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We are requested to announce that Mr. A. H. Swinton, of Binfield House, 

 Waterden Road, Guildford, is engaged upon a -work " On the passions evinced by 

 Insects," especially as indicated by the sounds known as insect-music, considered as 

 instrumental and vocal. The work will also contain researches on the hearing-power 

 of insects, and an appendix of the genera known or reputed to have the power of 

 producing sound ; and it will be illustrated by four plates and wood-cuts. — Eds. 



The Douhleday collection. — We have been requested to insert the following 

 letter :— g^^j.j^ Kensington Museum, London, S.W. : 



7th day of April, 1876. 



gij. Bethnal Green Branch Museum. 



I beg to acknowledge receipt of a memorial, bearing date 18th March, 1876, 

 signed by you and seven other gentlemen representing the Haggerston Entomological 

 Society, the East London Entomological Society, the South London Entomological 

 Society, and the West London Entomological Society, in reference to the Doubleday 

 Collection of Lepidoptera which has been lent by the Trustees for exhibition in the 

 Branch Museum at Bethnal Green. 



I have the pleasure to acquaint you, that upon careful consideration of the 

 arrangements necessary for the proper care of the collection, it has been decided to 

 give full efPect to the wishes which have been expressed on the part of the four 

 Entomological Societies named. 



A room will be specially provided, and an attendant will be in readiness to show 

 the collection to such persons as maj apply to the officer in charge for permission to 

 inspect it. I ^.m, Sir, 



Your obedient Servant, 



EENCLIFFE OWEN, 

 J. A. Clark, Esq., Director South Kensington. 



11, Duncan Place, London Fields, Hackney, E. 



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MOKOGEAPniA LYGiEIDARFM HfNGAEI^. AeIR MaOYAR TeRMESZETTTTDO- 



MANTi Taesulat Meobizasabol. Irta Dr. Horvath. Budapest, 1875. 4to, pp. 

 1 — 109, and 1 plate. 



In this work, the author has described the spec'es of LygcuidcB (Hemiptera- 

 Jleteroptera) known by him to occur in Hungary, of which three are cited as 

 new, namely, Flmthisus hungaricus, Pachymerus validus, and Emhlethis ciliatus. 

 The number of species enumerated is 100, but doubtless, as collectors in Hungary 

 have been few, there are more species yet to be discovered there. The coloured plate 

 is well executed, and the three new species are figured thereon. L^nfortunately for 

 most Hemipteriats, the work is written in the Hungarian language, but the diagnoses 

 of the genera and species are in Latin, and, referring mainly to known forms, may 

 suffice for practical purposes. 



Where there is so much to commend — and pains have evidently been taken to 



