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the known Palaeozoic fossil forms with which he was acquainted ; 

 to which Mr. Scudder has made a ver^'^ important addition in his 

 communication to the ' Geological Magazine ' for November, 1876, 

 in which a list is given of the Orthopterous, Neuropterous, Arach- 

 nidous, and Myriapodous fossil American insects from the 

 Carboniferous formation, with reference to the works in which 

 they have been described. 



Professor Oswald Heer has also, in the same paper, supple- 

 mented Mr. Woodward's list by noticing four species of fossil 

 Blattidse previously recorded by him in the ' Yiertelzahreschrift 

 d. Tuhner Natur Gesellsch,' 1864. 



A new species of fossil Cypris (Palceocypris Edwardsii) has 

 been described by M. Ch. Brongniart in the ' Geological Maga- 

 zine ' for January, 1877. 



Anatomy, Physiology, and Metamorphosis. ^_ 



Space will not allow me to do more than shortly allude to the 

 continuation of Sir John Lubbock's very elaborate series of 

 experiments with ants, bees, and wasps, published in the 

 'Proceedings of the Linnean Society' (Zool. vol. xii. p. 415), 

 with a view to ascertain the amount of intelligence and the 

 means of communication which these insects possess amongst 

 themselves. By carefully marking certain individuals, and then 

 submitting them to various tests of a curious character, the 

 author appears to have arrived at a conclusion contrary to the 

 generally-received opinion as to their intellectual powers. His 

 observations have been further directed to the provident habits of 

 ants, the division of labour, their affection and behaviour to their 

 wounded brethren, their recognition of friends, their senses of 

 smell and hearing, their sentiments of benevolence ; also to the 

 appreciation of colour by bees and wasps, and the capacity for 

 work of wasps, their power of distinguishing colours, and on the 

 direction of the flight of bees. 



The stridulation of certain insects, and the mechanical con- 

 trivances by which it is effected, has long attracted the attention 

 of entomological anatomists, especially in the Cicadse and 

 crickets. It has also been observed in some species of butterflies. 

 The ' Transactions ' of our Societ}^ (new ser., vol. ii., p. xcviii.), 

 contain a notice by the Hev. Joseph Greene on the production 

 of a faint hissing sound made by a peacock butterfly (Vanessa lo), 



