﻿CONTENTS. 
  

  

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  VII. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  undescribed 
  Coleoptera, 
  brought 
  from 
  China 
  by 
  

   R. 
  Fortune, 
  Esq. 
  By 
  W. 
  Wilson 
  Saunders, 
  Esq., 
  

  

  F.L.S. 
  &c 
  25 
  

  

  VIII. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  and 
  apparently 
  undescribed 
  Hyme- 
  

   nopterous 
  Insects, 
  from 
  North 
  China, 
  collected 
  by 
  R. 
  For- 
  

   tune, 
  Esq. 
  By 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Esq 
  33 
  

  

  IX. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  Hymenopterous 
  Insects 
  from 
  Northern 
  

  

  India. 
  By 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Esq 
  45 
  

  

  X. 
  On 
  the 
  Habits 
  of 
  the 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  Coleopterous 
  Genus 
  Mega- 
  

   cephulu, 
  inhabiting 
  the 
  Amazonian 
  Region 
  of 
  South 
  America. 
  

   By 
  H. 
  W. 
  Bates, 
  Esq. 
  ; 
  with 
  a 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Species, 
  

  

  by 
  J. 
  O. 
  Westwood, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S 
  49 
  

  

  XI. 
  On 
  the 
  Lamellicorn 
  Beetles, 
  which 
  possess 
  exserted 
  Mandibles 
  

   and 
  Labrum, 
  and 
  10-jointed 
  Antennae; 
  being 
  a 
  Supplement 
  

   to 
  a 
  Memoir 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Fourth 
  Volume 
  of 
  the 
  Trans- 
  

   actions 
  of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society. 
  By 
  J. 
  O. 
  West- 
  

   wood, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S 
  59 
  

  

  XII. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Microlepido- 
  

  

  ptera. 
  By 
  J. 
  W, 
  Douglas, 
  Esq 
  75 
  

  

  XIII. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Development 
  of 
  Osntia 
  parietina 
  and 
  other 
  British 
  

  

  Insects. 
  By 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  Esq. 
  81 
  

  

  XIV. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  the 
  Coleopterous 
  Family 
  

  

  Paussida, 
  with 
  a 
  Synopsis 
  of 
  the 
  Family. 
  By 
  J. 
  O. 
  West- 
  

   wood, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S 
  84 
  

  

  XV. 
  On 
  the 
  Identification 
  of 
  the 
  yet 
  undetermined 
  Species 
  of 
  Mi- 
  

   crolepidoptera 
  mentioned 
  in 
  the 
  " 
  Memoires" 
  of 
  Reaumur. 
  

   By 
  J, 
  W. 
  Douglas, 
  Esq 
  97 
  

  

  XVI. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  some 
  Longicorn 
  Beetles, 
  discovered 
  in 
  Northern 
  

   China 
  by 
  R. 
  Fortune, 
  Esq. 
  By 
  W. 
  Wilson 
  Saunders, 
  

  

  Esq., 
  F.L.S 
  109 
  

  

  XVII. 
  Notes 
  on 
  the 
  Habits 
  of 
  Various 
  Insects. 
  By 
  Mr. 
  William 
  

  

  Varney 
  113 
  

  

  XVIII. 
  Contributions 
  to 
  the 
  Natural 
  History 
  of 
  British 
  Microltpido- 
  

  

  ptera 
  — 
  {conlinued). 
  By 
  J. 
  W. 
  Douglas, 
  Esq 
  116 
  

  

  XIX. 
  Notices 
  of 
  some 
  new 
  Species 
  of 
  Strepsipterous 
  Insects, 
  from 
  

   Albania; 
  with 
  further 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  Habits, 
  Ti-ans- 
  

   formations 
  and 
  Sexual 
  Economy 
  of 
  these 
  Parasites 
  . 
  . 
  .125 
  

   XX. 
  On 
  the 
  Duration 
  of 
  Life 
  in 
  the 
  Queen, 
  Drone 
  and 
  Worker 
  of 
  

   the 
  Honey 
  Bee 
  ; 
  to 
  which 
  are 
  added. 
  Observations 
  on 
  the 
  

   Practical 
  Importance 
  of 
  this 
  Knowledge 
  in 
  deciding 
  whe- 
  

   ther 
  to 
  preserve 
  Stocks 
  or 
  Swarms 
  ; 
  being 
  the 
  Prize 
  Essay 
  

   of 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  for 
  1852. 
  By 
  J. 
  G. 
  Des- 
  

   borough. 
  Esq 
  145 
  

  

  XXI. 
  Descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  Genera 
  and 
  Species 
  of 
  Curculionides. 
  By 
  

  

  G. 
  R. 
  Waterhouse, 
  Esq., 
  F.Z.S 
  172 
  

  

  