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of their thickened hind legs, the Blattariae and Forficulariae 

 run with great rapidity, and the Mantidae, by their threatening 

 attitude and well-armed fore legs, assume even the offensive ; 

 while the Phasmidae, with their slender form and sluggish 

 movements, have special need of such a weapon as these glands 

 furnish them. Samuel H. Scudder- 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Authors and Societies are requested to forward their works to the Edi- 

 tor at the earliest date possible. We ask our readers to inform us of the 

 publication especially of those works which are not generally consulted by 

 entomologists. B. Pickman Mann. 



(.Continued from page 136.) 



* 368. S. H. Scudder. The Distribution of Insects in 

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* 369. Aug. Salle. Description et Figure de Cinq Es- 

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Describes and figures Syntelia Westwoodi, Macropnus Mniszechi, Calais 

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* 370. F. E. Guerin-Meneville. [Comptes Rendus 

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