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  The 
  'Catalogue 
  of 
  the 
  Collection 
  of 
  the 
  Auoplura 
  in 
  the 
  British 
  Museum,' 
  (re- 
  

   cently 
  enriched 
  by 
  the 
  purchase 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Denny's 
  cabinet), 
  has 
  been 
  published 
  during 
  

   the 
  past 
  year. 
  

  

  M. 
  Lucas 
  read 
  a 
  description 
  of 
  the 
  Haematopinus 
  parasitic 
  upon 
  the 
  Bos 
  Bubalus 
  

   of 
  Italy 
  (H. 
  tuberculatus, 
  Burm., 
  H. 
  Bubali, 
  Lucas, 
  olim), 
  Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1851, 
  

   ex. 
  

  

  M. 
  Lucas 
  has 
  described 
  the 
  singular 
  mode 
  of 
  copulation 
  of 
  Philopterus 
  Platalese, 
  

   (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  France, 
  1852, 
  xxxix). 
  

  

  ? 
  The 
  question 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  real 
  nature 
  of 
  the 
  Pediculus 
  MelittaB 
  of 
  Kirby 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  reopened 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Smith, 
  who 
  has 
  found 
  specimens 
  of 
  it 
  upon 
  specimens 
  of 
  

   Anthophora 
  Haworlhana, 
  which 
  he 
  had 
  reared 
  from 
  their 
  cells 
  ; 
  thus 
  showinfr 
  that 
  if 
  

   deposited, 
  as 
  has 
  been 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  the 
  case, 
  in 
  the 
  young 
  active 
  state 
  in 
  the 
  cells 
  

   of 
  the 
  bees, 
  they 
  must 
  have 
  remained 
  all 
  the 
  year 
  unchanged 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  shape, 
  which 
  

   could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  the 
  case 
  had 
  they 
  been 
  the 
  young 
  larvae 
  of 
  Meloe 
  or 
  some 
  allied 
  

   genus, 
  (Trans. 
  Ent. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  n. 
  s. 
  ii. 
  p. 
  4). 
  

  

  P.S. 
  — 
  I 
  am 
  happy 
  in 
  being 
  able 
  to 
  announce 
  that 
  during 
  the 
  passage 
  of 
  these 
  

   pages 
  through 
  the 
  press, 
  the 
  Trustees 
  of 
  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  have 
  purchased 
  Mr. 
  

   Stephens's 
  entire 
  cabinets 
  of 
  British 
  insects. 
  By 
  this 
  most 
  praiseworthy 
  act, 
  the 
  typi- 
  

   cal 
  specimens 
  of 
  the 
  Marshamian 
  and 
  Stepheusian, 
  with 
  many 
  of 
  the 
  Haworthian, 
  

   species, 
  have 
  been 
  secured 
  to 
  the 
  nation. 
  

  

  J. 
  0. 
  W. 
  

  

  March 
  16, 
  1853. 
  

  

  