522 NOTICE OF ENTOMOLOGICAL WORKS. 



Sp. 5. Ana. ensifer. Mas et Fern. Prcecedentibus omninb 

 diversus; petiolns brevior ; abdomen compression. 



Ater : antennae nigras, subtus nigro-piceas ; articuli l us . et 2 US . omnino 

 nigri : petiolus abdominis triente brevior : abdomen fern, prse- 

 sertim angustum, compressum : pedes run* ; coxae nigra? ; meta- 

 pedes picei, tibiis rufis apice ferrugineis ; fern, mesopedes et 

 profemora rufo-pieea : alae albo-limpidas ; squamulae et nervi 

 ferruginea ; nervus extimus transversus mediocris, piceus. (Corp. 

 long. 1J— U Hn. ; alar. 2— 2£ lin.) 

 Far. (3. — Fern, pedes rafi; coxae nigra?; metapedes ferruginei; tro- 

 chanteres et tarsi picei. 

 June ; near London ; Windsor Forest. 

 It resembles a Figites in the shape of its abdomen. 



Art. LI. — Notice of Entomological Works. 



1. British Entomology, by John Curtis. Nos. 127 to 

 132. July to December, 1884. 



2. Illustrations of British Entomology ; by J. F. Stephens. 

 Nos. LXV. to LXVIII. — The author, on the wrapper, an- 

 nounces his intention of completing the work in 24 additional 

 numbers, making the whole work to consist of 14 volumes. In the 

 9 volumes already before us, the Coleoptera and Lepidoptera 

 are not yet complete, and no other class is begun. We hope 

 that Mr. Stephens will allow at least an equal space to Hymen- 

 optera and Diptera, which contain as many species as the two 

 classes he has described ; and the Orthoptera, Hemiptera, and 

 Nenroptera, cannot be completed in less than one volume ; 

 appendix and tables must take another small volume, thus 

 allowing 20 volumes for the whole work. We assert, without 

 hesitation, that the subject cannot be well treated in less, and 

 we are very sorry to hear of this proposition for curtailing the 

 part which is to come. The plan of the work may probably 

 have been too diffuse ; but we think it should be continued in 

 the present style, or otherwise the work abandoned when the 

 classes in hand are completed. In the latter case, it will be a 



