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Sciaridse from Sicily, in which the female is without wings and 

 halteres ; the segmentation of the abdomen in female Diptera is 

 also discussed at some length. 



Geest (15) describes aberrations of a number of butterflies, 

 with figures of aberrations of Melitcea cinxia, Argynnis aglaia, 

 Acromjcta rumicis, Apatura ciijtic, and Argi/nnis levana. Bach- 

 metjev (16) gives an account of the number of "eyes" on the 

 under side of the hind wings in a quantity of Epinephele jurtina 

 captured in Sophia. Fischer provides (17) the third part of his 

 experiments on temjierature variations, dealing in this principally 

 with the Vanessines. Ulmer notes the occurrence of claws on 

 the tarsi of trichopterous pupae (18). 



Friese (19) describes a colony of mason-bees, with a figure of 

 a mass of rock with about one hundred and eighty nests of the 

 species in question ; while Wasmann deals with the guests of 

 the Doryline ants (20). 



Stockman (21) reports on a plague of Acrijdiiim succinctum 

 and ceruginosum in the Central Provinces of India, methods taken 

 for the protection of the crops, experiments with fungi, hatching 

 observations, &c. ; Caudell (22) criticises the recent papers of 

 Kehn and Krauss, and correctly — in final effect through scarcely 

 in detail of working — declares orientalis to be the type of Blatta ; 

 Blattella is proposed instead of the preoccupied Phyllodromia 

 for germanica. 



Busck contributes notes (23) on the tineid types of Clemens, 

 based on the discovery of a box found in the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences at Philadelphia ; one hundred and ninety-two out of the 

 two hundred species of Clemens have now been identified, and 

 five more are known with certainty from the descriptions, leaving 

 only three at present unknown. 



Lea (24) is convinced that, although the San Jose scale was 

 first officially reported from Tasmania two years ago, it is not 

 now, and never will be probably, a serious pest in Tasmania. 

 Froggatt contributes a "Nature Study" on Ternies lactcus (25). 



Zehntner discusses at some length the life-history of the 

 coffee-borer (Zciizera), a pest to cacao in Java, its metamor- 

 phoses, habits, and enemies ; also of another lepidopterous cacao 

 pest, Orthocraspeda tr'ima. Figures in all stages are given of 

 these two forms (26). The dentition of the Diptera is discussed 

 by Harris (27) ; the anatomy and development of the larva of 

 Ephydra, a dipteron, is considered at some length by Triigardh 

 (28). Schouteden supplements (29) his list of aphid galls already 

 noticed in the 'Entomologist' (1903, pp. 287 and 262). 



(To be contiaued.) 



