52 Bibliogruphical Notices, 



Genera Insectorum I conibus illustravit et descripsit Dr. H. Burmeister. 

 Vol. I. Rhyncota. 



Under this title Prof. Burmeister has begun a work, which in the 

 field of Entomology, can onlj'^ be compared with those of Curtis and 

 Percheron-Guerins, and which, while it is not as the former limited 

 to a Fauna, is neither inferior to it in elegance or in the accuracy 

 of its execution ; and is to be preferred to the latter (which it ap- 

 pears is discontinued) from the greater care with which the subject 

 is treated, and from the method adopted of placing the nearly allied 

 genera together. The author's previously published observations on 

 this order in the ' Manual of Entomology ' may serve as basis to the 

 present work. The first parts contain : — 



Lystra, with characters of seven species, illustrated by L. auri- 

 coma from Mexico, which externally has a great resemblance to 

 Phenax, the second genus here described, the analyses of which are 

 subjoined on the plate of the former genus. Acocephalus represented 

 by ^. costatus, Germ. Bythoscopus divided into four sub - genera : 

 Bythoscopus (Flattavaria, F.), Idiocerus Lewis (illustrated by Jassus 

 fulgidus, F.), Oniopsis {by B . lanio), Sind Pediopsis (B. tili(B, Germ.). 

 Eurymela with five species, of which the most known, E. fenestrata, 

 is chosen for the illustration of the genus. Erichson, Bericht uher 

 Entomologie, Wiegmann's Archiv. Part V. 1838. 



Second Annual Report and Proceedings of the Botanical Society of 

 Edinburgh. Session 1837-8. 8vo. Printed for the Society. 



We have had much satisfaction in perusing the Second Annual 

 Report of this Society ; it is rapidly advancing in importance ; and 

 if the same zeal and union of feeling continue to influence its mem- 

 bers, it will in a very short period stand at the head of the Botanical 

 Associations in Britain. Its correspondence and herbarium are al- 

 ready extensive, and the distributive plan which has been adopted in 

 regard to the latter will quickly increase it, whilst that of keeping a 

 paid Assistant- Curator will at once prevent any falling off or confu- 

 sion amidst the increasing work of the Society. 



The Report contains a general notice of the present state of the 

 Society, prepared by the Committee of Management ; a digest of the 

 proceedings at the Society's meetings, the greater part of which has 

 appeared from time to time in our pages ; a list of office-bearers for 

 the year ; of the members divided into classes ; contributors to the 

 herbarium, donations to the library, &c. ; and is preceded by extracts 

 irom a report on the ' Progress and State of Botany in Britain from 



