Miscellaneous. ^\ 1 



of Dioptida3. Phalcena percUca, Cramer, the species called Dioptis 

 perdica by the authors, belongs to the family EuschemidfB and 

 to the genus Bursada, Walker. The genus Epicopeia, we may 

 remark, does not belong to the Chalcosiidoe, but is a Laparid. Nine 

 species are recorded, but some of them are of very doubtful value. 

 In the genus Amesia, Ainesia liyala, from Darjeoling (P. Z. S. 1885, 

 p. 518) is not included. These are some of the miuor faults of 

 the work : but by far the most serious is the omission of any refer- 

 ence to the authorities for the genera, many of which are brought 

 under our notice for the first time. 



The Catalogue is fairly well got up ; but a slight want of care in 

 correcting the proofs is evident. For instance, on page 211 the 

 heading is printed " ^lasiocampid " instead of " Lasiocampidge." 

 Not a word of preface is given nor any intimation of the authors' 

 intention or otherwise to continue the Catalogue ; but it is to be 

 hoped that they will do so, and, as far as possible, make the work 

 complete. 



Catalogue des Crustaces Malacostraces recueillis dans la Baie de 

 Concanieau. Par Jtjles Bo:yNiER. Bvo. Paris : Octave Doin, 



1887. 



We have received from M. Jules Bonnier a copy of his Catalogue of 

 the Malacostracous Crustacea of Concarneau, published originally 

 in the ' Bulletin Scientifique du Departement du Nord,' but issued 

 in a separate form under the above title. The work is one which 

 must interest every student of the Crustacea, and is of special value 

 to British carcinologists, as it furnishes a copious synonymy of the 

 numerous species observed by the author, and at the same time 

 indicates the distribution of tlae species, especially along the Prencli 

 coast of the Channel, as far as the station at Wimereux, the chief 

 scene of the author's official labours. The list includes 192 species, 

 of which 73 are Podophthulma. 



Besides giving a very full synonymy of all these forms, M. Bon- 

 nier generally appends to the notice of each species some brief notes 

 as to its mode of occurrence and comparative rarity in different 

 places, sometimes enlarged by a few words upon the natural history 

 of the species, and especially, as might be expected from so earnest 

 a student of the parasitic Crustacea, a most valuable series of notes 

 upon the occurrence of the latter. The Catalogue is furnished with 

 a short introduction and a bibliographical index, which add con- 

 siderably to its value as a work of reference. 



MISCELLANEOUS. 

 A neiu Foraminifer. By M. J. Ktjnstler. 



The organism of which the following is a description comes from 

 the basin of Arcachou. The enumeration of its characters will 



