeata of the British Islands,' a standard work, illustrated 

 by fifty coloured plates. He was one of the Editors of the ' Ento- 

 mologist's Monthly Magazine ' from 1880, and was a Eellow of the 

 Entomological Society from 1865, the Linnean Society from 1869, 

 and in 1902 was elected a Eellow of the Eoyal Society. 



He married in 1872, and leaves a widow and a large family, one 

 son being a clergyman ; others have entered different professions, and 

 one represents him at "Lloyd's." 



Edward Saunders was a good man, whom it was both a pleasure 

 and a profit to know, quiet and retiring in his manners, always ready 

 to look at the best side of things, and willing at all times to assist his 

 entomological friends, by whom he will be greatly missed. 



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NOTICES OF NEW BOOKS. 



A History of the Birds of Kent. By Norman F. Ticehuest, 

 M.A., &c. Witherby & Co. 



There can be little doubt but that in this book we have the 

 standard history of the birds of Kent, and that it will receive 

 general acceptance as of that authority. It represents the work 



