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Sniitli. "Observations on some Coleoptera from the Bonin Islands," by 

 C. O. \Vaterhouse and C. J. Galian. " I )escri])tion of three new species 

 of luitterflies from New Ireland," by H. Grose Sniitli. "Seasonal di- 

 morphism in Japanese butterflies," by Dr. Adolf Fritze. 



" LKS PARNASSIKNS DK i..\ KATNK I'.u.EARCTiorK," par Jules L^on Am- 



stat, Leipxig, 1889. This is practically a monograph of the genus, all the 

 species being mentioned, except our American /\irntissius c/oJiits. There 

 are two hundred and twenty-two pages devoted to descriptions, history, 

 etc., of the species and varieties, and thirty-two plates, representing a 

 number of figures delineating the species, varieties and comparative anat- 

 omy. The figures are fine examples of chrome-lithography. 



"S.AFRICAN IU TTERFLIES: A monograph of the extra-tropical spa ies," 



by Roland Trimen and James Henry Bowker, Vol. 3. Papilioimke and 

 Hesperidas. This volume completes the work; it contains four hundred 

 and thirty-eight pages and twenty-eight colored figures. These three 

 volumes make a very valuable addition to the literature of the subject, and 

 are very exhaustive. 



The ZOOLOGISCHKR AXZEIGER for Feb. 1.1, 1890, contains a summary 

 of J. Carriere's studies "On the embryological development of the Wall 

 Bee (Chalicodoina mitraria Fab.) 



LE NATURALISTS for Feb. 15, 1890, contains an article by L. Cuenot, 

 " < >n the means of defense of Arthropods," including references to insects, 

 and 1'. Dognin describes a new lepidopter from Loja, O.vytt'iiis? t'cna- 

 dorensis. 



The ExTr >M<>I.O<;ISCHE NACHRICHTKN i Berlin) for February, 1890. con- 

 tains " Pentathcmis inemln-annlata, a new Australian Libellulid with five- 

 sided cardinal cell," by Dr. F. Karsch, describing a new genus /';//,?///,- 

 mis (family Confii/i/ia), type I', membranulata n. sp. from Torres Strait, 

 with a woodcut of fore wing. "On varieties of Knropean ("icindelid.e." 

 by H. Beuthin. "On ('.alls and Gall-flies from flower-heads of various 

 Compositae (continued)," by |. J. Kieffer, including Cecidomyia Jlorum 

 n. sp. "New Histeridrc (Coleoptera)," by Joh. Schmidt i continued i, nine 

 species of the genera V/V Y^.sV/.r, Tri/ta/ns. /'c/orni'its and Siif>riniis> from 

 .Australia, Africa and South America. Some shorter notes and notices , it" 

 recent entomological works. 



INDIAN MISM \i Notes (economic) Vol. i, No. 2; one hundred .md 

 twenty pages, three plates, Calcutta, iSSi, ; published by .mthoiily of the 



< rovernmenl of India. 



In !,!: NfATURALISTE (Paris) for Feb. i, is. ); ,, Kd. Andre has a note on 

 " Les lar\es de Malar-hiiis ( 'oleoptei.i, (".mi. Mal.icodermi<l.e '." \\itli t\\o 

 \\oodcuts of the larva of .!/. bipustulatus. 1'. I >ognin diagnoses t\\o new 

 I.epirloplera from / iniora, Amalu/a and I .oj.i--. liit/.i/iit aJc/a and ( \i/>,-- 



