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them from the unwearying pen of Mr. Walker. Part III., published 

 in May, contains characters of two hundred and ninety-nine species 

 of Arctiidoe, of which one hundred and fifty-four were previously un- 

 described. Part IV., published in July, contains characters of three 

 hundred and forty-eight species, of which two hundred and forty-seven 

 are Liparida;, and one hundred and one Psychidaj: among ihe Lipa- 

 ridae are one hundred and sixtj'-nine and among the Psychida thirteen 

 species previously undescribed. Part V., published in October, con- 

 tains characters of three hundred and seventy-seven species, of which 

 one hundred and thirty-five are Notodontidae, one hundred and 

 twenty-four Limacodidae, fifty-foiu" Drepanulida?, and sixty-four Satur- 

 niidge : of this number seventy-four species of Notodontida3, seventy 

 of Limacodidae, thirty-four of Drepanulidae and fifteen of Saturniidaj 

 are now described for the first time. Part VI., published in Decem- 

 ber, contains characters of three hundred and forty-three species, of 

 which one hundred and forty-eight are Saturniidae, two Endromidae, 

 and one hundred and ninety-three Bombycidae : seventy-two of the 

 Saturniidae and eighty-six of the Bombycidae are new to Science, 

 The total number of described species is thirteen hundred and sixty- 

 seven, and of new species six hundred and eighty-seven. 



One Part of the Museum Catalogue of Diptera has been published 

 during the year: it is Part VII. or Supplement III., is dated March, 

 1855, and, like the preceding Parts, is written by Mr. Walker. This 

 Part contains a list of eight hundred and seventy-four species of 

 Asilidoe, fifty of which are new to Science. The whole of the num- 

 ber are described, with the exception of those published in the pre- 

 vious Parts of the Catalogue, or in the ' Insecta Saundersiana.' 



^Natural History of ihe Tineina.'' 



The ' Natural History of the Tineina,' by Messrs^ Stainton, Doug- 

 las and Zeller, is a work of interest and value : the plates, or at least 

 many of them, possess great merit, and bring vividlj' before us the 

 excellences and the remembrance of that talented young artist whose 

 death cast a gloom over our last Anniversary. This work also affords 

 another and ])leasing instance that economy and natural history are 

 now rising amongst us to their pr;)jier station in the Science of Ento- 

 mology : the species described and figured are twenty-four in num- 

 ber ; twenty-one of theuj belong to the genus Nepticula, and three to 

 the genus Cemiostoma. 



