104 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



652. Concluding against the existence of a species appropriated to man, while 

 admitting the evdence that Oestrus bovis, Cuterebra noxialis, &c, do occasionally 

 deposit their eggs on the human body, and that these are developed there. 

 (Kolenati) Nycteribia frauenfeldii n. sp ; with figures— p. 188, 189. The 

 largest European species of the genus ; found, but very rarely, in the fur of Ves- 

 pertilio murinus hybernating in the caverns of Moravia. (Egger) New genera 

 and species of Diptera of the families Tachinarise and Dexiarise; with other 

 remarks on insects of this order — p. 383-392. (Hornig) The metamorphosis of 

 some Lepidoptera, Cidaria ccesiata Wien. Verz., and Grapholdha conterminana 

 H. Schaeffer — p. 21-24. (Schedl) Metamorphosis of Eupithecia mayeri Mann 

 — p. 163. (Schleicher) List of the Lepidoptera of the Circle above the 

 Wienerwald — p. 653-670. (Mayr) Additions to the list of Hungarian For- 

 micidae— p. 177, 178. (Giraud) On some rare or little known species of Hy- 

 menoptera occurring about Vienna — p. 179-188. Among these, a second species 

 of the genus Elasmus, E. westwoodii, reared from some small soft galls of the 

 Aspen. (Hampe) On a new subterranean beetle — p. 463. This insect, 

 Pholeuon angusticolle, figured, constitutes a new genus of Silphidae, allied to 

 Leptoderus, but distinguished by the presence of a scutelium, the keeled sternum, 

 the subulate maxillary palpi, &c. ; found in a cave in Hungary at an elevation 

 of 4,500 feet above the level of the sea. (Miller) Oryotus schmidtii — p. 627. 

 (Same) Drimeotus kovacsii — p. 635. These two new genera of subterranean 

 Coleoptera, here figured, the former from a cave in Carniola, the latter in 

 Hungary, form with Pholeuon connecting links between Leptoderus and 

 Adelops. The foretarsi are four -jointed in the female Drimeotus, and in both 

 sexes of the two other genera, and the first two joints dilated in the male 

 Oryotus. (Kraatz) Typhlobium, a new subterranean genus of Staphylinidae — 

 p. 625. The species T. stagophilum, figured, was found in one of the Carniolan 

 caves by that indefatigable investigator, Ferdinand J. Schmidt, but has also 

 occurred under the bark of a tree. It is allied to Lathrobium, but distinguished 

 by the want of eyes, not total however, as in the place of those organs there is a 

 minute spot distinguished by its lighter colour, which the author compares to a 

 spiracle. (Brauer) List of the Odonata and Perlidse found in the Austrian 

 empire — p. 228-234. (Same) Comparative description of Sialis fuliginosa 

 Pictet ? and Burmeister, and S. lutaria L. — p. 397, 398. (Same) Kevision of 

 the Austrian species of Chrysopa, and description of a new species, C. tricolor ; 

 with a plate— p. 703-708. (Kolenati) A new Austrian Phryganea, Stenophylax 

 areatus ; with a plate— p. 165, 166. (Heller) Contribution to the Fauna of the 

 Adriatic; with a plate— p. 629-636, 717-720. Pontonella new genus of 

 Alphseidae ; Stenorrhynchus inermis n. sp. (Gredler) The land and freshwater 

 shells of Tyrol ; with a plate — p. 25-162. Four new species of Pupa are figured 

 and described; P. cluusiralis, striata, genesii, leontina. (Hauffen) Two new 

 subterranean Gastropoda, Valvata erythropomatia and Paludina pellucida ; 

 figured — p. 465, 466. (Same) Carychium reticulatum n. sp. ; figured — p. 623. 

 (Same) Two new subterranean Gastropoda, Carychium bidentatum and Valvata 

 spelaea ; figured — p. 701, 702. Botany. — (Pluskal) History of Botany in 

 Moravia — p. 363-372. (Fritsch) Instructions for the observation of the phe- 

 nomena of vegetation on the banks of the Danube— p. 709-716. (Kerner) The 

 Bakony forest ; a sketch of Botanical Geography— p. 373-382. (Pernhofier) 

 Essay towards a sketch of the Botanical Geography of the country about 

 Wildbad Gastein— p. 3-20. (Sapetza) Contribution to the Flora of Moravia 

 and Silesia— p. 471-474. (Pancic) List of Phanerogamous plants that grow 

 spontaneously in Servia; with characters of some new species — p. 475-598. 

 The new species are Trifolium trichopterum, Geranium fasciculatum, Lavatera 

 muricata, Eryngium serbicum, Koeleria eriostachya. (Mayr) Excursion to 

 Szegedin in the Autumn of 1855— p. 175-177. (Keissek) On the wild growth 

 of the vine in the basin of Vienna — p. 425-430. (Schur) The Sesleriacese of 

 the Siebenbuergen— p. 191-214. (Fenzl) Sedum hillebrandii n. sp., with 

 remarks on the distinctions of some species of the group of S. acre— p. 449-462. 

 (Perger) On Atropa mandrugora— p. 721-724. (Heufler) Contributions to 



