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leading authorities on Tabanids in this country. The excellent form in which 
the publication appears is due to financial aid obtained from the Institut 
Pasteur. 
We can but congratulate the authors upon this very useful and well- 
illustrated work, in which they describe no less than 115 species of Tabanus in 
a masterly manner, giving keys for their determination, notes upon their 
biology, and maps relating to their geographical distribution, a full bibliography 
being appended. 
PERIODICALS. 
Bulletin of Entomological Research. Yol. i. Part I. pp. 1—88 (April, 1910). 
Part II. pp. 89—190 (July, 1910). Issued by the Entomological Research 
Committee (Tropical Africa) appointed by the Colonial Office. Editor: The 
Scientific Secretary (Guy A. K. Marshall). London : Longmans, Green, & Co., 
39 Paternoster Row, E.C. and Taylor & Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet St., E.C. 
Price per part, 4s. 
Following upon a Meeting held at the Colonial Office in March 1909 the 
Colonial Office appointed a body to be known as the Entomological Research 
Committee for Tropical Africa:— Chairman: The Earl of Cromer, G.C.B., 
G.C.M.G., O.M. Members: Lieut.-Col. A. Alcock, C.I.E., F.R.S.; Mr E. E. 
Austen; Dr A. G. Bagshawe; Dr J. Rose Bradford, F.R.S.; Col. Sir David 
Bruce, C.B., F.R.S.; Dr S. F. Harmer, F.R.S. ; Dr R. Stewart Macdougall; 
Sir John Macfadyean ; Sir Patrick Manson, K.C.M.G., F.R.S. ; Mr R. 
Newstead; Prof. G. H. F. Nuttall, F.R.S. ; Prof. F. B. Poulton, F.R.S. ; 
Lieut.-Col. D. Prain, C.I.E., F.R.S. ; Mr H. J. Read, C.M.G. ; The Hon. N. C. 
Rothschild ; Dr D. Sharp, F.R.S. ; Dr A. E. Shipley, F.R.S. ; Mr S. Stockman ; 
Mr F. Y. Theobald ; Mr C. Warburton. Scientific Secretary: Mr Guy A. K. 
Marshall. Secretary: Mr A. C. C. Parkinson. 
The Committee was formed with the object of furthering research in 
entomology in British tropical Africa. The sphere of usefulness may however 
with time be extended so as to cover a larger field within the Empire. 
Collections of all kinds of insects and ticks will be formed, special attention 
being given in the first instance to disease-transmitting forms affecting man 
and domesticated animals and to insects causing injury to cultivated plants. 
Efforts are to be made, at the instance of the Committee, to further our 
knowledge regarding the life histories and geographical distribution of these 
pests, and it is hoped that resident officials in the tropics will become interested 
in furthering the work especially since its great practical importance has 
received recognition from Government. Since the Committee was formed no 
time has been lost. Two entomologists have been sent to East and West Africa 
respectively and through their personal efforts and the stimulus they have 
brought to residents in the regions they have been and are traversing a vast 
and valuable material is being collected which will be distributed to experts for 
purposes of study and to suitable institutions. 
