112 Address. [Feb. 



H. W. Bates on new species of the Coleopteroua family Carahidcc, from 

 Kashmir and Baltistan. 



The Transactions of the Linnean Society contain descriptions of the 

 Insects collected by Dr. Aitchison with the Afghan Boundary Commission. 

 The Goleoptera are described by Mr. C. O Waterhouse, and comprise 

 50 species, of which 12 are new. The Diptera, described by the same, 

 include nine species of which four are undetermined. The Hymenoptera 

 and Orthoptera are described by Mr. W. F. Kirby. Most of the former 

 exhibit well marked African affinities, several being apparently identi- 

 cal with Algerian insects ; 15 species are described, of which four are 

 new, viz., Ammophila mandihulata, Stizus terminus, 8. tages and 

 Grocisa hidentata, all from the Hari Riid Valley. The Orthoptera 

 also belong principally to distinctly Mediterranean types and few 

 exhibit affinities with the Indian fauna ; 18 species are described. A 

 gall insect. Pemphigus cocciis, found by Dr. Aitchison on Pistachia vera 

 is described and figured by Mr. G. B. Buckton. 



In the volume for 1888, Lord Walsingham has described a remark 

 able new Indian Pyralid which he terms Gosnodomtis hochingii. 



The Journal of the same Society contains papers by Mr. J. S. Baly 

 on new genera and species of Galerucince, also diagnostic notes on some 

 of the older described species of Aulacophora. Most of the species 

 referred to are from the Eastern Archipelago, but some are from India 

 and the Andaman Islands. 



In the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Mr. W. L. Distant 

 continues his descriptions of new genera and species of Oriental Cica- 

 didse, including Gceana atkinsoni, Dundubia amicta and D. emantura 

 from Karwar. Mr. Wood-Mason contributes a monograph, illustrated 

 with woodcuts, of Phyllothelys, a curious genus of Mantodea peculiar to 

 the Oriental Region. 



In the Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, Mr. E. E. Green has 

 described two new species of Lecanium from Ceylon — L. viride, one of 

 the most destructive coffee-pests, and L. mangiferce, which attacks the 

 leaves of the mango tree. Mr. W. L. Distant describes new species of 

 Goreidce, mostly from the collections of the Indian Museum. 



The Mem. and Proc. Manchester Lit. and Phil. Society contains two 

 papers by Mr. P. Cameron. One entitled " A decade of new Hymenop- 

 tera,'' contains a notice of a new Indian species of Grahronida — Bhopalum 

 Buddha, from Poona ; also a new species of Larrida from Ceylon, Pia- 

 getia fasciatiipennis. The other " Hymenoptera Orientalis, or contribu- 

 tions to the Hymenoptera of the Oriental Zoological Region," notices 29 

 new species. 



The Notes from the Leyden Museum contain, as usual, several papei'S 



