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Westwood (Proc. Ent. Soc. Aim. Nat. Hist, xiv, 453) has given an 

 account of a species which lives at the roots of artichokes, and which he has 

 characterized as Rhizobius helianthemi [= Trama raditis, Kalt. ?] ; it is nearly 

 white, has the hind legs attached to the sides of the body, and the hind 

 feet very long and apparently unjointed. 



Wahlberg has noticed a red colouring matter which is yielded by Aphis 

 taniceticola, Kalt. (Ofvcrs. Vet. Akad. Forh. 1844, p. 153 ; Horusch. Arch. 

 Scand. Beitr. i, 177.) 



COCCIDES. Bouche (Entom. Zeit. 293) has published his recent obser- 

 vations on these insects. The following species have been newly detected -. 

 Aspidiotus solids on young willow stems, or branches of two to four years' 

 growth ; A. bromelice on the pine-apple, to which it is often injurious ; A. 

 cymbidii on Cyinbidiurn siueuse in hot-houses ; Lecani^lm persicte on cherry 

 and plum trees, whitethorn, &c. ; L. conii on the underside of the twigs of 

 Coruus sanguinea, Pyrus, Tilia, Corylus, Ribes rubrum, &c. ; L. juglandis 

 on Juglans regia and nigra ; L. aceris on maples and elms ; L. epidendri on 

 Epideudron cuspidatum in hot-houses ; Coccus liliaceorum on various Liliacese, 

 at the base of the leaves and between the scales of the bulb ; C. tuliparum 

 on plants of the same order ; C. mamillarite on various sorts of Mamillaria, 

 especially M. rhodautha. 



ARACHNIDA ARANE^E. 



EPETBIDES. Tin's family has been considerably enriched by Koch (Arach- 

 niden, ii, pt. 3-6), partly by the publication of new species, partly by the 

 completion of the figures before given, along with which the synonyms 

 in general are rectified. 



The following are new: Gastracantha hemisph^rica, KL, from Sierra 

 Leone ; sangitiiwlenta, KL, and cicatricosa, KL, from the Cape ; annulipes, 

 KL, andfaleifera, KL, from Manilla; quadridens, from St. Thomas, in the 

 West Indies ; rubiginosa, KL, from St. Domingo ; mammosa, KL, picea, KL, 

 and obliq/ta, from Brazil ; pallida, country unknown ; Acrosoma gilvuhim, 

 from Brazil ; matfonale, KL, from Mexico ; Epeira hirta, KL, from the Cape ; 

 hispida, KL, from Brazil ; ravilla, KL, from Mexico ; ana/is, from Brazil ; 

 p/tlchra, from Southern Germany ; Atea subfusca, from Greece ; melanog aster, 

 from Germany ; Singa uitidula, trifasciata, nigrlfrom, anthracina (Micryphia 

 id., Koch. Uebers.), sanguinea, from the district of Eiiangeu ; Miranda ex- 

 ornata, from Hungary ; Uloboms canescens, KL from Columbia. 



Blackwall (Ann. Nat. Hist, xiii, ISO) has characterized a new species, 

 Epeira, similis, English. 



TIIEIUDIDES. He (ibid. 182) has added to his genus Nerienc (= Boly- 

 plidiites, Koch.) N.flavipes, timida, saxatilis, sulcata, avida, all indigenous 

 to England. 



