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found in West Australia, is recorded by Dakin (ibid. November 

 191 5). "Two new Species of Monhystera inhabiting the gill- 

 chambers of Land Crabs " have been discovered by Baylis 

 (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. November 1915)- Beddard con- 

 tributes a paper " On Taenia struthiones, Parona, and Allied 

 Forms" (Proc. Zool. Soc. October 1915)* and he defines a 

 probable new species of Davainea from the Ostrich (Struthis 



masaicus) . 



Stebbing contributes notes " On some Enigmatical Names in 

 Conchology and Pycnogonology " (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 



October 191 5). 



The Homoptera are treated in " Rhynchotal Notes " (ibid. 

 October 191 5) by Distant in continuation of a series of previous 

 notes. 



Ricardo concludes a previous paper of " Notes on the 

 Tabianidse of the Australian Region" (ibid. October 191 5) 

 and records four new genera, Ccenoprosopon, Denroplatus, 

 Pseudotabanus, and P seudopangoina as well as various species 

 of Tabanus. 



Turner continues his " Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera " 

 by describing new Ethiopian species (Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 

 October 191 5) and the Australian species of Bembex (ibid. 

 November 191 5). The same author in conjunction with 

 Meade-Waldo and Morley supply " Notes and Synonymy of 

 Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum " (ibid. 

 October 191 5). Two contributions on Coleoptera come from 

 Arrow (ibid. October 191 5). The first is " Upon a Remark- 

 able new Genus of Lamellicorn Beetles from Borneo " and the 

 second " Upon the Beetles of the Melolonthid Genus Rhopcea 

 found in the Fiji Islands." " On the Lepidoptera collected 

 in 191 3-14 by Herr Geyr von Schweppenburg on a Journey 

 to the Hoggar Mountains " is the title under which Rothschild 

 gives a descriptive list of the species taken (part i. Ann. and 

 Mag. Nat. Hist. October 1915, part ii. ibid. November 191 5). 

 ' Descriptions of Three new Neotropical Butterflies " are given 

 by E. M. Bowdler-Sharpe. 



The genus Palceomonetes is recorded for the first time in 

 Australia by Dakin 's description of a new species of prawn- 

 like Crustacean from West Australia (Proc. Zool. Soc. November, 

 1915). 



Vertebrata. — Gilchrist contributes some interesting " Obser- 



