563 



innerhalb der Antennalgefäße, wurde auch für Sijntomis pJiegea und 

 Macroglossa stellatarum sichergestellt. 



Bei dieser Gelegenheit will ich endlich erwähnen, daß heim 

 Seidenspinner der Nervus supraintestinalis zeitAveise in das Innere 

 der Aorta eindringt, und eine Weile im Lumen derselben verläuft; das- 

 selbe findet eben so im Larv^ènzustande wie bei der Imago statt, wenn 

 auch mit jenen Modalitäten, w^elche die verschiedene Endigungsweise 

 der Aorta in beiden Entwicklungssphasen mit sich bringt. 



Padua, R. Stazione Bacologica Sperimentale. 



4. Oie Begattung der Lacerta vivipara (und agilis). 



Von H. Chr. C. Mort en sen. 



eingeg. 13. September 1S87. 



Leider sind in meiner kleinen Mittheilung über diese Sache (s. Zool. 

 Anz. 1887, No. 259) während des Reinschreibens einige Worte ausge- 

 fallen, welche die Herren Zoologen gütigst p. 464 hinzufügen wollen, 

 so daß da zu stehen kommt : 



«Diese Begattungszeichen bleiben lange (nämlich bis zum nächsten 

 Hautwechser) — oft Monate, in einzelnen Fällen fast den Sommer hin- 

 durch sichtbar.« 



Copenhagen, 10. September 1887. 



III. Mittlieilimgen aus Museen, Instituten etc. 



1. Linnean Society of New South Wales. 



31^* August, 1887. — 1^ Botanical. — 2) Notes on Zelotypia Stacy i, 

 and an account of a Variety. By A. Sidney OUiff, F.E.S. This paper con- 

 tains a few notes on the larva and pupa of the magnificent Hepialid described 

 by the late Mr. A. W. Scott, under the name Zelotypia Stacy i, and a descrip- 

 tion of a variety which is named var. sinuosa on account of certain differences 

 in its markings. The specimens were obtained by Mr. Thornton at Newcastle, 

 and the larva and pupa are now in the collection of the Australian Museum. 

 — 3) A Revision of the Staphylinidse of Australia. Part III. By A. Sidney 

 Olliff, F.E.S. , Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum. This paper contains 

 descriptions of the genera and species belonging to the subfamily Staphylininae. 

 A number of species are characterized as new, and several genera are added 

 to the Australian list, of which Actimis, Mysolius, and Colonia (n. g.) are 

 perhaps the most interesting. Many new localities for known forms are re- 

 corded. — 4) Miscellanea Entomologica, No. 4. »The Helseides.« By William 

 Macleay, F.L.S., &c. In this paper the winged genera of the subfamily only 

 are included : the apterous genera are to form the subject of another paper. 

 All the known species of Encara and Pterohelceus are re-described and grouped 

 in sections and subsections, and a number of new species are described. — 

 5) Description of three new species of Mammals from North West Australia. 

 By E. P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E. In this paper are described (1) A new species 



