Expedition to New Guinea and the adjacent islands, by Mr. H. 

 H. B. Bradley, and a short memoir by Mr. W. MacLeay on the 

 Geodephagous Coleoptera of the same Expedition. 



In the ' Report of the Proceedings of the Wellington (New 

 Zealand) Philosophical Society,' on the 18th of last October, the 

 President of the Society, Dr. Buller, C.M.G., read a paper on 

 " Insect Architecture ; or. Notes on the Spider-Wasp of New 

 Zealand" — " a species of spider-wasp (Pompilus), commonly called 

 the ' mason-bee,' the nest of which consists of a double row of 

 cells composed of clay and very neatly finished, each compartment 

 being completely shut off from the adjoining one, and per- 

 manently sealed, when filled with spiders, in the bodies of which 

 the wasp deposits her eggs." In the discussion which took place 

 after the reading of the paper seven of the members took 

 part. 



The insects of New Zealand are at length beginning to 

 attract the attention of English entomologists, as it is evident 

 from recent discoveries that their numbers (formerly supposed 

 to be but small) are much greater than had been believed. We 

 are indebted to Mr. Miers, of the British Museum, for a valuable 

 memoir on the Crustacea of New Zealand, published by the 

 Colonial Museum and Geological Survey Department, with 

 three plates. 



In the ' Transactions of the New Zealand Institute' for 1875 

 (vol. viii., Ma}'', 1876) we find the following memoirs : — 



" On the Habits of a Trap-door Spider," by R. Gillies (pp. 222 

 to 202). This is a very elaborate paper on an apparently 

 new species, and is a careful supplement to Mr. Moggridge's 

 work. 



" Notes on the Coleoptera of Auckland, N. Z.," by Captain 

 Brown (pp. 2G2 to 271). 



" Remarks on the Pselaphid?e of New Zealand," by Captain 

 Brown (pp. 271 to 282), containing descriptions of fifteen new 

 species, and two new genera, Dalma and Sagola, the latter 

 described by Dr. Sharp. 



" Description of a new Genus and Species of Heteromera, 

 New Zealand," by Frederick Bates, F.L.S. Reprinted from the 

 * Annals of Natural History.' 



" Description of a Species belonging to the family Satyridse," 

 by B. W. Fereday, figured under the name of Oreina ? Othello 



