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scription of a minute coleopterous insect, forming the type of 

 a new subgenus allied to Tomicus ; with some observations 

 upon the affinities of the Xylophaga : by J. O. Westwood, 

 Esq. [Numerous insects of the species described were found 

 dead in the binding of a book, seemingly formed of paste- 

 board and paste, into which they had eaten burrows in every 

 direction,] 8. Remarks on a species of Calandra occurring 

 in the stones of tamarinds : by W. Christy, jun., Esq. 9. 

 Description of the nest of a gregarious species of butterfly, 

 from Mexico :/ by J. O. Westwood, Esq. 10. Description 

 of several species of Australian Phasmata : by G. R. Gray, 

 Esq. 11. Descriptions of some new genera of British Ho- 

 moptera: by R. H. Lewis, Esq. 12. A few observations 

 upon the habits of indigenous aculeate Hymenoptera, sug- 

 gested by M. de St. Fargeau's paper upon the genus Gorytes, 

 in No. 1. of the Annates de la Societe Entomologique de 

 France: by W. E. Shuckard, Esq. 13. On the habits of 

 some Indian insects: by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 14. Jour- 

 nal of the proceedings of the Society. 15. Prospectus of 

 essays on the subject of noxious insects, and remedies for 

 their destruction, for which the Society will award prizes. 



In the " Journal of Proceedings " are registered donations 

 of books, and of specimens of numerous species of insects ; 

 and notices of memoirs on entomological subjects read at the 

 meeting of the Society, and at those of the Linnaean Society. 

 In these memoirs, some detailed descriptions of certain in- 

 sects are given, and some particulars of interest relative to 

 various insects. The figures in the plates seem to us admir- 

 ably executed: Messrs. Westwood and Waterhouse have 

 drawn them ; Mr. Swainson has engraved them. 



Bagster, Samuel, jun.: The Management of Bees; with a 

 Description of the Ladies' Safety Hive. With 40 illus- 

 trative engravings on wood, and a frontispiece exhibiting 

 the queen bee, worker bee, and drone bee, of the natural 

 size and colour, and magnified. Small 8vo, 244 pages. 

 London, 1834. 6s. 6d. 



A portion of the author's leisure through some scope of 

 time has been applied to the happy occupation of keeping 

 bees ; in the progress of which he has endeavoured to descry, 

 both by original observation and by reading what apiarians 

 have written, all he can of the habits and instincts of these 

 interesting creatures ; and this to the end of gratifying his 

 own curiosity as that of a naturalist, and to the end of dis- 

 covering which of the artificial modes of managing them are 

 most congenial to their habits and instincts. He has, ac- 



