296 Bibliographical Notices. 



upon that which it is in search of, a most material assistance in re- 

 ference. We do not quite coincide with the compilers in all their 

 rejections and admissions of species and varieties ; but where there is 

 so much to commend generally, it would be invidious to point out 

 what may appear to us (and perhaps only to us individually) a few 

 minor faults. We could however have wished that the indication of 

 the relative scarcity or abundance and condition of the species had 

 been extended to the whole kingdoms, and not confined to the flora 

 of Edinburgh. In conclusion, we cordially anticipate that this ad- 

 mirable Catalogue will be the standard one in use with all botanists, 

 whether as an index to the herbarium or for correspondence. 

 Arcana Entomologica, or Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting 



Exotic Insects. By J. O. Westwood, F.L.S., &c. Nos. 2, 3, 



and 4. 



Since our former notice of this work three more numbers have made 

 their appearance, at intervals of two months, and fully keep up the in- 

 terest of the first number in the beauty and singularity of the insects 

 represented. Amongst them we may particularize two splendid 

 moths from Assam, contained in the collection of R. H. Solly, Esq., 

 of large size, having all the appearance of species of the true genus 

 Papilio ; some curious Tenthredinida from New Holland and tropical 

 Africa ; a gigantic walking-stick insect ; several new species of Pa- 

 pilio, chiefly from India, and a figure with details of that most ano- 

 malous animal the Hypocephalus armatus, accompanied by a series of 

 observations from the pen of Dr. Burmeister on its affinities. The 

 last number also contains a monograph of the Dipterous family Mi- 

 dasidce, containing descriptions of not fewer than fifty species, nearly 

 half of which are new, and of which a great number are figured. 



Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, edited by Henrik Kroyer. Copenhagen, Vol. 

 III. 1840-41. 



The volume which we have just received contains the following 

 articles, — and as some are continued through successive Numbers, 

 the pages are added. 



C. Staeger, Systematic Catalogue of the Diptera found in Denmark, 

 pp. 1, 228. — J. W. Hornemann, Essay towards a Catalogue of Plants 

 not cultivated, but which have been introduced in Denmark in former 

 times, and of those of which the origin is uncertain, pp. 59, 113. — Re- 

 view of new zoological works, p. 85. — Lund, On the ancient animals 

 of the Brazils before the last revolution of the world, pp. 85, 214. 

 (From the * Acta' of the Royal Society of Copenhagen.) — Eschricht, 

 Cirrhoteuthis Mulleri, a new species of Cephalopod, p. 95. (From 

 the 'Nova Acta Acad. Nat. Cur./ vol, xviii. p. 11.) — G. Schiodte, 

 Ichneumonidarum ad Danise Faunam pertinentium genera et species 

 novse, p. 96. (From Guerin, ' Magazin de Zoologie, d'Anatomie com- 

 pared et de Paleontologie, 1839.') — T. Cantor, Spicilegium Serpen- 

 tina Indicorum, p. 100. (From the ' Proceedings of the Zoological 

 Society, 1 839.') — Eschricht, On the Porpoise and its Entozoa, p. 220. 

 — Eschricht, On the Salpa cordiformis, p. 223. (From the 'Acta' of 

 the Royal Society of Copenhagen.) — H. Kroyer, Bopyrus abdominalis, 



