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INSECTA, ORTHOPTERA. 
Attention is called in P. E. Soc. 1872^ p. xxv, to the fact that Merops 
persicus is known to line its nest with the wings of dragonflies. 
Libellulina. 
Libellula lycoris, p. 176, Madagascar or Mauritius, assignata, p. 177, Ma- 
dagascar : Selys, /. c, spp. nn. 
GompMna. Cabot, I. c, has published (with Hagen's assistance) a me- 
moir on the immature state of 17 species of this tribe ; but only 4 are referred 
to their respective genera without doubt, the others not having been bred. 
The plates (beautifully executed) are supposed to illustrate the following 
genera : — GomphuSj Herpetogomphus, Macrogomplius, Progomphus, Gom~ 
phoides, Hagenius, Ictinus, and Corduleg aster. 
Omjchogo7nphus ruptus is redescribed by Selys from perfect specimens. 
Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. p. 29, pi. ii. fig. 12 (details). 
Gomphus epophthalmus, p. 31, pi. ii. fig. 13 (details), and maacki, p. 33, 
pi. ii. fig. 14 (details), Irkutzk : id. I. c, spp. nn. 
j^schnina. 
Anax goliath, sp. n., Selys, B. Z. 1872, p. 178, Madagascar. 
JEschna ai'undinacea, sp. n., id. Ann. Ent. Belg, xv. p. 36, Irkutzk. 
Agrionina. 
Agrion concinmmi, Johanson, is redescribed from Siberian examples by 
Selys, Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. p. 40, pi. ii. fig. 8 (details). 
Agrion glaciale (Hagen), p. 41, pi. ii. fig. 9 (details), lanceolatumy p. 43, pi. ii. 
fig. 10 (details), ecornutum (? race of mercuridle), p. 44, pi. ii. fig. 11 (details), 
Siberia ; hermetimm (? race of mercuriale)^ p. 45, Algeria, id. I. c. ; A. (?) m- 
sidare, p. 179, Mauritius and Bourbon ; matiritiamnn, p. 180, Mauritius, 
Selys, R. Z. 1872 : spp. nn. 
Agriocnemis solitaria, p. 18] , Rodrignies, A. (?) exilis, p. 182, Madagascar 
or Mauritius : id. E. Z. 1872, spp. nn. 
Psilocnemis alatipes, sp. n., M'Lachlan, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 1 (leg figured), 
Madagascar. 
ORTHOPTERA 
By R. M^Lachlan, F.L.S. 
Fischer, L. H. Ueber Vitus Graber's Mittbeilungen der Aehn- 
lichkeit der Geschleclitsorgane bei Orthopteren. Verb, 
z.-b. Wien, xxii. pp. 77, 78. 
Glover, Townend. Illustrations of North-American Ento- 
mology: Orthoptera. Washington, 1872. 4to. 
Consists of 13 crowded coloured plates by the author, with explanatory 
letterpress. The edition is stated to bo limited to 50 copies only. Although 
scarcely a scientific work, it may bo found of great use to beginners, tlie 
figures appearing to be sulliciently accurate for the idcintiHcation of species, 
