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Art. II. Remarks on the Pollinosity of the Genera Lixus and 

 Larinus. By M. Henri Jekel, Member of the Entomological Society 

 of France, &c. 



Art. III. Characters of undescribed Species of the Genus Leucospis. 

 By F. Walker, Esq., F.L.S. 



Art. IV. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Eiimolpidae. 

 By J. S. Baly, Esq. 



Art. V. Notices of new or little-known Genera and Species of 

 Coleoptera. By Francis P. Pascoe, Esq., F.L.S. 



No. 2, published on the 1st of October, contains the following: — 



Art. VI. Descriptions of new Genera and Species of Exotic 

 Hymenoptera. By Frederick Smith, Esq. 



Art. VII. On the Coleoptera of the Salvages. By T. Vernon Wol- 

 laston, Esq., M.A., F.L.S. 



Art. VIII. Descriptions of Six new Species of Chrysomela from the 

 East. By J. S. Baly, Esq. 



Art. IX. Notices of new or little-known Genera and Species of 

 Coleoptera. By Francis P. Pascoe, Esq., F.L.S. 



These articles appear to contain carefully-written descriptions of 

 additions to the insect fauna of the world, and thus they must neces- 

 sarily be acceptable to every entomologist. The only paper adapted 

 for citation in the pages of the ' Zoologist' is that by ray friend 

 M. Jekel, on the pollinosity of certain Curculionidae,— a paper, how- 

 ever, which is rather suggestive than conclusive, but one which the 

 author seems inclined to consider as disclosing characters capable of 

 tabulation. Without attempting in any way to undervalue M. Jekel's 

 labours, I cannot say that I am prepared to accept his arrangement 

 of the supradermal coverings of Coleoptera, although I see much 

 utility in his suggestion " to lay bare the derm in order to display its 

 characters." I may observe 'that M. Jekel's somewhat imperfect 

 knowledge of English may possibly have led him in some instances 

 to use our words in a sense not usual amongst ourselves; but I have 

 not ventured to introduce any alterations, because the meaning is in 

 all cases sufficiently obvious. 



" With respect to the tomentosity and pollinose transudations of 

 Lixus and Larinus, I think it will not be out of place to mention 

 here a fact until now overlooked, so far as I know. It appears to me, 

 from long observation of the covering adorning many curculionideous 

 beetles, that nature acts in clothing them by layers or coatings; 

 there is immediately above the derm of the elytra and thorax a thin 



