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In the newly enlarged 'Journal of Proceedings of the Linnean 

 Society' will be found a series of papers by Francis Walker, 

 on the Diptera and Homoptera collected by Mr. Wallace in the Malay 

 Peninsular of Borneo. These papers contain descriptions of various 

 new genera and of new species to a considerable amount. The 

 journal also contains a "Notice of a Poisonous Spider of New 

 Zealand," by Thomas Ealpli; "Some Observations on a supposed 

 Species of Pelopteus," by E. Newman; "The Natural History of 

 the Glowworm," by the late George Newport ; " Desci'iption 

 of a new Species of Paussus from Western Africa," " Notice of 

 the Borer, a Caterpillar very injurious to the Sugar-cane," and 

 " Notes on Insects producing Wax, from Port Natal and China," 

 by J. O. Westwood; "Notice of a Specimen of Insect and Wax 

 from China," by D. Hanbury ; " On a New Organ of Insects," by 

 J. B. Hicks, M.D. ; " Remarks on some HaJ)its of Argyroneta 

 aquatica," by Thomas Bell. 



In the 'Annals of Natural History' the following papers ap- 

 pear : — " Descriptions of three new Species of Araneida," by John 

 Blackwall; " On the British Diastylidae," by C. Spence Bate, 

 with three plates in illustration of these small anomalous Crusta- 

 ceans ; " Monograph of the genus Catops," by Andrew Mun-ay : 

 sixty-three species are described and fifty-six outline figures are 

 given : the paper concludes with the description of a new genus 

 allied to Catops called Caloptrichus. 



In the pages of the ' Zoologist,' beside the numerous interesting 

 observations on the habits and localities of British insects which 

 usually are to be found in this publication, is a paper by the 

 Rev. Hamlet Clark, M.A., giving a " Synonymic List of the Species 

 of British Philhydrida ; " also papers on "Entomological Botany," 

 by H. T. Stainton; "A List of British Eupithecia, with Notes on 

 some of the Species," by H. Doubleday ; " On the manner in which 

 Vespa rufa builds its Nest," by F. Smith ; " Notes on the Genus 

 Haliplus," by J. A. Power, M.D. ; " On Crustacea new to the 

 British Fauna," by R. Q. Couch, with outline figures : the species 

 described are Axius sterynchus, Mysis Oberon and M. Lamornse. 



The ' Natural History Review ' contains papers by A. H. Hali- 

 day : — " On the Affinities of the Aphaniptera among Insects ; " 

 " Descriptions of the Larva) of Ochthebius punctatus and Diglossa 



