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nature, and to see whether any real material towards the final solution 
of the great question of the origin of species can be derived there- 
from. Mr. Wollaston, in accordance with his known views, holds 
that these changes (if such have taken place) will have been effected 
rapidly. Whatever conclusion may be arrived at upon this subject, 
no one will doubt that in his present work and its companion, the 
‘Coleoptera Atlantidum,’ Mr. Wollaston has furnished a most im- 
portant contribution to philosophical zoology. 
Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift (Journal of Natural History), edited by 
Professor J. C. Scutéprr, at Copenhagen. Third Series, vols. iii. 
& iv. (1865-1867), 568 pages with 15 plates, and 552 pages with 
22 plates. 
J. C. Scu16pTx on Phthiriasis ; on the genus Stalita; on the Classification 
of Buprestes and Elateres; on some Tunnelling Coleoptera; on the 
Structure of the Mouth in Sucking Crustacea, and on the Metamor- 
phoses of Coleoptera.—Dr. R. Berau, Contributions to a Monograph of 
leurophyllididee.—Dr. V. Bereséx on Philichthys Xiphia, St.; on the 
Italian Tarantula and Tarantism.—Dr. BerG@séx and Dr. MEINERT on 
the Danish Species of Geophili—Dr. MEINERT on Campodee; on 
Miastor metraloas (three articles).—M. FiscuEer on the Egg of Caryo- 
catactes guttatus; on Larus Rossii and on Syrrhaptes paradoxus.—M. 
Srrom on the Danish Species of Orgyia; List of Danish Lepidoptera. 
Tue third and fourth volumes of this periodical, which have just 
been completed, are in every way worthy of their predecessors, 
which were noticed in the ‘ Annals’ (ser. 3. vol. xv. p. 475). They 
consist entirely of original papers by Danish naturalists, and are 
admirably illustrated by engraved plates. Several of the papers 
above mentioned have been translated or excerpted in English or 
other continental periodicals. Prof. Schiddte’s papers on Phthiriasis, 
Elateres and Buprestes, tunnelling Coleoptera, and sucking Crustacea 
have been translated in the ‘Annals,’ as well as Dr. Meinert’s papers 
on Campodez and his observations on those remarkable larve of 
Cecidomyiz which exhibit alternating generations, and on genera- 
tion generally ; whilst M. Fischer’s discovery of the true egg and 
nest of Caryocatactes has been communicated to English ornitho- 
logists through the ‘Ibis.’ But there remain several papers well 
worthy of attention. 
_ The volumes before us contain two further instalments (vol. iii. 
p- 131, and vol. iv. p. 415) of Prof. Schiédte’s memoir “De Meta- 
morphosi Eleutheratorum Observationes,” which has now grown up 
to 279 pages of text and 31 plates, and is still being continued. 
The lary as yet described amount to 100, belonging to 57 genera 
of the families of Carabi, Dytisci, Gyrini, Hydrophili, Silphe, Histri, 
and Staphylini, and representing the principal groups of these fami- 
lies, except the last, which is not yet completed. A few of these 
larvee have been described before, but mostly in loose and general 
terms; and it may well be said that never have the larve of any 
insects been the subject of such complete and accurate investigation 
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