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islands, that have attracted so much attention of late ; and it is a great pity these 

 latter had to be dispersed before being worked out in comparison -with the forms 

 existing in the extreme north of continental Europe and northern Asia. The entire 

 collection of Macro- Lepidoptera realized about £900. A brief analysis as to some 

 of the more remarkable points here follows : — The butterflies alone realized £264 ; 

 a lot of seven Papilio Machaon, including an extraordinary variety, brought £4 5s. ; 

 the series of Colias JSdusa and vars. over £17 ; 4 vars. of Vanessa lo, £4 10s. ; 20 

 Lycaena dispar, £28 10s. ; 1 example of Trochilium vespiforme, £3 Ss. ; \ oi T. 

 allantiforme, £3 ; the series of Arctia caja, nearly £90 (!) ; 11 of Spilosoma luhri- 

 cipeda, var. radiata, £8 ; varieties of Odonestis potatoria, £5 9s. ; the unique 

 example of Nyssia lapponaria {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., vii, p. 282), £13 138. (Meek) ; 

 the series of extraordinary vars. of Abraxas grossulariata, £105 (!) ; Synia muscu- 

 losa, about 12/- each ; Nonagria concolor, £2 ; fine vars. of Cryniodes exulis, about 

 24/- each ; Hydrilla palustris, £1 each ; Noctua suhrosea, about £1 each, on an 

 average ; Sadena satura, £2 9s. for two ; -ST. peregrina, one guinea each ; Heliothis 

 scutosa, £3 ; Catocala electra, 5 guineas (!) ; Ophiodes lunaris, £2 10s. ; and so on 

 in proportion. We understand that the Micro- Lepidoptera will not be disposed of 

 until the beginning of May. 



Hemipteea G-tmnoceeata Europe. — HEMiPTibnEa Gtmnoceeates d'Etteope, 

 DTT bassin de LA Meditereanee et de l'Asie Russe : decrites par O. M. Retjtee. 

 Troisieme Tome. Avec 5 Planches, pp. 317—568, 4to. Helsingfors, 1883. (Ex- 

 trait des "Acta Societatis Scientiarum Fennicse, Tonius xiv "). 



This volume, dedicated in a few graceful words to Dr. Victor Signoret, contains 

 a continuation of descriptions of the Capsidce, to which Family of Hemiptera the 

 two previous volumes were devoted {cf. Ent. Mo. Mag., xv, 19, and xvi, 214), em- 

 bracing the genera and species comprised in the Divisions Nasocoraria, Rent., Cyl- 

 locoraria, Reut. ; Dicypharia, Reut. (pp. 317 — 438) ; Addenda et Corrigenda to 

 Vols. 1, 2 and 3 (pp. 439 — 477) ; Explanation of the figures in Plates 1 and 5 of 

 this volume (pp. 478 — 480) ; Systematic Index of the species described (pp. 481 — 

 484) ; Alphabetical Index to Vols. 1—3 (pp. 485—496) ; Supplement to Vols. 1—3, 

 Synopsis of genera and species (pp. 497 — 563) ; Appendix, Arrangement of the 

 Divisions of the Capsidce (pp. 564—568). 



Some new genera and species are described ; on the other hand, many hitherto 

 assumed species have been deposed and relegated to the position of synonyms. As 

 might have been expected, when genera are instituted on such fine-drawn lines as 

 are now or have been previously laid down, many already known species have been re- 

 moved from genera in which they had been located — sometimes but recently, and either 

 referred to other existing genera, or, when they could not go through their Caudine 

 Forks, have been passed under the yoke of new genera. It is appalling even to 

 think of the mass of generic characterizations, under names that give no clue to 

 their relative connection, that will have to be mastered if the Hemiptera of the 

 whole world be treated in this centrifugal fashion ; for, after all, genera are but 

 idealisms. But on the plan adopted the discrimination and description of the spe- 

 cies are admirably done. The mere technical toil of reference and compilation must 



