56 Literary Notices. 



" Remarks on some Mechanical Peculiarities noticed in a 

 Spider's Web, observed at Wandsworth, Surrey. By W. W. 

 Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., &c." These remarks are kindred to 

 those of Mr. Spence, in this Magazine, V. 689 — 691. 



" Observations upon the Habits of Copris Midas. By 

 Lieut.-Colonel W. H. Sykes, F.R.S., &c." 



These treatises occupy 66 pages. A continuation of the 

 " Journal of Proceedings " follows them, and occupies 29 

 pages. This includes very varied matter ; as records of dona- 

 tions made, memoirs read, and exhibitions made. The in- 

 stances of donations of works on insects and of specimens of 

 insects are numerous ; events advantageous to the Society's 

 thrift. 



" The period for receiving the prize essays upon the turnip 

 fly," is extended " until the anniversary meeting in January, 

 1836." 



Various Contributors : The Entomological Magazine, No. 

 XIII. October, 1835. 



See in M. N. H., xi. 48. In this Number "of the Ent. 

 Mag. are, besides, two contributions of noticeable interest. 

 One, an elaborate monograph, " On the Species of Platy- 

 gaster, &c. : by Francis Walker," assisted by Mr. Haliday : 

 the other, " Remarks on the Entomology of Epping and its 

 Vicinity : by Edward Doubleday." In the first are des- 

 cribed, of Platygaster, 101 species and some varieties; of 

 Inostemma Holiday, 8 species and some varieties; of Iphi- 

 trachelus Haliday, 1 species. A plate of 21 figures is supplied 

 in illustration of certain of the species described. The mono- 

 graph occupies 58 pages. Mr. Doubleday's " Remarks" are 

 of noticeable interest in this Magazine, from the fact that he 

 has appended to them a " Catalogue of Birds which have oc- 

 curred in the neighbourhood of Epping," and, added, remarks 

 upon certain of the species, as to the rate of the frequency of 

 occurrence, and on other points. 



Art. II. Literary Notices. 



Mr. Bushnan, the author of the Introduction to the Study of 

 Nature, is preparing for the press a work to be entitled The 

 Elements of Ichthyology : it is to be illustrated by numerous 

 woodcuts. 



The Zoological Journal : it has been announced that No. 

 xx., and Part v. of Supplementary Plates, have been pub- 

 lished, and that the work is now complete. 



