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Entomological Works and Papers published in 1869, 

 During the past year the British Museum, has only published two 

 catalogues of insects, parts 25 and 26 of Lepidoptera, by Mr. Walker; 

 these finish the List of the Geometridse. 



The 'Entomologist's Annual,' which year by year becomes more inte- 

 resting and valuable, contains information on species of nearly every 

 Order of insects, a vast improvement upon some of the preceding 

 volumes. English entomologists are greatly indebted to Dr. Hagen for 

 the publication of his papers on the Neuroptera. His Synopsis of the 

 British Phryganidse has been the means of attracting the attention of 

 some of our younger Members to these interesting insects, by placing 

 at their command clear and full descriptions of the species, so far as 

 they were discovered in this country at the time of the publication of 

 his paper ; the consequence has been, the discovery of additional new 

 species to our Fauna. If a similar set of papers were published upon 

 the orders Hemiptera and Homoptera, we should soon have a num- 

 ber of students investigating them. It is true, with regard to the 

 Hemiptera, we are promised a Monograph on the British Species in 

 the Ray Society's publications, and in the hands of Messrs. Douglas 

 and Scott no doubt the work will be one of great excellence and 

 utility ; but I trust they will also give us a Monograph in a more 

 portable and cheaper form, so as to place a manual of that Order in 

 the hands of those who cannot afford to subscribe to the Eay 

 Society. The ' Annual ' as usual contains much interesting matter on 

 the Lepidoptera by the Editor, H. Von Heinemann, and the Rev. H. 

 Harpur Crewe. A few notes on Hymenoptera were contributed by 

 myself. The most laborious, and at the same time exceedingly useful, 

 paper is that upon the " New British Species of Coleoptera," with 

 numerous corrections of nomenclature : we are much indebted to Mr. 

 Rye for the complete and conscientious work he has placed before us. 

 Having had some experience in making such emendations and descrip- 

 tions I can only express my hope that this work was a labour of love. 

 Mr. M'Lachlan has contributed an excellent paper, and a faithful 

 chronicle of captures of Trichoptera, together with notes on British 

 Neuroptera. Mr. John Scott has contributed a paper on British Hemip- 

 tera, describing two new species, and giving a list of species detected in 

 Britain during the season ; the latter amount to twenty-six species, 

 a proof of what can be done when the attention of entomologists is 

 directed to the observation of a hitherto much neglected order of 

 insects. 



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