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contributed by g. k. gude, f.z.s. 

 Annali del Museo Civico di StoriaNaturale 

 Di Genova (Genoa, 1896. Vols. xxxv. and xxxvi.). 

 The whole of the first volume cited is occupied 

 by the zoological results of the exploration of the 

 Giuba and its affluents (North-east Africa), by- 

 Captain V. Bottego during the years 1892-93, 

 under the auspices of the Italian Geographical 

 Society. An elaborate map of the region ex- 

 plored forms a frontispiece to this volume. The 

 secretary, Signor G. Dalla Vedova, contributes an 

 introduction, from which it appears that the 

 expedition started from Berber, and the distance 

 traversed is estimated at more than 2,900 

 kilometers, through a region hitherto unknown to 

 Europeans. The following specialists have 

 contributed reports on their various respective 

 departments. Mr. Oldfield Thomas, on the 

 Mammals, Mr. G. A. Boulenger, on the Reptiles 

 and Batrachians (with four plates) ; Signor D. 

 Vinciguerra, on the Fishes (with one plate) ; 

 Professor E. Von Martens, on the Land and Fresh- 

 water Shells ; Dr. H. de Saussure, on the 

 Orthoptera ; M. A. L. Montandon, on the Platas- 

 pidinae ; Dr. A. de Carlini, on the Rhynchota ; 

 Dr. Emilio Corti, on the Diptera ; Dr. Paolo 

 Magretti, on the Hymenoptera ; Professor Carlo 

 Emery, on the Formicidae; Dr. M. Regimbart, on 

 Dytiscidae and Gyrinidae ; Dr. E. Eppelsheim, on 

 the Staphylinidae ; Signor E. Brenske, on Melolon- 

 thinae and Rutelinae ; M. Pic, on Anthicidae ; 

 Herr J. Faust, on Curculionidae ; Dr. E. Gestro, on 

 Coleoptera ; Signor F. Silvestri, on Chilopoda and 

 Diplopoda. In vol. xxxvi., the voyage of Leonardo 

 Fea in Burma still continues to result in important 

 contributions to science by the following papers : 

 Colydiides and Monotomides (beetles), by M. A. 

 Grouville (French text) ; Languriidae , Erotylidae, 

 and Endomychidae (beetles), by Mr. H. S. Gorham 

 (English text) ; supplementary note upon the 

 Jiiloidea (Myriapods), containing description of three 

 new species, bj- Mr. R. J. Pocock, of the British 

 Museum (English text) ; Motiommidae, Trixagidae, 

 and Eucneniidae (beetles), by M. Ed. Fleutiaux 

 (French text) ; new Termitophila (beetles), and 

 Termites, from India, by Herr E. Wasmann 

 (German text), with plate. The collections made 

 by Dr. Elio Modigliani in the Mentawei Islands 

 and Sumatra are reported upon by Signor A. 

 Perugia, who treats of the fishes; M. E. Candeze, 

 who describes new species of Elateridae (beetles) 

 (P'rench text) ; Signor R. Gestro, who deals with 

 Hispidae (beetles) ; M. C. Kerremans, who enume- 

 rates the Buprestidae (beetles) from Mentawei and 

 Sumatra ; Mr. AI. Jacoby, who describes new 

 genera and species of Phytophagous Coleoptera 

 from Sumatra (in English) ; Signor D. Rosa, on 

 the Lumbricidae (with plate). Signor Lamberto 

 Loria's voyage in New Guinea produces further 

 results in the following papers : " Birds from 

 South East New Guinea." by Signor T. Salvadori ; 

 Buprestidae (beetles), by M. C. Kerremans (French 

 text). The Chilopoda and Diplopoda (M5^riapods) 

 collected by G. Doria and O. Beccari during the 



voyage of the " Esploratore " to the Red Sea 

 are enumerated by Signor F. Silvestri. Signor 

 A. Perugia reports on the fishes collected by 

 Captain Guiseppe Capurro in the Antilles. Signor 

 T. Salvadori, catalogues the birds collected by 

 Don Eugenio Ruspoli during his last voyage to the 

 Somali and Gallas regions. An important mono- 

 graph on the Diplopoda is commenced by Signor 

 F. Silvestri, beginning with the systematic part, 

 covering 132 pages. Signor S. Traverse deals 

 with volcanic and metamorphic rocks from 

 Sumatra. M. Sommier contributes notes on the 

 Ranunculaceae in herbarium of Signor Doria. Mr. G. 

 A. Boulenger, of the British Museum, gives a list 

 of the Reptiles and Batrachians collected by 

 Dr. Ragazzi in Shoa and Eritrea (English text). 

 M. Ed. Fleutiaux enumerates the Austro- 

 Malayan Eucnemidae (beetles) of the Civic 

 Museum of Genoa (French text). These two 

 volumes, like so many of their predecessors, 

 form truly monumental contributions to zoological 

 science. 



Annalen' des K.K. Naturhistorischex Hof- 

 MUSEUMS. (Vienna, vol. x., parts 3 and 4, 1895). 

 The present double number completes the volume, 

 and contains title and index, besides a general index 

 for the first ten volumes under authors' names. 

 The bulk of the part is taken up by a report on the 

 collection of Meteorites in the Museum, with two 

 appendices, the first by Professor Jose A. Y. 

 Bonilla, Director of the Observatory of Zacatecas, 

 on " The fall of Meteoric Iron at Mazapil " ; the 

 second by Dr. Aristides Brezina, on " The collec- 

 tion of Meteorites of the University of Tubingen," 

 with two plates and forty figures in the text. 



Annaes de Sciencias Natdraes (Oporto, July, 

 1896. Vol. iii., part 3). Mr. Edwin J. Johnston 

 continues his " Floral Calendar," and Mr. W. C. 

 Tait his article on the " Birds of Portugal," while 

 further instalments of the " Catalogue of Hemip- 

 tera of Portugal" by Dr. de Oliveira, and of the 

 " Mollusca and Brachiopoda " by the Editor, are 

 both familiar features of this magazine. Dr. 

 Lopes Vieira contributes the first instalment of a 

 "Catalogue of the Reptiles and Amphibia of 

 Portugal." An article by M. Ernesto Schmitz on 

 the ' ' Birds of Madeira ' ' will be welcomed by 

 ornithologists ; it is divided into two parts, the 

 first being a systematic list of the native birds, 

 thirty-eight species being enumerated, and the 

 second of migrants, in which 104 species appear ; in 

 the former the locality is given for each species. 

 M. Machado contributes an article on the 

 " Winds and Sea Currents along part of the Portu- 

 guese Coast immediately north of the Rio Douro." 

 From an obituary note we learn that the distin- 

 guished Eugenio Schmitz, Engineer to the School 

 of Mines, Paris, died on May 23rd, at S. Pedro 

 da Cova, at the age of eighty-one. French by 

 birth, he resided during sixty-six years in Portugal, 

 where he diligently prosecuted the study of natural 

 history. He made many contributions to science, 

 chiefly on fossil-plants of the coal-measures and on 

 the vascular cryptogams of the north of Portugal. 



Botany Bulletin (Department of Agriculture, 

 Brisbane, No. xiii., 1896). " Contributions to the 

 Queensland Flora," by F. M. Bailey, F.L.S. Several 

 new species of plants are described, and notes on 

 miscellaneous subjects are added. The bulk of this 

 Bulletin, however, is taken up by a descriptive 

 Paper on the "Chemistry and Economic Properties 

 of a number of Queensland Gums and Resins," by 

 Dr. Joseph Lauterer. Four plates accompany this 

 number. 



