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  A 
  monograph 
  of 
  the 
  North 
  American 
  species 
  of 
  Cryptocei)haUdes, 
  by 
  Suffrian, 
  is 
  

   completed 
  in 
  the 
  7th 
  vol. 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Linnsea 
  Enlomologica.' 
  The 
  species 
  here 
  described 
  

   are 
  divided 
  into 
  the 
  following 
  genera. 
  

  

  1. 
  Cryptocephalus 
  proper, 
  103 
  species, 
  with 
  12 
  others 
  not 
  seen 
  by 
  the 
  author. 
  

  

  2. 
  Scolochrus, 
  n. 
  g. 
  (Griburius, 
  Hald.), 
  14 
  species, 
  Cr. 
  scutellaris. 
  Fab. 
  ; 
  C.eques- 
  

  

  tris, 
  Oiiv. 
  (larvatus, 
  Newm.) 
  ; 
  and 
  12 
  others. 
  

  

  3. 
  Mastacanthus, 
  n. 
  g., 
  1 
  nev? 
  species, 
  M. 
  insularis. 
  Cuba. 
  

  

  4. 
  Pachybrachys, 
  Chevr., 
  51 
  American 
  species, 
  including 
  Cr, 
  pubescens, 
  Oliv., 
  

  

  Kby. 
  (not 
  Fabr.) 
  ; 
  Cr. 
  viduatus, 
  Fab. 
  (not 
  Say) 
  ; 
  Cr. 
  femoratus, 
  Oliv. 
  (spar- 
  

   sus, 
  Newm.) 
  ; 
  and 
  5 
  other 
  unseen 
  species. 
  

  

  The 
  transformations 
  of 
  Clythra 
  (Lachnsea) 
  vicina, 
  Lacord., 
  have 
  formed 
  the 
  subject 
  

   of 
  an 
  interesting 
  memoir 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Lucas, 
  in 
  Guerin'sRev. 
  Zool. 
  1851, 
  p. 
  517, 
  with 
  an 
  

   accompanying 
  plate. 
  

  

  Dr. 
  Rosenhauer 
  has 
  published 
  a 
  dissertation 
  on 
  the 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  genera 
  

   Cryptocephalus 
  and 
  Clythra, 
  Erlang. 
  1852. 
  

  

  The 
  sudden 
  appearance 
  of 
  immense 
  numbers 
  of 
  Galeruca 
  Lawsonise 
  in 
  Col. 
  Hear- 
  

   sey's 
  garden 
  at 
  Wuzeerabad, 
  where 
  they 
  attacked 
  a 
  plant 
  of 
  (Enothera 
  speciosa, 
  reared 
  

   for 
  the 
  first 
  time 
  from 
  American 
  seed, 
  is 
  recorded 
  in 
  our 
  'Proceedings,' 
  for 
  January, 
  

   1852. 
  Mr. 
  Douglas, 
  who 
  had 
  once 
  found 
  caterpillars 
  of 
  CucuUia 
  Verbasci 
  feed- 
  

   ing 
  upon 
  the 
  Chilian 
  Buddlea 
  globosa 
  (belonging 
  to 
  the 
  same 
  natural 
  order 
  as 
  the 
  

   Verbascum), 
  suggested 
  that 
  the 
  ordinary 
  food 
  of 
  the 
  Galeruca 
  was 
  some 
  plant 
  allied 
  

   to 
  the 
  (Enothera. 
  

  

  CocciNELLiD^. 
  — 
  An 
  abstract 
  of 
  M. 
  Mulsant's 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  trimerous 
  Securipal- 
  

   pous 
  Coleoptera, 
  by 
  Dohrn 
  and 
  Suffrian, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  Stettin, 
  August 
  

   and 
  September, 
  1 
  852. 
  

  

  A 
  ' 
  Mouografia 
  di 
  Coccinellidei 
  ed 
  Endomichidei 
  del 
  Regno 
  di 
  Napoli,' 
  by 
  Dr. 
  

   Achille 
  Costa, 
  was 
  published 
  at 
  Naples 
  in 
  1850, 
  4to., 
  112 
  pages, 
  with 
  7 
  plates, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  4 
  1 
  figures. 
  

  

  Orthoptera. 
  

  

  M. 
  Brisout 
  de 
  Barneville 
  has 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Entomological 
  Society 
  of 
  

   France, 
  a 
  summary 
  of 
  the 
  Orthoptera 
  of 
  France, 
  amounting 
  to 
  11 
  1 
  species 
  ; 
  viz., 
  For- 
  

   ficulides, 
  11 
  ; 
  Blattides, 
  8; 
  Mantides, 
  5 
  ; 
  Phasmides, 
  2 
  ; 
  Acrides, 
  46 
  ; 
  Gryllides, 
  11 
  ; 
  

   Locustides, 
  28. 
  The 
  Parisian 
  Fauna 
  reaches 
  to 
  exactly 
  half 
  the 
  above 
  number. 
  (An- 
  

   nales, 
  cxx.) 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  apterous 
  or 
  subapterous 
  species 
  of 
  Orthoptera, 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Fischer, 
  

   with 
  a 
  supplementary 
  article 
  by 
  Von 
  Siebold, 
  is 
  given 
  in 
  the 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  Stettin 
  for 
  Ja- 
  

   nuary, 
  1852. 
  Dr. 
  Fischer 
  has 
  added 
  a 
  valuable 
  series 
  of 
  bibliographical 
  notices 
  of 
  

   Orthopterous 
  publications. 
  

  

  M. 
  L. 
  Duthier's 
  remarkable 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  structure 
  of 
  the 
  ovipositor 
  and 
  its 
  mo- 
  

   difications 
  in 
  this 
  order, 
  is 
  noticed 
  in 
  the 
  list 
  of 
  General 
  Anatomical 
  Works 
  given 
  

   above. 
  

  

  A 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  destructive 
  powers 
  in 
  houses 
  of 
  Blatta 
  germanica, 
  which 
  indiscri- 
  

   minately 
  attack 
  provisions 
  and 
  other 
  things, 
  living 
  chiefly 
  behind 
  the 
  skirting-board 
  

  

  