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by Saunders ; and the plum, pp. 22-26, the potato, pp. 65-81 , and the cu- 
cumber &c., pp. 89-92, by Reed. The species usually attacking these plants 
in America are discussed in a practical manner ; but no original observations 
worth recording appear to be contained in the work, which is copiously illus- 
trated by the usual (borrowed) woodcuts. 
"Troudy [?= Travaux: ='Les Annales russes de la Soci^t^' : vols. v. & 
vi. and livr. i. of vol. vii. had been published in 1872] de la Societe entomo- 
logique de Russie, a St. Petersbourg, vol. iv. 1867-69." In Hor. Ent. Ross, 
viii. Rev. Bibliogr. p. vii, is a notice of the above publication, originally 
printed in Russian. It contains the following articles : — A general descrip- 
tion of the larvae of Coleoptera, by C. de Gernet. A paper on the geogra- 
phical distribution of species of Coleoptera peculiar to the north of Russia, 
by T. Koppen. Description and figs, of Cecidomyia hi-achjptera, with notes 
on its ravages in pine forests, by Gernet. General considerations on the re- 
lations of insects and man, by the same author. Descriptions and figs, of 
new varieties of Melitesa maturna, Argynnis arsilache, Hadena arnica, and 
Cidaria dilutata, from St. Petersburg. Instructions for "sugaring," by A. 
Hiiber. Notes on Lepidoptera found at a locality north of St. Petersburg, 
by Feild. A complete catalogue of Russian Lepidoptera, by N. ErschofF & 
Feild, of geographical importance. Instructions for collecting, by Solsky. 
A catalogue of Eversmann's Lepidoptera. The * Bulletin ' for 1866 and 1867 
contains short communications on the larvae of Telephorus, which appear in 
winter on the snow. 
LiNNiEus. C. A. Dohrn, S. E. Z. xxxiii. pp. 446-462, continues his bio- 
graphical notes : 1738-1763. 
Rambur : Bibliographical notice by Mabille, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. 
pp. 307-312. 
Brulle : a list of his entomological works by Desmarest, ihid. p. 513. 
Wesmael, Sauveur (Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. pp. 213-233) publishes some 
posthumous reports of this author of interest for the Belgian fauna. 
COLEOPTERA 
By E. C. Rye. 
Abeille de Perrin, Elzear. Etudes sur les Coleopteres caver- 
nicoles, suivies de la Description de 27 Coleopteres nou- 
veaux fran9ais. Marseille : April, 1872, 8vo, pp. 41. 
The new species are described by Abeille, Saulcy, and Paudell(5. Pp. 5- 
12 contain notes on the cave insects of Aridge, being an account of expedi- 
tions to the caverns, with observations on the species ; pp. 13-17, descrip- 
tions of new species J pp. 17-23, a synopsis of Pyrenean Adelops, including 
spp. nn. ; pp. 24-26, a table of French spp. of Anophthalmus ; pp. 27-41, de- 
scriptions of new French Coleoptera. The contents of pp. 1-26 are analyzed 
and the diagnoses of the new species reproduced in Bull. (2, reporting sitting 
of 13 March) Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ii. pp. xviii-xxii, where that portion is 
