xlviii 



of Hj^menoptera, one of the group allied to Anthopliora ; antl of 

 Lepidoptera, one of the Noctuidse. 



Mr. Scudder's specimens of other orders were also very limited. 



Mr. A. G. Butler has published some remarks in the ' Geolo- 

 gical Magazine' (October, 1874) in reply to Mr. Scudder's 

 criticisms respecting the wing of a fossil butterfly, described by 

 the former (1. c. January, 1873) under the name of Paheontina 

 oolitica, which the latter considers to belong rather to one of the 

 CicadinaD. 



NEW PUBLICATIONS, MEMOIRS, &c. 



Professor Westwood has completed his magnificent work in 

 four parts, quarto, commenced towards the end of 1873, under 

 the title of ' Thesaurus Entomologicus Oxoniensis,' containing 

 "illustrations of new, rare, and interesting insects, for the most 

 part contained in the collections presented to the University of 

 Oxford by the llev. F. W. Hope, with forty plates from drawings 

 by the author;" comprising upwards of three hundred exquisite 

 figures of insects described in the text. The Coleoptera, 

 occupying almost the whole of the two first parts, consist of 

 certain groups, whereof the Goliathidse (a splendid South African 

 species of which adorns the first plate), the Cremastocheilidte, 

 and the Paussida), are most deserving of notice ; a complete mono- 

 graph of the second being given, with ninetj^-one figured species 

 (plates xi. — xiv.) ; and of the singular family Paussidse, fifty-four 

 species, occupying five entire plates (xv. — xix.), are here figured 

 for the first time, together with many other curious Coleoptera. 

 The H3'menoptera comprise a large assortment of remarkable 

 groups and species appertaining to the families Tenthredinidte, 

 Sii'icidtB, Evaniadffi, Cynipidse, Chalcididae, and Proctotrupidse 

 (plates XX. — xxxi.); the remainder of the work being assigned to 

 insects of various orders, — Orthoptera, Neuroptera, Lepidoptera, 

 and Hemiptera; together with some singular apterous groups 

 (plates xxxvii. — xL). 



This noble work is a well-merited testimonial to the value of 

 the Hopeian collection and its adjuncts, no less than to the 

 liberality of the donor, in endowing a Professorship of Zoology in 

 connexion therewith; while, in the execution of this design, the 

 University must deem itself peculiarly fortunate in being enabled 



