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Frantzius, now rare in Costa Rica ; it differs from Caterebra noxialis, 

 but the fiy is hitherto unknown." 



2. " Ueber Kalkablagerung in der Haut der Insecten," von F. 

 Leydig. 



3. " Die Larvenzustande der Musciden," von Prof. Dr. R. Leuckart. 



4. "Ueber das Vorkommen von ausstiilpbaren Haut-Anhangen," 

 von Dr. A. Gerstaecker. 



* Archivis per la Zoologia, I'Anatomia et la Fisiologia,' publ. p. c. 

 di S. Canestrini, G. Doria, P. M. Ferrari e M. Lessone, Genova 

 Giugno, 1861 : — 



" Snl Pteromalino parasito delle nove de Rhynchites betuleti c. fig," 

 by Filippi. 



* Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicse," Fasc. 1, Tab. 4, illus- 

 tralus, Petropoli, 1861. 



' Annales des Sciences Naturelles,' Paris, 1860 : — 



" Recherches Anatomiques sur I'Ascalaphus meridionalis, Charpf' 



par M. Leon Dufour. 



" De I'influence du systerae nerveux sur la respiration des Dytis- 



ques," par M. E. Faivre. 



* Annales de la Societe Linneenne de Normandie,' Caen, 1861 : — 



" Synopsis des especes Normandes du Genre Micropeplus," par 

 Fauvel. 



British Entomology. 



If we may judge by the number of foreign publications, Ento- 

 mology seems to be flourishing on the Continent. But when I turn to 

 England I am compelled to think that Entomology, if not retrograding, 

 is not advancing, at least in a scientific form. The Editor of the 

 * Intelligencer ' says " We doubt much if we could now make out a list 

 of 500 English entomologists," although the list in the ' Annual ' for 

 1860 contained 1224 names, and he attributes much of the defection 

 to the Volunteer Movement. This is, probably, a reason to a con- 

 siderable extent, but perhaps another reason is, that a great many of 

 those enumerated as entomologists were simply lads at school who 

 had a liking for catching butterflies, which ceased with their school- 

 days, and the majority of them possibly would never have become 

 anything more than collectors: so it may be that scientific Ento- 

 mology has lost but little by the diminution of the number of col- 



