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conclusion. It forms a neat handy volume, and will be found very 

 valuable to students in Entomology. 



In the ' Insect Hunters,' a poem by Mr. Newraan, in the style of 

 Longfellow's ' Hiawatha,' the author has brought together, in a very 

 pleasing way, a great deal of really good entomological matter bearing 

 upon the habits and economy and classification of insects. I can 

 strongly recommend it to young persons who wish to obtain sound 

 entomological information; and the kindly tone in which the work is 

 written is deserving of much commendation. I will not pass an 

 opinion on the desirability of putting Entomology or any other Natural 

 History study into verse, as the experiment is novel : time will show 

 its value ; but possibly to young people the character of the verse 

 may impress the facts brought forward more strongly on the mind 

 than if merely stated in the common way. 



I am not prepared to give you a sketch of the Continental publica- 

 tions on the subject of Entomology which appeared last year, but the 

 following may be mentioned, irrespective of the usual periodicals : — 



' Die Noctuinen Europa's,' bj^ Jules Lederer. This work, pub- 

 lished at Vienna, gives, in German, descriptions of the genera of the 

 European Noctuidae, including those of Asiatic Russia, Syria and 

 Labrador, and is accompanied with four outline plates of dissections. 

 Under each genus the various species included therein are enume- 

 rated. The work will be found useful to Lepidopterists conversant 

 with the German language. 



* Kafferbuch,' by Dr. C. O. Calwer; published at Stuttgart, with 

 1 plain and 48 coloured plates. This is a natural history of European 

 beetles, in German, with generic descriptions, and the species arranged 

 systematically after each genus. Some few species are described; 

 but the majority are merely enumerated, with the countries where 

 they are found. The 48 coloured plates are very well executed, and 

 contain a large number of figures each. This work, which is sold at 

 a very low price, will be found of great use to any one studying the 

 European beetles. 



The ' Histoire Physique, Politique and Naturelle de I'lsle de Cuba,' 

 is a thick octavo volume, with Atlas of Plates devoted to the "Ani- 

 maux Articulees," by M. Guerin-Meneville. The author has here 

 got together a great amount of information on all branches of the 

 Entomology of Cuba, including the Crustacea and Spiders, and the 

 work will be found indispensable to all studying the insects of the 



