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Magazine have been rather weak. In September we observed 

 a very dry, and we think useless paper, by Mr. Huish, about bees. 

 In the March number, our correspondent, Mr. Westwood, has 

 a paper, giving Mr. MacLeay's, and Messrs. Kirby and Spence's 

 calculations of the supposed number of insects: he continues 

 the old error of supposing the Coleoptera so greatly superior 

 to the other orders of insects in point of number. Mr. Westwood 

 has appended some characters of Hymenoptera (we do not see 

 the connexion between the subjects), in which, unwilling as 

 we are to criticise, we must notice a few errors, lest it be 

 thought by our friends that we have not observed them. 

 Agojiioneurus, W. is Aphellniis, Dalman ; the wing and 

 antennte appear to be copied from that author; the name, 

 moreover, is inappropriate, as in the wing of this insect the 

 stigmal does form an angle, though a slight one, with the 

 subcostal nervure. Choreia mgro-cenea is probably the female 

 of Eiicijrtus hemipterus ; the abbreviated subcoriarious wings 

 of this insect, Mr. Westwood describes, as the sides of the 

 mesothoracic scutelliim, which part, he says, is quadrate, 

 whereas it is really triangular, with the apex acuminated. 

 Hemiptarsenusfulvicollis, W. is an excessively common little 

 insect, and has two remarkable characters : first, the variation 

 of the colour of the thorax, two being seldom found alike 

 (bright green is peihaps the prevailing colour, which, by the 

 by, makes fulri colli s a bad name) ; and, secondly, the beautiful 

 snow-white tips to its antennae : neither of these characters are 

 noticed. 



9. Monographie der Carahiden Von Zimmermann. Erstes. 

 Stuck. 8vo. Berlin et Halle, 1831. — The Carahidcshdiweheen 

 more attended to by entomologists than any other family of 

 insects ; an immense number of new genera and species have 

 been published within the last two or three years, by Dejean 

 and others ; indeed, the genera and species of all insects, 

 especially of Coleoptera, have been rapidly increasing lately, 

 while their general arrangement has been comparatively neg- 

 lected. It would tend much to simplify and perfect the 

 system, if natural orders, on the plan of Jussieu's excellent 

 arrangement of plants, were adopted. This work is written in 

 German, with a very short Latin notice of each genus and 

 species. The Zabroides, the subjects of the present essay, 



