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INSECTA. 
THE GENERAL SUBJECT 
By E. C. Rye, F.Z.S. 
Appun, K. F. Beitrage zur Insecten-Fauna von Venezuela 
und Britisch Guyana. Das Ausland, xlv. (1872) pp. 41-47, 
67-70. 
An accoimt of the habits, &c., of the most conspicuous species of all 
Orders, from personal observation. 
Bae, Constant. Note controversive sur le sens de Touie et 
sur Forgane de la voix cliez les insectes. CR. Ent. Belg. 
xvi. pp. Ixxxix.-cxii. 
General observations, with (as the author admits) no definite conclu- 
sions, and only intended to keep the subject in view. Experiments on 
Hymenoptera are recorded, proving that humming can be produced 
artificially, after complete abstraction of the wings. 
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Baudelot, E. Contributions a la physiologie du systeme 
nerveux des insectes. Rev. Montp. i. (1872). 
Not seen by the Recorder. 
Bethune, C. J. S., Saunders, W., & Reel, E. B. Report of tlie 
Entomological Society of Ontario, 1872, including a Re- 
port on some of the noxious, beneficial, and common 
insects of the province of Ontario, prepared for the 
Honourable tbe Commissioner of Agriculture on behalf 
of the Society. Printed by Order of the Legislative 
Assembly. Toronto : 1873, 4to, pp. 75, woodcuts. 
Insects injurious to the grape, hop, maple, peach, and potato, and 
common and beneficial species, are discussed and illustrated by the usual 
(borrowed) cuts. Bethune gives introductory remarks on the Insecta 
generally, and briefly characterizes the chief groups of Coleoptera. No- 
thing novel is recorded. 
Duncan, P. M. Insect Metamorphosis. Nature, vii. (1872) 
pp. 30-34, 50-53, figs. 1-8. 
A lecture delivered at the meeting of the British Association, 1872 
