266 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [December. 



THE ENTOMOLOGIST'S RECORD, London, Oct. 15, 1892. The genus 

 Acronycta and its allies (cont.), Dr. T. A. Chapman. A melanic race of 

 Liparis monac/ia, }. A. Clark, i pi. Variation in size brought about by 

 food, E. A. Bowles. 



THE JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE NEUROLOGY, II, pp. 89-136, Granville, 

 Ohio, September, 1892. Psychological notes upon the Gallery Spider- 

 Illustrations of intelligent variations in the construction of the web, C. 

 H. Turner. 



OFVERSIGT AF FINSKA VETENSKAPS-SOCIETETENS FORHANDLINGAR, 

 xxxiii, Helsingfors, 1891. [On Siberian Hemiptera-Heteroptera],- O. 

 M. Renter; has some comparisons of N. American and other faunas. 



LE NATURALISTE, Paris, Oct. 15, 1892. The mouth and the buccal 

 organs of Arthropods (concl.), R. Saint-Loup. The useful insects of 

 China, Tcheng-Ki-Tong. 



JAHRES-BERICHT DER NATURFORSCHENDEN GESELLSCHAFT GRAU- 

 BUENSDENS, ii. f. xxxv, Chur, 1892. On the formation of honey, Dr. A. 

 v. Planta. 



DEUTSCHE ENTOMOLOGISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT, 1892, i, Berlin, August, 

 '1892. On the law of moderation in the alteration of the markings of in- 

 sects: Contribution to the theory of development from constitutional 

 causes, K. Escherich, i pi. The Anchonid group, *f J. Faust. [On Co- 

 leoptara from Turkestan. Siberia, Persia and the Amur River]*f Dr. L. 

 v. Heyden and J. \Veise. [On Cicindelidas]*t W. Horn. The varieties 

 of Dorcadion equestre Laxman, Dr. G. Kratze, i pi. Monographic re- 

 vision of the Rutelid genus Popillia Serv., id. VII. Contribution to the 

 German beetle fauna, J. Schilsky. Revision of the palaearctic species of 

 the Elaterid genus I\Ielanotus Eschsch., O. Schwarz, i pi. 



ANNALES DES SCIENCES NATURELLES. ZOOLOGIE, xiii, 6, Paris, Oct. 5, 

 1892. Anatomical and physiological researches on the compound eye of 

 Arthropods, H. Viallanes, 2 pis. 



ZEITSCHRIFT FUR WISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZOOLOGIE, liv, 4, Leipsic, Oct. 

 18, 1892. Contributions to the knowledge of the wings of insects, C. 

 Hoffbauer, 2 pis., figs. 



THE OTTAWA NATURALIST, November, 1892. Calosoina scrutator at 

 Ottawa, J. Fletcher. 



ANIMAL COLORATION. An account of the Principal Facts and Theories 

 relating to the Colours and Markings of Animals, by Frank E. Beddard, 

 M.A., etc. With four coloured plates; and woodcuts in the text. London: 

 Swan Sonnenschein & Co. New York: Macmillan & Co., 1892, pp. viii. 

 288. " I have not used insects so much as has Mr. Poulton. . . . Never- 

 theless, it is impossible not to devote a great deal of space to insects. 



* Contains new species other than North American. f Contains new genera. 



