Meigen's Diptera. — Gyllenhal's Insecta Suecica. 473 



Systematische Beschreibiing der hekannten Europaischen %wei- 

 fiugeligcn Insekien : von J. W. Meigen. Funfter Theil. 9>vo. 

 pp.412. Plates xiii. HammflS26. 



Haying already noticed an earlier portion of this valuable 

 Species of the European Diptera, it is unnecessary to repeat the 

 praises which we then bestowed on it, and which this Tolume 

 merits as fully as its predecessors. It contains the continuation of 

 the family Muscides, and embraces thirty-nine genera. Some of 

 these are very numerous in species, Anthomyia, for instance, of 

 which alone two hundred and thirteen are described. Particular 

 attention has been paid to the genera Trypeta and Ortalis, figures 

 being given of the beautifully marked wings of many of the in- 

 sects belonging to each of them. The plates are well filled with 

 illustrations of the generic characters. The number of species 

 described in the volume exceeds six hundred. 



Under this head we may also notice another work which is 

 mentioned in its preface, but which we have not yet seen. It is 

 entitled " Ausseuropaischen Zweiflugeln," and is from the pen of 

 M. Wiedemann. It forms a kind of supplement to the work of 

 Meigen, on whose system it proceeds, being intended to comprise 

 the extra-European dipterous insects. One volume only has yet 

 appeared, which contains nine families, and about six hundred 

 species. 



Insecta Suecica descripta a Leonardo Gyllenhal. Classis 1. 

 Coleoptera sive Eleuterata. Tomi i. Pars iv. Lipsice 1827. 

 ^vo.pp. 761. 



The long expected conclusion of the excellent descriptions of 

 the Coleopterous Insects of Sweden by the minute and patiently 

 investigating Gyllenhal. It contains only the Cerambycidce, the 

 Trimera, and the Dimera. The remainder, or rather the bulk, 

 of the volume, forms an appendix to the preceding ones, in which 

 the synonyms are brought up to the time of publication, and new 



