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the views of the late lamented Dr. Erichson, and to those of M. 

 Redtenbaeher. We must however claim for one of our own 

 countrymen the merit of having broken up the tarsal system, ar- 

 tificial as it was, when applied to the Xylophaga of Latreille and 

 other small groups. This was done by Mr. Macleay in the ' An- 

 nulosa Javanica/ and it was subsequently adopted and extended 

 by Stephens, in his Systematic Catalogue and Illustrations ; in fact, 

 the list of families which M. Lacordaire has given at pages xv and 

 xvi, is almost identical with the arrangement of Mr. Stephens. 



" The preceding observations will, we trust, satisfactorily show 

 the character as well as prove the great value of the work before 

 us, which is published at the low price of 5s. 6d. per volume to 

 subscribers. 



" The author bespeaks indulgence, in his Preface, for the plates 

 which are to accompany the text, but as yet we have not received 

 any such illustrations." 



CONSPECTUS SYSTEMATICA ORTHOPTE- 

 RORUM EUROPE. Auctore Leopold Henrico 

 Fischer of Freiburg. 8vo. Pp.16. Lipsirc: Guiliel- 

 mus Engelman. 1854. 



A reprint from the same author's large work, " Orthoptera 

 Europaea," containing a list of the species, with indications of their 

 respective " patriae." 



DIE GEOGRAPHISCHE VERBREITUNG DER 

 EUROPAEISCHEN SCHMETTERLINGE IN AN- 

 DEREN WELTTHEILEN. Yon Gabriel Koch. 8vo. 

 Pp.153. Leipzig: Hermann Costenoble. 1854. Price 

 4s. 6d. 



A very interesting work, written in German, containing notices 

 of the occurrence of European Lepidoptera in other parts of the 

 world. To those about to visit the East Indies, the Cape, America 

 or Australia, this work will serve as a guide to show which of their 

 old friends they are likely to meet with in * foreign parts.' Such 

 a work is necessarily incomplete from the want of more numerous 

 observations, but it is an approximation, and as such of extreme 

 value. Too many are deterred from writing for fear of not achiev- 

 ing perfection. 



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