Resume of Recent Scientific Publications. 445 



Contains the description of a new Cicindelid (Dromica 

 semilevis) from Zululand. 



''4 neue Cicindeliden aus' Africa." Entom. Nachricht., vol. 

 xxiii., 1897, pp. 237-240. 



Contains descriptions of one Cincidelid (Cosmema Kolbei) 

 which occurs in the Transvaal and in Angola. 



Jacoby, M. " List of the Phytophagous Coleoptera obtained by Mr. 

 W. L. Distant in the Transvaal, with Descriptions of the New 

 Species." Annals and Mag. of Nat. Hist., 1898, pp. 344-360. 



The author enumerates 95 species, which, with those given 

 by Mr. Distant in his " Naturalist in the Transvaal," brings 

 the number to 114, which is certainly not comprehensive enough. 



Peringuey, L. " Description de deux Julodis et d'un Paussus Sud- 

 Africains." Bullet. Soc. Entom. d. France, 1898, pp. 183-185. 



" Catalogue of the South African Hispinae (Coleoptera), with 

 Description of New Species." Annals of the South African 

 Museum, June, 1898, pp. 113-130. 



The author brings the number of this phytophagous sub- 

 family from 11 to 45. 



Lepidopteea. 



Distant, W. L. " On a Collection of Heterocera made in the 

 Transvaal." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. 

 xix., new series, 1897, pp. 390-394. 



The author describes 2 new species, and enumerates those 

 captured by him (13). All his specimens were taken at the 

 electric lamps. Some of these huge moths strike against the 

 glass and fall to the ground, when they may be picked up. 



" On a Collection of Heterocera made in the Transvaal." 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. xix., new series, 

 pp. 579-582. 



