416 Bibliographical Notices. 



15. Rinecera mirabilis. 

 Taken in the Ellice group upon Abutilon. 



16. Harpagoneura complexa, n. sp. 



This insect I found at rest upon the trunk of a cocoanut- 

 tree ; it was the only specimen I saw. 



All the above insects were taken during the daytime, and 

 I do not think many more species are wanting to complete 

 the list of Lepidoptera of the Gilbert group. The islands are 

 nothing but coral-reefs, in no part rising more than 12 feet 

 above the sea ; and the list of trees and plants collected by 

 me, which I believe to be complete, only extends to twenty- 

 two species. I should like to have spent a night or two 

 on shore after moths ; but I thought it prudent to return 

 to the ship each evening. One day while at Apamama, after 

 returning on board, I found on my coat a small Geometer 

 larva ; but there is no perfect insect belonging to this group 

 in my collection. 



Gravesend, 

 April 10, 1885. 



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A Monograph of the British Phytophagous llymenoptera (Tenthredo, 

 Sirex, and Cynips, Linne). By Peter Cameron. Vol. II. 8vo. 

 London : Bay Society. 1885. 



The volume issued by the Bay Society to their subscribers for the 

 year 1884, which has lately been produced, is the second volume of 

 Mr. Cameron's ' Monograph of British Phytophagous Hymenoptera,' 

 the appearance of the first instalment of which we noticed in 

 December 1882. In this volume the author continues the descrip- 

 tion of the species of Sawflies, and we learn from his preface that 

 the subject is to occupy two more, the third to " contain the 

 remainder of the Tenthredinidae, the Siricidae, and the introductory 

 part of the Cynipidae, including a discussion on the phenomena 

 relating to the structure and growth of galls in general," while the 

 fourth will be occupied by the systematic description of the Cynipidae. 

 In this second volume Mr. Cameron deals only with the species 



