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SUMMARY OF CURRENT RESEARCHES RELATING TO 
I. Suborder. Stolonata. Forms with simple tubular zooecia, and 
terminal or subterminal apertures. Families : iEteidae, Eucra- 
tiidae, and Chlidoniidae. 
II. Suborder. Cellulariina. A group of forms with simple zooecia 
and tufted pliytoid zoaria, and probably including representa- 
tives of the three following suborders. Families : Cellu- 
lariidae, Bicellariidae, Epistomiidae, Catenicellidae, and Bifaxa- 
riidae. 
III. Suborder. Athyriata. Cheilostoma with the front wall uncal- 
cified or incompletely calcified. Families : Farciminariidae, 
Flustridae, Membraniporidae, Cribilinidae, Microporidae, Stega- 
noporellidae, and Cellariidae. 
IY. Suborder. Schizothyriata. Cheilostoma which are schizosto- 
matous or trypiate. Families : Schizoporellidae, Adeonellidae, 
and Microporellidae. 
Y. Suborder. Holothyriata. Holostomatous Cheilostoma which 
have the front wall wholly calcified. Families: Lepralliidae, 
Celleporidae, and Smittiidae. 
y. Brachiopoda. 
Structure of Brachiopoda.* — Prof. F. Blochmann devotes the first 
part of his work to the anatomy of Crania , of which he gives a detailed 
descriptive account of the kind which it is not possible to abstract. 
The student will, however, doubtless find the text, with the illustrations, 
an important aid in the study of this difficult group. 
Arthropoda. 
a. Insecta. 
Larvae of British Butterflies and Moths.f — The fifth volume of 
this work of the late William Buckler was only in part edited by 
Mr. H. T. Stainton, who, unfortunately, died before it left his hands. 
His task was completed by Mr. W. D. Roebuck, under the supervision 
of Mr. G. T. Porritt. In the present volume the Noctuee, which will be 
completed in the next, are continued ; it is only necessary to call the 
attention of the entomologist to the appearance of another part of this 
work. 
Classification of Hesperiidse.* — Mr. E. Y. Watson proposes a classi- 
fication of the Hesperiidae, and revises the genera. The characters which 
have been found of the greatest value in dividing the family into groups 
are, firstly, the position of vein 5 of the fore-wing, taken in conjunction 
with the length of the cell ; the position assumed by the species when in 
a state of complete repose is a character of great importance, and a third 
useful point is to be found in the secondary male characters found on the 
upper side of the fore- wing. As subfamilies he recognizes (1) the New 
World Pyrrhopyginae, (2) the Hesperiinae, in which the antennae nearly 
always end in a fine point, and (3) the Pamphilinae. The author fully 
diagnoses the genera, many of which are new. 
* ‘ Untersuchungen liber den Bau der Brackiopoden,’ 4to, Jena, 3892, 66 pp., 
Atlas of 7 pis. 
f London. For the Ray Society. 1893, 8vo, 90 pp., pis. lxx. to lxxxvi. 
I Proc. Zool. Soc., 1893, pp. 3-132 (3 pis.). 
