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made us acquainted wltli a new and very destructive enemy to tlie 
tea-plant in Assam. It is a Heteropterous insect, belonging to 
the family Capsidae, and remarkable for having a slender, erect 
horn arising from the scutellum : it is similar in its operations to 
the Aphides, but is very active, thus resembling the species of 
field-bug which in this country is very injurious to the blooms of 
chrysanthemums in the autumn, by thrusting its proboscis into 
the young flowers and leaflets. 
An admirable volume, on the ' Natural History of the Grain- 
storing Ants and the Trap-door Spiders of the Northern shores 
of the Mediterranean,' has been published by Mr. Moggridge, 
who has kindly forwarded to the Oxford Museum a series of 
specimens of the nests of the different species of spiders observed 
by him. 
Mr. Belt, who has contributed so much to our knowledge of 
the insects of Nicaragua, has recently published his observa- 
tions on the Natural History of that country, in a volume 
entitled ' The Naturalist in Nicaragua : a Narrative of a Resi- 
dence at the Gold Mines of Chontales ; Journeys in the Savannahs 
and Forests, with Observations on Animals and Plants, in refer- 
ence to the Theory of Evolution of Living Forms' (8vo. London, 
Murray, 1874). This title will sufficiently show the bias of the 
mind of the writer, whose observations on the many instances of 
protective imitation which he met with are full of interest. 
The account of the voyage of the ' Curacoa,' by Mr. Brenchley, 
contains descriptions of various new Lepidoptera by Mr. F. Smith, 
and of some new Lepidoptera by Mr. Butler. 
The larval forms of several interesting genera of Coleoptera, 
namely, Elmis, Psephenus, Hald. (Eurypalpus, Leconte, Fluvi- 
cola, De Kay), Helodes and Cyphon, have been carefully elaborated 
by Dr. Rolph (Wiegmann, Archiv. f. Naturg. 40th Jahrg. 1st Heft, 
1874), and are illustrated by a very full plate. 
We have also to notice an admirable memoir, by Dr. Hagen, on 
all the known larvre of various species of Ascalaphi and Myrme- 
leons, with additions by Mr. M'Lachlan. 
It is with much regret that I learn that the excellent ' Entomo- 
logist's Annual,' which Mr. Stainton has with great liberality 
continued to pubhsh for many years, is to be discontinued after 
the present year. I trust some plan may be adopted for supplying 
its place, and publishing summaries of the new additions to our 
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