8 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



26, Ilybius 10," Colymbetes 11, Dytiscus 6, Hydaticus 6, Acilius 2. The new 

 species are Haliplus lapponum(ferrugineusZett. Ins. Lapp.); Hydroporus arcticus 

 (lapponum Zett. non Gyll.), bohemanni, geniculates, acutangulus ; Agabus 

 zetterstedtii (sturmii var b. Gyll.) ; Ilybius crassus, similis ; all from Lapland, 

 •with the exception of this last. 



Oefversigt af K. Swenska Akademiens Fobhandlingar foer Aar 1855. 

 Proceedings of R. Swedish Academy for the year 1855. 

 8vo. Stockholm. 1856. 

 Zoology. (Wahlberg, J. A.) New species of Birds from the Damara country, 

 S. Africa. — p. 213,214. Alauda grayi, Eremomela damarensis, Erithacus schle- 

 gelii, Saxicola albicans, Platystira affinis, Graculus neglectus, coronatus. ^Staal) 

 New species of Heniiptera from Caffraria — p. 27-46, 89-100. Describing 157 

 species of Geocorini, 3 of Ploteres, 8 of Hydrocorini, and 94 of Homoptera. The 

 generic name Bohcmannia is substituted for Euryprosopum, previously employed 

 among ihe Coleoptera. (Same) New species of Hemiptera of the Museum at 

 Stockholm — p. 181-192. Ninety new species ; and a new genus of Reduvidse Hama- 

 tochares, H. obscuripennis, n. sp., from Sierra Leone. (Same) Entomological 

 Notes — p. 343-353. Poecitomorpha fairmairei, n. sp. Lucastea, n. g., allied to 

 Pcecilomorpha, but differing in the structure of the antennae; three species from 

 Port Natal, all new. Synonyms of forty-two species of Hemiptera described by 

 Thunberg in the Acta Societatis Upsaliensis, determined from the original speci- 

 mens in his collection. Four new species of Forficulaiise from Caffraria. New 

 species of Orthoptera of the Stockholm Museum, viz., Forficularise 10 ; Blattariae 

 3 ; Gryllides 2 ; Locustariae, Clonia n. g. allied to Listrocelis, G. wahlbergi n. sp., 

 from Port Natal ; Acridites 6, with a n. g. Amicus allied to Mesops, two species, 

 both from Port Natal. (Same) On Cimex stockerus L. and Cimex augur Thun- 

 berg — p. 389-392. The four varieties of C. augur given by Thunberg are deter- 

 mined as so many distinct species, one of which belongs to a different group ; viz., 

 a. Odontopus coqueberti Fb., (3. Dysdercus augur, y. D. thunbergi Staal, 8. D. 

 thoracicus Staal. (Thomson) The Swedish species of g. Oxypoda — p. 193-203. 

 Twenty-five are described, of which six given as new, Ox. curticollis, planipennis, 

 soror, riparia, laticollis, convexicollis. (Same) The Cyphonidee of Sweden — p. 

 317-322. Scirtes 1, Cyphon 13, of which as new C. nitidulus, fuscicornis, palus- 

 tris, pallidiventris. G. serricornis Muller is included in the list, but not C. deflexi 

 collis, which is so abundant in Britain. (Same) The Trichopterygia of Sweden 

 — p. 335 344. Trichopteryx 10 species, Ptilium 8, Ptenidium 5, Sphserius 1. 

 The new species are Tr. littoralis ; Ptil. elongatum, seemingly very similar to Pt. 

 coarctatum described in this Journal (see Vol. II., Proceedings, p. 122), but dis- 

 tinguishable by the finer sculpture of the thorax ; Pten. turgidum. Sphse- 

 rius acaroides occurred abundantly among the fine moss at the edge of a 

 pool in a peat moss. There seems every reason to expect that this insect 

 will be found in the British Islands also. (Wallengren) On Lycaena argus 

 and L. calliopis — p. 205-210. Concluding that L. eegon W. V., which is com- 

 mon in Sweden, should be considered as the true argus of Linneus, of 

 which his idas is the female. Obvious errors have crept into the diagnoses of 

 these Linnsean species, which the descriptions serve to correct. L. argus Autt. 

 he proposes to call L. calliopis, Boisduval having described a variety of it as a 

 distinct species under that trivial name. (Liljeborg) The marine Crustacea 

 of Kullaberg in Scania — p. 117-138. Addenda to the list in the Proceedings for 

 1852. Ampelisca eschrichti Kioyer, as appears from a comparison with the typi- 

 cal specimen, is different from that described, with doubt, under that name in 

 the Proceedings. The supposed sexes of the latter constitute two distinct 

 species, and their characters require the establishment of a n.g. IJaploops, with 

 two species H. tubicola and carinata. Gammarus maculatus Lilj. is identified 

 with G. obtusatus Montague; The new species in this appendix are Pagurus 

 chir o acanthus ; Cuma tumida^ ampullacea, rubicunda ; Lexicon nasicoides ; Am- 

 pelisca lavigata, tenuicomis ; Gammarus erythrophthalmus, macronyx ; Anceus 



