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this desirable purpose, and should be carefully studied by Lepidopte- 

 rists. The enlightened liberality of ihe Hon. Court of Directors of 

 the East India Company, in bearing the cost of a work so highly 

 creditable to Science, must not be passed without comment, and 

 should be held up as a bright examjjle of support given to the ad- 

 vancement of Natinal Science. 



To Mr. Stainton, whose energies are unabated for the advancement 

 of Entomology, especially as regards a knowledge of the insects of 

 Great Britain, we are indebted for another volinne of the ' Entomolo- 

 gist's Annual,' containing much information, and papers by Dr. Hagen, 

 on the British Planipennes ; by Mr. Smith, on Aculeate Hymenoptera ; 

 by Mr. Dawson, on British Geodephaga ; by Mr. Janson, on New 

 Species of British Coleoptera ; by the Editor, on New British Lepi- 

 doptera; by Mr. Westvvood, on the Caterpillars of the Saw-flies; and 

 by Professor Frey, on the Tinea of the higher Alps. The volume is 

 accompanied by a well-drawn and coloured plate, on which are figured 

 nine insects new to this country, and will be found of much use to all 

 students of British Entomology. 



From the same indefatigable hand we have a regular continuance 

 of the weekly paper, the 'Intelligencer,' in which will be found a 

 mine of information on the captures and habitats of our insects, with 

 other particulars of much value. 



The editing of a periodical of this description must be a work of 

 much labour ; and as a love of the Science can be the only induce- 

 ment to keep up the energies of the Editor, entomologists must feel 

 indebted to him for the great trouble he is taking in trying to infuse 

 a love of their favourite Science into the public mind. It is evident, 

 from the number of subscribers to the * Intelligencer,' that entomolo- 

 gists abound among the public to a far greater extent than might be 

 anticipated. 



A second volume of the ' Natural History of the Tineina' is ano- 

 ther of Mr. Stainton's very meritorious labours, adding greatly to the 

 knowledge of the economy and transformations of a genus of minute 

 Lepidoplera : 24 species of Lithocolletis are carefully described, in 

 all their stages of existence, and admirably represented on eight 

 coloured plates. 



Mr. Dallas has brought his 'Introduction to Entomology' to a 



