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risen to the dignity of an Abbe, was thrown into prison and con- 

 veyed to Bordeaux for deportation to Cayenne, with other offenders 

 guilty of belonging to the priesthood. During the visit of a surgeon 

 to the prison the latter saw Latreille pick up an insect and look at 

 it carefully. " Is it rare ? " he asked. " Yes," said Latreille, 

 " Give it me," said the surgeon, " for I have a friend who is inter- 

 ested in insects." " Take it, and ask him to give me its name," 

 said Latreille. But the surgeon brought back the reply that ho 

 could not discover the name, and that it was probably a new 

 species ; and then Latreille gave him a message to his friend Bory 

 de St. Vincent, a man of considerable influence, who was able to 

 exert it to release him from his imprisonment, and thereby saved 

 his life, for the vessel in which he was to have sailed was lost with 

 all on board, except some of the crew, who escaped in a boat. The 

 insect, the capture of which led to such important results, was 

 Necrohia rii/lcollis, Fabricius, a small beetle belonging to the 

 Malacodermata. 



Eoir. BoEDAGE. RecJierches anatomiques et hiolofjiques sur VAutotomie 

 et la liefjenemtion cliez divers Arthropodes. (Reprinted from 

 ' Bulletin scientifique do la France et de la Belgiijue,' vol. xxxix. 

 1905, pp. 307-454, pi. vi. & 20 text-figs.) 



A TREATISE on the power possessed by various insects (especially 

 rhasmidaj) of reproducing lost limbs, either when a limb has been 

 cast by the insect itself to facilitate its escape from an enemy, or 

 when a limb has been injured, or amputated for experimental 

 purposes. The author is the Director of the Museum of Natural 

 liistory in the island of lleunion, and has paid special attention to 

 the question in the case of two large Phasmida (Monandroptera 

 inuncans, iServ., and Rhaphiderus scabrosus, Serv.) which inhabit 

 that island. The brochure will be very interesting to entomologists 

 who occupy themselves with insect physiology. 



The Fauna of BritisJi India, including Ceylon and Burma. Pub- 

 lished under the authority of the Secretary of State for India in 

 Council. Edited by Lt.-Col. C. T. Bingham. — Builerjiit;,: 

 Vol. II. By Lt.-Col. C. T. BiifGHAir. Loudon : Taylor & Francis, 

 1907. 8vo. Pp. viii, 4S0 ; pis. xi.-xix. 



The second volume of this important worI< includes the Papilionidze, 

 the Pieridie, and the following live subfamilies of Lyca^nida; : — Gory- 

 dina}, Lycasnina^, Curetinte, Liphyrina?, and Poritiina). Two more 

 subfamilies of Lyca!nida3 (Arhopalina; and Thcclimt') remain over 

 till the next volume. 



It will thus be seen that the volume includes a considerable 

 portion of the most conspicuous and interesting butterflies. In the 

 Papilionida) six genera are included — Armandia, Lejitocircus, Tcino^ 



