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will add to the well-deserved fame of the author, who has devoted 

 many years to his subject, it must do much to advance the study of 

 Arachnology amongst us. 



•Farm Insects; being the Natural History and Economy of the 

 Insects Injurious to the Field Crops of Great Britain and Ireland, 

 and also those which infest Barns and Granaries, with Suggestions 

 for their Destruction,' by John Curtis, F.L.S. This is a collection 

 'of the articles which the author had from time to time published in 

 the * Journal of the Agricultural Society ' and the ' Gardener's 

 Chronicle,' and are therefore well known to us all. 



* The Entomologist's Annual ' for 1861, with a coloured plate, con- 

 tains the following articles : — 



Neuroptera. — " Synopsis of the British Phryganidse," by Dr. 

 Hagen. " Synopsis of the British Psocidse," by Dr. Hagen. " Some 

 Suggestions for the Successful Pursuit of the Study of the Phryga- 

 nidse, with a Description of a new British Species," by Kobert 

 M'Lachlan. 



Hymenoptera, by Frederick Smith. — " Observations on the Effects 

 of the late Unfavourable Season on Hymenopterous Insects ;" " Notes 

 on the Economy of Certain Species, on the Capture of Others of 

 Extreme Earity, and on Species new to the British Fauna." 



Hemiptera, by the Editor. — "A List of British Hemiptera." 



Coleoptera, by E. W. Janson. — " New British Species Noticed in 

 1860." 



Lepidoptera. — " New British Species in 1860," by the Editor. 

 " Bare British Species Captured in 1860." " Observations on British 

 Tineina." " Answers to Enigmas." " Enigmas still Unanswered." 

 " New Enigmas for Solution." " Natural History of the Tineina." 

 " Index to the New Lej)idoptera in Former Volumes of the 'Annual.' " 

 " Notes on Eupithecia Larvse," by the Eev. H. Harpur Crewe, M.A. 

 " New Works on Entomology." 



The ' Zoologist ' contains, as usual, a large amount of interesting 

 entomological matter, cliiefly consisting of notices of the capture of 

 new or rare insects, and observations on the habits of various species. 

 I may particularly enumerate the following articles. " On the 

 Functions of the Antennae of Insects," by Dr. Clemens, in which the 

 author, after making experiments by amputating the antennse of Ije^ji- 

 doptera, says, " The structure of the organs, together with these 



