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2. Tipula parva, Low, pi. ii., a dipteron whose larvae destroy 

 the seed-grains of the rice plant by gnawing the young plants 

 just below the surface of the soil. 



3. Jathesia chrysographella, Moore, pi. iii., a lepidopteron 

 injurious to rice. 



4. Nematus sp., pi. iv., a sawfly injurious to pear-trees. 



5. Apriona mgicollis, Chevr., pi. v., a beetle-pest of the mul- 

 berry. 



6. Diaspis patelliformis, Sasaki, pi. vi., a Coccid pest of the 

 same. 



7. Porthesia aurijlua, Hiibn., pi. vii. 



8. Hemerophila atrilineata, Butler, pi. viii. 



9. Zamacra albofasciaria, Leech, pi. ix. ; the last three being 

 lepidopterous pests of the mulberry. 



10. Ophalmodes cretacce, Butl., pi. x.a, a lepidopterous (Geo- 

 meter) pest of tea. 



c 11. Tetigonia guttigera, Uhler, pi. x.6. 



^12. T. ferruginea (Fabr.), pi. xi., leaf-hopper pests of pine and 

 mulberry respectively. 



Scourneld's summary of Mendelism and its relation to Micro- 

 scopy (25), and Smith's notes on Stereo-photo-micrography (27) 

 will be interesting to many entomologists. 



Perkins summarizes (16) the insects of a mountain summit, 

 with its subordinate peaks, near Honolulu, the collecting-ground 

 most accessible to that city. All the orders are discussed, with 

 notes on the habits of many species, and remarks on the changes 

 in the locality during the past fifteen years. The same author 

 details (17) a new method of relaxing and cleaning insects, boil- 

 ing water, soap, and naphthaline constituting the ingredients of 

 the new formula. 



Preissecker discusses the enemies of tobacco in Dalmatia (20), 

 including Agrotis spp., the plant-louse (Myzus plantagineus) , and 

 Orthoptera, Thysanoptera, and Coleoptera. Davis writes on 

 insects as the food of squirrels (4). 



Peyerimhoff has published two interesting notices on cave- 

 entomology (18 and 19). The caves are in the neighbourhood of 

 Digne, in the department of Basses-Alpes. 



Cobb's report on fungus maladies of the sugar-cane (3) con- 

 tains extended notices on Diptera and Coleoptera connected with 

 the dissemination of fungus spores. It is proved that Ithy- 

 phallus spores are spread in the excreta of Diptera, and digestion 

 in this order is discussed at length, together with the power of 

 flight, vision, &c. There is also a short note on the relation of 

 the Nitidulid beetle Carpopliilus sp. to the "Pine-apple Disease 

 of Sugar Cane " (Thielaviopsis). Altogether forty pages and six 

 figures are specially devoted to insects. 



Escherich makes further contributions to a study of the 

 Thysanura (6). Terry notes that the method- of increase of the 



