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and dark forms of Hadena adusta and Macaria liturata var. nigro- 

 fulvata, all from Delamere ; also varieties of Abraxas grossulariata 

 from Warrington. — H. E. Sweeting & William Mansbbidge, 

 Ho7i. Sees. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



1. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology (Series T. M. vol. i. 



No. 3). University of Liverpool. November, 1907. This is 

 an excellent number, containing twenty-three beautiful plates 

 (sixteen coloured), and illustrations in the text. Though no 

 paper deals with insects directly, some of their parasites 

 (Trypanosomes, for instance) are treated of. 



2. Dragonflies (Odonata) collected by Dr. D. H. Atkinson in Neio- 



foimdland, ivith Notes on some Species of Somatochlora. By 

 E. B. Williamson (' Entomological News,' April, 1906). Two 

 good plates accompany the paper. 



3. Copidation of Odonata. By E. B. Williamson (' Entomological 



News,' May, 1906). This paper contains an excellent plate. 



4. Dragonflies (Odonata) of Burma and Lower Siam. — II. Sub- 



families Gordulegasterince, -ChlorogompihincB, and Gomphince. 

 By E. B. Williamson (Proc. of U. S. Nat. Museum, December 

 13th, 1907). This is not a mere list ; it contains good notes, 

 especial attention being given to wings and wing-venation. 

 Part I., on the Galopterygince, was published in 1904. 



5. On some Eanuigs {ForficulidcB) collected in Guatemala by Messrs. 



Schwarz and Barber. By A. N. Caudell (Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Museum, October 23rd, 1907). 



6. Notas Zoologicas. By R. P. Longinos Navds, S.J. (Boletin de la 



Sociedad Aragonesa de Ciencias Naturales), November and 

 December, 1907. An illustrated paper on eight new Spanish 

 insects or varieties. The descriptions are in Latin. 



7. Tricopteros nuevos. By R. P. Longinos Navd.s, S.J. (Boletin de 



la Real Sociedad espanola de Historia Natural), December, 

 1907. Illustrated Latin descriptions of three new caddis-flies 

 (not Spanish). 



8. Neuroptero nuevo de Montserrat. By R. P. Longinos Navds, S.J. 



(' Revista Montserratina'), December, 1907. An illustrated 

 Latin description, with notes in Spanish, of Psocus hilaris, 

 Nav. 



9. Neuropteros nuevos. By R. P. Longinos NavAs, S.J. (' Memorias 



de la Real Academia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona) ; Barce- 

 lona, 1908. A copiously illustrated paper of twenty-five pages. 

 Though the notes are in Spanish, the author has again favoured 

 us with Latin descriptions of the twenty-nine new species 

 treated in the paper. Nearly all belong to the Planipennia. 



W. J. Lucas. 



