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tion of a Catalogue of Corsican Lepidoptera, by M. Ranibur ;" 

 " On the Structure of the Nest of Mygalefodicns, by M. Au- 

 douin ;" a figure of the nest is given, shewing the singular 

 door by which its entrance is closed. " Division of the genus 

 Satyrus into nine groups, by characters taken from the 

 nervures of the wings and from the antennae, by M. Dupon- 

 chel ;" " Essay on the genus Lampyris, by M. de Laporte ;" 

 Lampyris is here divided into nineteen genera, fourteen of 

 which are new; we admire the elegance of M. de Laporte's 

 names, and wish that our English entomologists could avoid 

 those clumsy and barbarous compounds with which they often 

 disgrace their compositions. " On the Metamorphosis of 

 Ceratopogon, with the descriptions of two new species, by 

 M. F. E. Guerin ;" " A century of new Carabidce, by M. 

 Gory ;" " Essay on the Buprestidce, by M. Solier ;" charac- 

 ters of thirty-four genera are given, with accurately executed 

 dissections of all but three of them. " M. Fisher on some 

 genera of Orthoptera." We look on these " Annales" with 

 kindly affection, and recommend them to all scientific ento- 

 mologists. 



5. Catalogue des Coleopteres de la Collection de M. Le 

 Comte Dejea7i, Liin-aison V. et 2'''. — This catalogue, with 

 synonyms and habitats, is essential to the general collector. 

 The author pays too little attention to the names of genera 

 established in this country; we cannot help thinking, that 

 courtesy should suggest their adoption, where they enjoy 

 the right of priority. However, let us endeavour to make 

 ourselves of that importance which shall demand notice ; we 

 have hitherto been too much engaged in making beautiful draw- 

 ings, in inventing hard names, in theorizing, in criticizing, in 

 petty bickering ; all the time thus spent is lost to science, and 

 our neighbours have gone by us while we have been busied on 

 mere nothings ; they have embraced the substance, we the 

 shadow ; let us cease to be superficial, and we shall not have 

 to complain of want of fair dealing. 



6. Observat'iones nonnullcc in Coleoptera Indice Orientalis, 

 &)C. ^c. MaximiUanus Perty. 1831. — Ours reader will 

 conclude, and with justice, that it must be something unusually 

 flowery that can tempt us to notice a book two years old. 



