of the Council strengthened. Scientific standards were also raised. Reform was too slow for firebrands like Babbage and his supporters. Dr Marie Boas Hall has presented a very balanced account of the ensuing debate on the decline of English science. No one today can accept without reservation Babbage's hysterical outburst on this subject. His views were based on a misapprehension of the functio...

KİTAP DEĞERLENDİRME/BOOK REVIEW: Önder Duman, MEŞRUTİYET’TEN “BEYAZ DEVRİM”E CANİK - SAMSUN’DA SEÇİMLER VE SİYASET (1877-1950), Canik Belediyesi, Samsun 2015, 413 s.

Four species of copepod, Caligus bonito Wilson, 1905 (Caligidae), Clavellisa scombri Kurz, 1877 (Lernaeopodidae), Pandarus bicolor Leach, 1816 (Pandaridae) and Anchistrotos laqueus Leigh-Sharpe, 1935 (Bomolochidae) were reported from Coryphaena hippurus Linnaeus, 1758, Scomber scombrus Linnaeus, 1758, Mustelus mustelus Linnaeus, 1758 and Serranus hepatus Linnaeus, 1758. These parasites were rec...

The genus Dolichomitus Smith, 1877 is recorded from Vietnam for the first time with description of a new species, D. lami sp. nov., from Hoang Lien National Park, Lao Cai Province. Besides, D. melanomerus (Vollenhoven) is recorded as new for the country from specimens collected in Tam Dao National Park, Vinh Phuc Province and Hang Kia-Pa Co Nature Reserve, Hoa Binh Province.

This paper presents preliminary results on visualizing business and labor lobbying before the U.S. Congress in 1877–1933 based on metadata of witnesses at Congressional committees. It highlights the dominant presence of business representatives even in this most accessible category of lobbying activity.