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* Entomologist's Annual : ' * it contains much useful information, col- 

 lecting in a concise manner the published records of novelties added 

 to our lists of Le])idoptera, Hymenoplera and Coleoptera : these three 

 orders are worked out respectively by Mr. Stainton, Mr. Smith and 

 Mr. Janson. Mr. Stainton has likewise issued a second edition of the 

 'Entomologist's Companion,' f and has completed the Museum Cata- 

 logue of the British Lepidoptera 1 interrupted by the death of the 

 lamented James Francis Stephens. 



Mr. Walker, with a laborious assiduity which 1 have never known 

 surpassed, has produced four Parts of the Museum Catalogue. § Some 

 idea of these important works may be gained by the following 

 summary. The first list is intended to include short descriptions of 

 all the species, genera and families of Lepidoptera : the first part con- 

 tains descriptions of 508 species, of which 114 are Cydimonii and 

 394 Zygaenides ; in the Cydimonii there are 21 new species, and in 

 the Zygajuides 175 : the second part contains descriptions of 575 spe- 

 cies of Lithosiidae, of which 276 are new : the total number of species 

 is 1083, of wliich 472 are new. The second list includes descriptions 

 of the species of Diptera not characterized in the first series of the 

 same work or in the ' Insecta Saundersiana : ' the first part contains 

 379 species of Stratiomydae, of which 26 are new ; 36 of Xylophagidae, 

 of which 1 is new; and 830 of Tabanidse, of which 31 are new: the 

 second part contains 74 species of Acroceridae, and 470 of Asilidae, of 

 which 8 are new : the total number of species is 1789, of which G6 

 are new. 



Mr, Andrew Murray, of Conland, has published an admirable 



* 'The Enti)mol()gist's Annual for 1855, comprising Notices of the New British 

 Insects detected in 1854.' Lepidoptera, by the Editor, H. T. Stainton : Hyiuenoptera, 

 by Frederick Smith: Coleoptera, by E. W. Janson. Col. Plates. London: Van 

 Voorst. 1855. Price 2s. 6d. 



f ' The Entomologist's Companion.' Second Edition. By H. T. Stainton. 

 London : Vau Voorst. 1854. Price 3s. 



{ ' List of the Specimens of British Animals in the Collection of the British 

 Museum.' Part 16. Lepidoptera completed, London: 1854. Price 3s. 



§ ' List of the Specimens of Lepidopterous Insects in the Collection of the British 

 Museum.' Parti. Lepidoptera: Heterocera. London: 1854. Price 4s, 

 Id. Part 2. Lepidoptera: Heterocera — continued. 1854. 

 ' List of the Specimens of Dipterous Insects in the Collection of the British 

 Museum.' Part 5, Supplement 1. London: 1855. Price 4s. 6rf. 

 Id. Part 5, Supplement 2. 1855. Price 3s. 



