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A.NNALI DEL Museo Civico di Storia Naturale, 

 Genoa (2) xiii, 1893. Systematic Revision oj 

 Orthoptera and description of species collected by M. 

 Leonard Fea, in Burma ; by Brunner de Wattenwyl. 

 pp. 5 — 230 and 6 plates. (French text). — In the 

 >ce to this very impoitant monograph, Herr 

 Brunner remarks on the numerous works existing 

 which deal with smaller or larger groups of these 

 insects, in spiteof which, their general classification 

 remains incomplete. Having been entrusted by 

 the assistant Director of the Museum of Genoa, 

 Dr. Gestro, with the identification of some eight 

 hundred specimens of orthopterous insects 

 collected by Signor Fea, in Burma, and consisting 

 of three hundred species, the majority being new 

 to science, the author proceeds to revise existing 

 systems of classification of this order. The limited 

 space at our disposal forbids us to do full justice to 

 this able paper, and we must therefore refer those 

 interested in the subject to the work itself. 

 Eighteen new genera and one hundred and thirty- 

 two new species are describsd, of which no less 

 than one hundred and twenty are from Burma, the 

 remainder being from the Malay Archipelago and 

 Ceylon. Of the new Burmese species, seventy-one 

 are figured, as are eight previously-described 

 species from other countries. An alphabetical 

 index of species referred to concludes the paper. — 

 Histerida, collected by Signor Lamberto Loria in 

 Eastei ■; New Guinea, by Herr Joh. Schmidt. 

 (German text.) Eight new species are described. — 

 On some Fishes collected in Sumatra by Dr. E. 

 .Hani, by Alberto Perugia. (Italian text.) 

 Diagnosis of one new genus, and three new 

 species are given. — Trenthides, collected by Dr. 

 E. Modigliani in the island Engano, by Dr. Angelo 

 Senna. (Italian text.) The little island of 

 Engano, situate near the south-western ex- 

 tremity of Sumatra, was visited in 1S91 by 

 Dr. Modigliani. The zoological collections made 

 by this young traveller during his short stay 

 there are very ample and of great interest, as 

 hitherto the fauna of this island has remained 

 almost unknown. The collection of beetles 

 belonging to the Trenthida; consisted of five 

 hundred and ninety-two specimens belonging to 

 sixteen species and ten genera. — Concluding Report 

 on the Reptiles and Batrachians obtained in Burma, 



Signvr L. Fea, by G. A. Boulenger. (English 

 text). A complete list of all the reptiles 

 and P.atrachians collected in Burma by Signor 

 Fea is given ; of the former, one hundred 

 and twelve species being enumerated, including 

 thirteen new to science, and of the latter, fifty-three, 

 including seventeen new species ; descriptions of 

 the new species and twelve plates dealing with 

 fifteen species complete this important memoir. — 

 On the Myriopoda collected by Signor L. Fea 

 .1/, /;. U'.Oatcs, in Burma, by R. T. Pocock. (English 

 text I. Of the genus Julus, which has not previously 

 been recorded from the oriental region, three new 

 ■ described, while of the genus Cambala, 

 only known in this region from Ceylon, also three 

 new species are diagnosed : further! one new genus 



and fourteen other new species are described, 

 pers and a biographical notice with 

 portrait of Profi ©i I' M Ferrari, who died 

 June 15th, 1893, bring this valuable volume to a 

 close. 



Bui 1 1:1 1-; de la Societe Zooi 

 France (Paris, [893, xviii). Short notices on 



>.es, by Dr. R. H.lanchard. (xviii.) — The learn -d 

 secretary of the Zoological So ranee has 



dissected three specimens of a leech from Chili, 

 described in 1S71 by < rrube as Hiru ' bn vis, and he 

 comes to the conclusion that the species cannot be 

 retained in the genus Hirudo, nor can it be placed 

 in any known genus. He therefore creates a new 

 genus for its reception, Mesobdella. Two other new 

 genera and three new species are also described. — 



arks on some species of the genus Buliminus, 

 description of several new species, by C. F. Ancey. 

 The species here discussed are mostly Asiatic, two 

 new being described from Turkestan, the others 

 are from Algeria, including one new species. The 

 same author also gives a list of Mollusca, with 

 remarks, from Afghanistan and Beluchistan. One 

 unpublished species of Lt. -Colonel Godwin-Austin 

 being described. M. E. de Ponsargues describes 

 two new mammals collected by M. Dybowski, 

 Galago anomurus, a Lemur shot near the river Kemo 

 one of the affluents of the Obangi, itself a tributary 

 of the Congo, and Crossarchus dybowskii, a 

 carnivore from the same region. Professor Leon 

 Vaillant enumerates the Fishes collected in Borneo 

 by M. Chaper, the collection numbering ninety-two 

 species. One genus and three species new 

 science are described. M. Cordier records his 

 observations on the comparative anatomy of the 

 stomach of camels. — Contribution to the Mai 

 Fauna of the Seychelles, by Ph. Dautzenberg. The 

 collections of terrestrial, freshwater and marine 

 mollusca, made by Messrs. C. Alluand, A. Fauvel. 

 and Father Philibert, in the Seychelles, form the 

 subject. No new species were found, but of the 

 marine shells seventy-five species have not hitherto 

 been recorded for this group. An interesting corre- 

 spondence between Prof. Carus and Dr. Blanchard, 

 on zoological nomenclature, is reproduced. M. E. 

 de Pousargues describes a new rodent collected 

 by M. Dybowski near the River Kemo, Con^o 

 district, belonging to the genus Golunda, termed 

 marsh-mouse (Sumpfmause) by Peters. Spongidae, 

 from the Seychelles and from Aden, are treated by 

 M. E. Topsent ; Isopod Crustacea, from the 

 Seychelles, by M. A. Dollfus ; Arachnidea?, from 

 the same islands, by M. E. Simon. 



Axxaes de Sciexcias Naturaes (Oporto, 

 January, 1S94). — It is with pleasure we welcome 

 this new publication under the editorship of Senor 

 Augusto Nobre. Mr. E. J. Johnson discusses the 

 flora of the neighbourhood of Oporto, and gives 

 the first instalment of a floral calendar, the species 

 to be found in flower during January, February 

 and March being enumerated, together with the 

 localities where they occur : two of the species are 

 figured by photographic process, i.e., Oxalispui j 

 and Senecio scaiidens. — The editor contributes the 

 first part of a paper on the nervous system and 

 zoological affinities of some terrestrial Pulmonata 

 (land-snails), illustrated by anatomical dissecti 



Irion litsitanicus (t. 3).— Mr. W. C. Tait con- 

 tributes a chatty article on the Birds of Portugal, 

 to be continued. — Notes on Pisciculture, Faunal 

 notes, a short article on Narcissus cyclamineus, 

 with woodcut and plate, and a biographical notice 

 of P. A. Morelet complete the first number of our 

 new contemporary. 



