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the acquisition of postage stamps, antiquities, etc. ; and the commence- 

 ment of an article reproducing the diary of a collecting tour taken in 

 Swedish Lapland by the late Herr CarlF. Hoge.of Hamburg, in the year 

 1866, in which are records of many interesting species and northern forms 

 in spite of the continual recurrence of " rain," "cloudy," etc., in the 

 journal. The numbers for July contain " Observations on Hepialus 

 hnmuli" dealing with the time of flight, w^hich differs according to 

 elevation, being much later in elevated districts, the duration of 

 flight, which is shown to be but very limited, the comparison of 

 the flight with that of other species of Hepialus, the peculiar pairing 

 habits, etc. ; five figures of teratological specimens of Coleoptera in 

 which the antennae are (1) asymmetical, Pohjphylla fiillo, one antenna 

 being longer and the other shorter than normal in each of two 

 specimens, (2) multiplied, Melolontha vnlf/aris, one specimen with the 

 right antenna duplicated from the end of the second joint, and another 

 with the right antenna triplicated from the third joint, and Orinocarahns 

 sylrestris, right antenna doubled from the fifth joint ; and a very full 

 list of the parasites (hymenopterous and dipterous) which have been 

 recorded as taking the Boiubycidae as their hosts. The August numbers 

 contain, a long and critical article on the Linnsean Parnassias apollo 

 with eleven figures and full references, by Felix Bryk, of Finnland, 

 and an account of the pairing of SatKrnia atlantica <y with S. jnjri 

 ? , the description of the larvie obtained, and the method of treatment 

 whereby 27 perfect cocoons were obtained from about 100 eggs laid. 

 In September the numbers contain, in addition to many short notes, 

 an account of a collecting holiday spent from Airolo over the St. 

 Gotthard, the Furka and the Grimsel to Interlaken ; the obituary of 

 the late Oskar Schultz, to whom we are indebted for many articles 

 and notes on variation and for a most useful compilation of the 

 occurrence of gynandromorphs in the Lepidoptera ; another notable 

 collection is brought under notice, that of the late M. Finot of 

 Fontainebleau, who was the greatest French authority on the 

 Orthoptera, and whose collection is now located in Paris ; and an 

 account of the variation of Brenthis daphne, by Herr M. Gillmer, with 

 a figure of a most remarkable dark suffused aberration, melanotica. 



The weekly Ento»wlof/ische Zeitschrift, published at Frankfort-on- 

 the-Main and edited by Prof. Dr. A, Spuler and Dr. Max Nassauer, 

 during the last few months has contained a number of more or less 

 generally useful articles. In June a very comprehensive article was 

 begun which will be suggestive to entomologists who interest themselves 

 in insects other than lepidoptera, "Biological observations on Dixippus 

 viorosiis " ; and the completion of the long series of articles on the 

 Lycaenidae, to which we have before referred. In July occurs a very 

 important study by Prof. Dr. Deegener on the " Structure and 

 Function of the Scent-organs of Hepialus hecta." The August 

 numbers contain a long article on the eflficacy of " ' sugaring ' since 

 1905, especially in the neighbourhood of Brunswick " ; and the 

 completion of the sixth series of articles on the " Gynandromorphs in 

 the Macrolepidoptera of the Palaearctic Fauna." In September Dr. 

 Denso discusses comparatively the various crosses obtained by pairing 

 Celerio eupliorbiae, and C. hippophaes. 



In the Societas Entomologica for June Mr. P. Cameron gives 

 descriptions of "New Genera and Species of Chalcididae," and Herr 



