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Mr. H. Doubleday has published a note on the habits of the recently discovered 

 Hydrascia Petasitis (Zool. 3289). 



A Geometridan allied to Abraxas, which infests the gooseberry and currant in the 

 State of New York, has been described and figured by Dr. Asa Fitch under the name 

 of Abraxas ? ribearia, (Trans. New York State Agric. Soc. vii. See also Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. p. 106). 



Micro-Lepidoptera. 



A note on the habits of Tortrix roserana, injurious to the vine in Austria, has been 

 published by Kollar, (Proc. Roy. Soc. Sci. Vienna). 



Mr. J. A. Hill has published a few interesting notes on the habits of various Tor- 

 tricidae and Depressariae, (Zool. 3245, 3288). 



M. Goureau has published a memoir on Sericoris autiquana, (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 

 1851,3rd. trim.) 



A small volume with the title of the ' Entomologist's Companion, being a Guide 

 to the Collection of Micro-Lepidoptera, and comprising a Calendar of the British Ti- 

 neida?,' has been published by Mr. Stainton, containing: — 1. A List of the Genera 

 and Species of Tineidae, with the times of their appearance in the different states. 2. 

 A Monthly Calendar, with a list of the species appearing in each month. 



A supplemental Catalogue of British Tineidae has been published by Mr. Stainton. 



A note by M. Boyer de Fonscolombe affirms the identity of CEcophora Oleella 

 and Elachista Olivella, (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ix. p. xvii.) 



The identity of CEcophora Oleella, the larvae of which in spring mine the leaves of 

 the olive, and Elachista Olivella, the larvae of which, in the autumn, feed on the fruit, 

 has been re-affirmed by M. Ghiliani, (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. ix. p. lv.) So remarkable a 

 modification of the habits of a species is deserving of attention. 



The employment of the tissue spun by Yponomeuta padella, was brought under 

 the notice of the meeting of the British Association at Edinburgh, in July, 1850. 



Mr. Stainton's translation of Nicelli's memoir on Lithocolletis, containing 26 spe- 

 cies, has appeared in the ' Zoologist,' p. cl. 



The genera Incurvaria, Micropteryx, and Nemophora, are critically revised by 

 Zeller in the 5th volume of the ' Linnaea Entomologica.' 



Mr. Douglas has continued his memoir on Gelechia (Trans. Ent. Soc. n. s. i. 101), 

 describing 10 additional species. 



Mr. Stainton's monograph of the species of Gracillaria, Haw., has appeared in our 

 'Transactions,' (n. s. i. 115, 183). Twenty-four species are described, 16 of which 

 have occurred in this country. 



A memoir by Nicelli on the Pomeranian species of Lithocolletes appears in the 

 Stettin 'Zeitung,' 1850, pp. 34—51. 



A new species of Lithocolletes from Northumberland, is described by Mr. Logan 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. 182) ; and another by Mr. Stainton in our ' Proceedings,' p. 112. 



DlPTERA. 



M. Leon Dufour's extended researches on the anatomy and physiology of the Dip- 

 tera, have appeared in the 11th volume of the Memoires des Sav. Etr. published by 

 the Academie des Sciences, with 1 1 plates. 



A memoir by M. Blanchard on the typical construction of the various parts of the 



