_ have been introduced into that locality several yens ae 
wid soma government is taking vigorous measures to 
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dangerous propensities, nor of its identity with the species de- 
scribed but not named by Wohlfahrt. Mr. Portchinski shows 
that S. woh/fahrt occurs all over Europe, that it attacks animals, 
domestic and wild, and that occasionally it causes horrible suffer- 
ings and even death among men. In the work of Dr. Megnia, 
“Les Parasites et les Maladies parasitaires,” Paris, 1880, the au- 
thor acknowledges Mr. Portchinski’s conclusions, and says that 
every time he succeeded in breeding the fly from such larvae it 
was the Sarcophila wohifahrti which escaped from the pupa. 
Lack of Parallelism between the Characters of Larve and 
Adults.—“ The new article of Mr. Portchinski, ‘ Comparative 
closely-related and almost undistinguishable imagos, species of 
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through). In one case even (Musca carvina) larvæ © ye 
species were found to have a different mode of developm 
Pe 
The Colorado Potato-Bestlo in Europe.— The Colora aS 
tato-beetle has appeared in large numbers upon eo yt is be 
of Malitzsch, a village near Dommitzsch, in Saxony. <" yst 
lieved, from the abundance of the beetles, that the spectes z 4 
Recent Publications.—A mong the recent publications up% 
our table are two systematic works which are worthy, 
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