RUSSIA. 7 



OeFWERSIGT AF FlNSKA WeTENSKAPS SOCIETETENS FffiRHANDLINGAR. PROCEED- 

 INGS of the Scientific Society of Finland. 4to. Helsingfors. 

 Vol. II. A.D. 1853, 1855. 

 (Nordmann) On the variable number of tbe eyes in a species of NepTielis^ 

 family Sanguisugidje — p. 1. (Bonsdorff) On the nervous system of Raja clavata 

 — p. 10-24. (Same) On the relation of Hydropathy to the process of Animal 

 Rejuvenescence — p. 53-69. (Nordsmann) Rare Vertebrata of Finland, in the 

 University Museum — p. 69-73. (Moberg) Periodical phenomena of Animal 

 and Vegetable life in Aaland — p. 73. 



Vol. III. 1855, 1856. 

 (Bonsdorff) Action of the Heart, considered in the received Physiological 

 point of view — p. 16-25. (Holrnberg) A Geological section in Karelen ; with 

 a plate — p. 55-61. (Bonsdorff) On the formation of the Chyle, and its absorp- 

 tion in the intestinal canal— p. 76-91. (llmoni) On the Primitive momentum 

 of the circulation of blood in man and animals — p. 91. (Maeklin) On Her- 

 maphroditism in insects, with the description of a Hermaphrodite Mutilla 

 obscura ; with a plate — p. 106-112. The great difference between the winged 

 male and the wingless female makes this instance as striking as that of Formica 

 sanguinea, noticed by Tischbein in the Stettin Entomological Journal for 1851. 

 (Middendorf) Notice of his work, Isepipteses Russlands, or Principles of inves- 

 tigation of the periods and direction of Migration of the Birds of Russia — p. 

 112-120. (Nordmann) Notice of the Scientific Expedition to Eastern Siberia, 

 sent out by the Geographical Society of Russia— p. 141-148. Obituary, C. 

 Lundahl — p. 152. 



SWEDEN. 

 Konol. Swenska Vetenskaps Akademiens Handlingar foer Aar 1854. 



Transactions of the R. Swedish Academy of Sciences for the Year 



1854. Part I. 8vo. Stockholm. 1858. 



(Holmgren) Entomological notes of a journey in the South of Sweden, in the 

 year 1854— p. 1-104. This portion of the notes is devoted to the family 

 Ichneumonidse. In the group Crypti a new genus, Macrobatus, is proposed for 

 Cryptus macrobatus Grav., the trivial name being changed to clavator* The 

 group Tryphonides comprises the following new genera — Priopoda (name too 

 near in form to Priopus), differing from Perilissus by the pectinated ungues, in- 

 cludes Mesoleptus sticticus Grav. &c. ; Lasiops (name pre-occupied in Diptera), 

 for Tryphon pilosellus Grav.; Mesoleius^ including Tryphon sanguinicollis Grav., 

 <fcc. ; Colpotrochia, for Cryptus mandator Fb., to which the older trivial name 

 elegantulus Schranck is restored ; Monoplectron, a new species M. zygamator, 

 but both the genus and species have been long previously characterized as Periope 

 auscultatory Ann. Nat. Hist., A.D. 1838. Vol. II., p. 114. Holmgren has here for 

 the first time made known the male, which has antenna incrassated toward the tip, 

 as in the other sex, but the abdomen not compressed at the end. In the group 

 PimplariaB the g. Chalirwcerus Ratzeburg is rightly identified with Cylloceria 

 Schioedte, but it has not been observed that the generic name Lampronota for 

 this group is prior to either of those, dating from 1830. See Curtis's British Ento- 

 mology, No. 407; Stephens's Illustrations of B. E. Mandibulata, Vol. VII., p. 126; 

 and Ann. Nat. Hist., A.D. 1838, Vol. II., p. 121. Tbe new species described are 

 thirty-eiyht, some of which may be questionable. (Beurling) Contribution to the 

 Flora of Portobello — p. 1 05-148. From a collection made by Dr. Billberg, in 1826, 

 chiefly about Portobello. Forty species are described as new, besides several from 

 Panama and other parts. The author seems to have a very limited vocabulary, 

 as nearly every second species is named either portobellensis or billbergianus. 

 (Thomson) Synopsis of the species of the family Dytisci found in the Scandina- 

 vian Peninsula— p. 177-237. The list amounts to 129 species, viz., Haliplus 11, 

 Cnemidotus 1, Hydroporus 51, Hyphydrus 1, Noterus 2, Laccophilus 2, Agabus 



