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two new species of Hister (H. opticus and H. injirmus) from India or 

 borders. Dr. F. Karscli describes new Aeschnidm of the Indo- Australian 

 region. 



The De^itschen Entomologischen ZeUschrift contains several papers 

 relating to the entomology of the Oriental region, among which may be 

 cited — a description of a new species of Lucanus (L. gracilis) from 

 Sikkim, and a pa^^er on the Lncanidce of Sumatra, by G. Albers. 



Central Asian entomology has been treated on in several papers in 

 the Horce. Societatis Entomologiccs Hossicce. Among them, — A. Semenow's 

 diagnoses of new (Joleoptera from Centi^al and Eastern Asia ; E. Konig's 

 descriptions of the Elateridce collected by Prjevalsky in Central Asia ; 

 descriptions of the Insects collected by Potanin in China and Mongolia 

 by various authors ; also papers by B. E. Jokowleff on the Hemiptera, 

 Heteroptera and by G. Mayr on the Forrnicidce from Tibet, collected by 

 Prjevalsky. Mr, A. Wilkins proposes a method of preserving insect 

 cases from the ravages of insects by stretching slips of India-rubber 

 round the line of separation of the box and lid, so as to close it herme- 

 tically. 



Mons. Ch. Kerreman's monographic essay on the genus Sternocera : 

 Eschscholtz, presented to the Entomological Society of Brussels, contains 

 descriptions of several Indian varieties, the Asiatic species being practi- 

 cally confined to India. Several of the species described are from the 

 Indian Museum, Calcutta. 



The Annali del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Genova contains 

 descriptions by various authors of the entomological collections made in 

 Tenasserim and Burma by Signer L. Fea. Mr. J. S. Baly describes the 

 Btspute, of which three-fourths prove to be new; Sig. K. Gestro, the 

 Coleoptera, and he also gives an itinerary ; Mons. E. Ollivier, the Lam- 

 pyridce, or glowworms, including a new species (Luciola hirticeps) ; Mons. 

 A. do Bormans, the JDermaptera ; Mr. W. L. Distant, the Cicadidoe ; 

 Mons. A. Leveille, the Trogositidce ; Mons. Regimbart, Dytiscidce and 

 Oi/rinidce ; Mons. A. Grouvelle, the Cucujidce ; Mr. G. Lewis the His- 

 teridce, among which a fine Flatijsoma (P. maculatum) is remarkable as 

 the first maculate species of the genus discovered; Mons. E. Candeze 

 describes the Elateridce. A very large proportion of all these insects 

 are new to science, and the Genoa Museum is entitled to high credit for 

 the enterprise and completeness with which this new field has been 

 worked. 



In the Annales de la Societe Entomologique de France, Messrs. L. de 

 Joannis and E. L. Ragonnot give descriptions of several new Indian and 

 Oriental species and genera of Lepidoptcra. Professor G. Macloskie has 

 given an account of the poison-apparatus of the Mosquito in the American 

 Naturalist. 



