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New Zealand. In R. Taylor's ' Te Ika a Maui,' 2nd edn., London : 
1870, 8vo, pp. 641-646, are brief notices of the most conspicuous 
indigenous species, with the native names. A coloured figure of Diadema 
arge is given. A sand-frequenting beetle, ' Mumutaim,' is often entirely 
occupied by a fungus ; dragon-flies fi-equent the sea-shore in great 
numbers, and are found dead on the wet sand, indicating the method by 
which fossil species have been imbedded ; Cicadce are found affected 
by Sphceria ; Cf/ntkia cardui and Sphinx convolvuU occur ; a striped Indian 
Culex has been imported, and no musquito is believed to be indigenous ; 
the large blue flesh-fly has been introduced from England, via N. S. 
Wales ; and it is noted that in a voyage from Sydney to London, 1 2 
Australian species of insects arrived in sufficient numbers and good con- 
dition to propagate. 
A Hst of 502 species of insects (of all orders except Lejjidoptera) found 
previously to 1870, viz. : — Coleoptera, 265 species ; Hymenoptera, 23 : 
Diptera, 98 ; Neuroptera, 42 \ Orthoptera, 30 ; Hemiptera-Heteroptera^ 22 ; 
H.-Homoptera, 22. F. W. Hutton, Tr. N. Z. Inst. vi. pp. 158-171. 
Kilhng and Preserving. Auzoux, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iii. p. 
clxxxi.. recommends the use of a few drops of oil of bitter almonds in 
sawdust. 
On collecting (chiefly as to the use of cyanide of potassium) ; T . L. 
Mead, Canad. Ent. v. pp. 78-80. 
To preserve insects in collections, P. Stefanelli, Bull. Ent. Ital. v. 
pp. 53-56, woodcut, recommends the application of the essential oil of 
Betula alba, and mentions another mixture of essence of fennel, 
creosote, alcohol, camphor, and naphthaline as especially obnoxious to 
Anthreni. L. Reynaud, Feuill. Nat. iii. pp. 107 & 121, advocates the use 
of patchouli. Carbohc acid in solution recommended, as a wash for 
boxes or card, to preserve specimens from attack : T. A. Marshall, Ent. 
M. M. X. p. 166. 
On insect-mounting in hot climates: T. Curties & J. E. Ingpen, 
J. Quek. Club, iii., pp. 230-232 (immediate immersion in Canada balsam, 
without pressure, and exposure for a considerable time to rays of 
the sun, in the case of small species; slight pressure and drying in 
leaves of a book, immersion in spirits of turpentine, and mounting in 
balsam, for larger insects). Cf. R. C. R. Jordan, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 273. 
Mounting insects on card advocated : T. J. Bold, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 219. 
On packing insects for transport : Dours, Bull. Soc. L. N". Fr. 
1872-73, p. 92. 
On a cheap substitute for a cabinet : Bell, Canad. Ent. v. p. 136. 
Stalks of Typha latifolia can be used instead of cork for insect boxes : 
H. B. Mosciiler, S. E. Z. xxxiv. p. 96. 
Entomological desiderata : Bull. Soc. L. N. Fr. 1873, p. 183. 
Nomenclature. D. Sharp, in a pamphlet on ' The Object and Method 
of Zoological Nomenclature,' London: 1873, 8vo, pp. 39, more par- 
ticularly discusses the various opinions published on the subject of 
insect nomenclature. He considers that naturalists are at the present 
time justified in the attempt to establish a basis of permanent names ; 
that genera are still so unsettled that their names cannot form a part of 
such permanent scheme ; that i\iQ first generic and specific names together 
