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at another time a tacbinid fly issued from the abdomen of a 

 female Anasa which had previously copulated. 



Arrow (7) gives an interesting account of sound-producing 

 organs in Lamellicorn beetles, a large proportion being novel. 

 There is an appendix of two new genera and seven new species, 

 and a list of stridulating Lamellicorn genera. 



Manders (8) briefly discusses the migration of butterflies in 

 Ceylon, illustrated by a map (pi. xxxv.). 



Handlirsch (13) devotes considerable attention to the syste- 

 matics of the Hexapoda, in particular with regard to Boerner's 

 peculiar views. Without going deeply into the paper, which would 

 indeed require almost a full translation to do it justice, a repro- 

 duction of the orders, &c, adopted will be of interest : — 



Class I. Collembola (Lubbock). 

 Order 1. Arthropleoua (Boerner). 

 ,. 2. Syrnphypleona (Boerner). 



Class II. Campodeoidea, Handlirsch. 

 (— Archinsecta, Haeckel.) 

 Order 1. Dicellura (Haliday). 

 ,, 2. Rkabdura (Silvestri). 



Class III. Thysanura (Latr.). 



Subclass 1. Orthopteroidea, Handlirsch. 



Order 1. Orthoptera (Olivier). 



,, 2. Pkasmoidea, Handlirsch. 



,, 3. Dermaptera (De Geer). 



,, 4. Diploglossata, Saussure. 



,, 5. Thysaiioptera, Holiday. 



Subclass 2. 



Order 1. 



,, 2. 



„ 3. 



» 4. 



„ 5. 



.. 6. 



Subclass 3. 



Order 1. 



Subclass 4. 



Order 1. 



„ 2. 



Blattffiformia, Handlirsch. 

 Mantoidea, Handl. 

 Blattoidea, Handl. 

 Isoptera, Comst. 

 Corrodentia (Burnt.). 

 Mallophaga (Nitsch). 

 Siphunculata, Meinert. 



Hymenopteroidea, Handl. 

 Hymen optera, Linn. 



Coleopteroidea, Handl. 

 Coleoptera (L.). 

 Strepsiptera, Kirby. 



entom.- 



Subclass 5. 

 Order 1. 



Subclass 6. 

 Order 1. 

 -OCTOBER, 1905. 



Embioidea, Handl. 

 Ernbiaria, Handl. 



Perloidea, Handl. 

 Perlaria, Handl. 



