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NEW WORKS ON ENTOMOLOGY. 



(By the Editor.) 



The past season has not been prolific in Entomological 

 publications. We proceed to mention those published in 

 this country. 



ON A TRUE PARTHENOGENESIS IN MOTHS 



AND BEES. By Carl Theodor Ernst von Siebold. 



Translatd by W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., etc. 8vo. Cloth. 



Price 5s. London : John Van Voorst. 



The notices in this work on the economy of the Hive Bee are of 

 more than ordinary interest, both to physiologists and bee-keepers. 

 Though of course they have been met by plenty of declarations of 

 " I don't believe it," the cautious student will wish statements so 

 startling to be repeatedly verified by observation, and not that they 

 should be quietly ignored with the self-complacency of Incredulity. 



A MANUAL OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES AND 

 MOTHS. By H. T. Stainton. Vol. I. Comprising 

 the Butterflies and Stout-bodied Moths. Cloth. 

 Price 4.5. 6d. London : John Van Voorst. 



This volume contains descriptions of nearly 500 species, and is 

 illustrated with 80 woodcuts. 



THE SUBSTITUTE ; or Entomological Exchange- 

 Facilitator, and Entomologist's Fire-side Com- 

 panion for 1856-7. Cloth. Price 5s. 



London : E. Newman. 



This was the representative of the " Entomologist's Weekly 

 Intelligencer" during last winter, and it contains several important 



