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  The 
  tliird 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Insecta 
  Saundersiana 
  ' 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Walker 
  has 
  appeared, 
  con- 
  

   taining 
  a 
  great 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  exotic 
  species 
  of 
  Therevidse, 
  Leptidse, 
  Antbracidsp, 
  

   Bombyliida;, 
  Henopidae, 
  Einpidae, 
  Dolichopidae 
  and 
  Syrpliidae. 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  of 
  four 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Diptera 
  from 
  Gothland, 
  have 
  been 
  published 
  

   by 
  Dr. 
  Dahlbom, 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Swedish 
  Royal 
  Academy.' 
  

  

  CuLiciD^. 
  — 
  A 
  method 
  of 
  driving 
  away 
  mosquitoes 
  used 
  by 
  the 
  Chinese, 
  by 
  burn- 
  

   ing 
  sticks 
  made 
  of 
  the 
  sawings 
  of 
  resinous 
  wood 
  (juniper?), 
  mixed 
  with 
  some 
  com- 
  

   bustible 
  substance, 
  is 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Fortune 
  in 
  his 
  work 
  on 
  the 
  Tea 
  Countries 
  of 
  China, 
  

   and 
  is 
  copied 
  into 
  our 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  ' 
  for 
  May, 
  1852. 
  

  

  TiPULiDiE. 
  — 
  A 
  memoir 
  on 
  various 
  new 
  species 
  and 
  genera 
  of 
  minute 
  Tipulidoe, 
  by 
  

   Herr 
  Winnertz, 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  Steltin 
  Ent. 
  Zeit. 
  for 
  February, 
  1852. 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  anatomy 
  and 
  development 
  of 
  the 
  larva 
  of 
  Corelhra 
  plumicornis, 
  

   by 
  Leidig, 
  appears 
  in 
  Von 
  Siebold 
  and 
  Kolleker's 
  ' 
  Zeitschrift,' 
  iii. 
  Bd., 
  Heft 
  iv. 
  a. 
  

  

  A 
  monograph 
  of 
  the 
  genus 
  Ceratopogon, 
  by 
  Winnertz, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Linnaa 
  

   Entomologica,' 
  vol. 
  vi. 
  

  

  ASILID.E. 
  — 
  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Loew, 
  ' 
  Bemerkingen 
  iiber 
  die 
  familie 
  der 
  Asiliden," 
  

   4to., 
  22 
  pp., 
  has 
  appeared 
  at 
  Berlin. 
  

  

  B0MBYL11D.E. 
  — 
  A 
  description 
  with 
  figures 
  of 
  Bombylius 
  Boghariensis, 
  a 
  new 
  Alge- 
  

   rine 
  species, 
  with 
  its 
  transformations, 
  has 
  been 
  given 
  by 
  M. 
  Lucas 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  

   1852, 
  ii.) 
  

  

  Descriptions 
  and 
  figures 
  of 
  nine 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Diptera, 
  chiefly 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

   families 
  Bombyliidae 
  and 
  Anthracidae, 
  by 
  Leon 
  Dufour, 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  

   Fr. 
  1852, 
  1 
  trim. 
  

  

  Syrphid.e. 
  — 
  Dr. 
  Baird 
  has 
  described 
  the 
  two 
  different 
  kinds 
  of 
  sound 
  emitted 
  by 
  

   Sericomyia 
  Lapponum, 
  that 
  made 
  during 
  flight 
  being 
  a 
  loud 
  hum 
  or 
  buzzing, 
  and 
  

   that 
  made 
  when 
  the 
  insect 
  is 
  at 
  rest 
  being 
  " 
  peculiarly 
  shrill, 
  loud 
  and 
  distinct, 
  and 
  

   clear 
  as 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  musician's 
  pitch-key." 
  The 
  mode 
  in 
  which 
  these 
  difi"erent 
  sounds 
  

   were 
  produced 
  was 
  not 
  ascertained. 
  Proceed. 
  Berwicksh. 
  Natur, 
  Club 
  for 
  1851, 
  p. 
  68. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  genus 
  of 
  Syrphidae, 
  allied 
  to 
  Milesia, 
  from 
  the 
  South 
  West 
  of 
  Russia, 
  is 
  

   described 
  by 
  Gorski 
  in 
  his 
  ' 
  Analecta,' 
  (Berlin, 
  1852), 
  under 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  Tyzenhauzia, 
  

   as 
  well 
  as 
  a[new 
  species 
  of 
  Milesia. 
  

  

  MusciD^. 
  — 
  My 
  memoir 
  on 
  the 
  Tsetse 
  and 
  other 
  destructive 
  species 
  of 
  flies 
  found 
  

   in 
  Tropical 
  Africa, 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  the 
  Annals 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  August, 
  1852. 
  

  

  A 
  notice 
  of 
  the 
  venomous 
  powers 
  of 
  this 
  insect 
  was 
  communicated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  W. 
  Os- 
  

   well 
  (who 
  had 
  accompanied 
  Capt. 
  Vardon) 
  to 
  the 
  Academic 
  des 
  Sciences 
  (Comptes 
  

   Rendus, 
  October 
  16, 
  1852, 
  and 
  Annals 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  December, 
  1852). 
  M.Arnaud 
  sub- 
  

   sequently 
  made 
  a 
  communication 
  to 
  the 
  Academic, 
  staling 
  that 
  the 
  insect 
  appeared 
  to 
  

   him 
  to 
  be 
  identical 
  with 
  one 
  found 
  in 
  Sennar, 
  the 
  bites 
  of 
  which 
  also 
  kill 
  the 
  animals 
  

   attacked 
  ; 
  to 
  prevent 
  which 
  the 
  keepers 
  are 
  obliged 
  to 
  take 
  refuge 
  on 
  the 
  banks 
  of 
  the 
  

   Nile, 
  where 
  this 
  fly 
  rarely 
  occurs. 
  He 
  had 
  been 
  bitten 
  by 
  this 
  fly, 
  the 
  wound 
  from 
  

   which 
  lasted 
  more 
  than 
  four 
  months 
  with 
  insupportable 
  pain, 
  ('Comptes 
  Rendus,' 
  26th 
  

   of 
  October, 
  1852, 
  and 
  Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  December, 
  1852). 
  

  

  