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Fig. 2. — Diagram, showing position of ocelli. 

 ,, 3. — Ovipositor of Hemipteron (? sp.), x 150. 

 ,, 4.— Hinder part of right eye, showing partial fusion of two facets, 



X 200. 

 ,, 5. — Corneal facets, central portion, x 200. 

 ,, (3.— Left eye, x 75. Drawn by Tuffen West. 



The Cosmographic Atlas of Political, Historical, Classical, 



Physical, and Scriptural Geography and Astronomy, with Indices and descrip- 

 tive Letterpress. Third edition. (Edinburgh and London : W. and A. K. 

 Johnston. 1887.) Price ^i is. 



This large and valuable atlas consists of forty political maps, including a 

 chart of the world on Mercator's projection ; nine historical maps, viz. :— 

 England (Britannia) under the Romans, Scotland (Roman period), England 

 (Saxon period), North Britain (Scotland, Saxon period), England (Tudor 

 period), France, illustrating French and English wars, Europe from 1715 to 

 1815, North 'America, conquest of Canada, British-Indian Empire, 1757 to 

 1870; three classical maps : — the world as known to the ancients, Imperium 

 Romanum, and Europe, showing barbarian inroads ; four physical maps, viz. : 

 an ethnographic map of Great Britain, rain-map of Europe, pateontological 

 map of the ]>ritish Islands, and the geological structure of the globe ; four 

 scriptural maps, viz. :— The distribution of nations after the deluge, the Ifoly 

 Land (as allotted by Joshua), Palestine in the time of Christ, and the prevail- 

 ing religions of the world ; and six astronomical maps, viz. : — The celestial 

 sphere, refraction, etc., the solar system, etc., comets, the seasons, day and 

 night, and the tides, eclipses of the sun, etc., and eclipses of the moon, etc. 

 Each series of maps is followed by an exhaustive index and descriptive letter- 

 press. Size of the pages, 19 in. by 14J in., several of the maps occupying 



two pages. 



Letts's Popular County Atlas : Being a Complete Series 



of Maps delineating the whole surface of England and Wales, with special and 

 original features and a copious index of 13,000 names. (London : Mason and 

 Payne. 1887.) Price 17s. 6d. 



We have here a series of 47 maps, 17 in. by 14 in., alphabetically arranged, 

 showing the railways and principal roads, and for the benefit of cyclists all 

 dangerous roads are marked in red. The maps also show the Parliamentary 

 boundaries (with number of members). Towns (with populations), Villages, 

 llandets. Municipal Boroughs, Quarter Sessions, County Court, Cathedral and 

 Post Towns, Market-Days, Distances from London and from Town to Town, 

 and we notice also that a portion of the leading topography of the neighbour- 

 ing counties is also given. At the end will be found an index of 13,000 names 

 of places, occupying 35 pages, whereby every name mentioned may be readily 

 found on the maps. 



The Colonial and Indian Atlas of the British Empire. 



(Edinburgh and London : W. and A. K. Johnston. 1887.) Price 7s. 6d. 



Comprises in convenient form some 56 maps of the British empire (size of 

 atlas, iii in. by 7 in.), of which each map generally occupies two pages. The 

 maps are plainly engraved and neatly coloured. At the end are some interest- 

 ing descriptions of the different colonies, giving an account of their area, popu- 

 lation, imports, exports, revenue, expenditure, etc. 



