THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Scales of Scenicus salticuSf Hypomeces squamosus, Polyxenus lagurus^ Procris 
statiees, Urania leilusy Cvlex pipienSj Attagenus peUio, Cyphus germariy Pieris 
epicharis and agathinay Macrotoma major y Polyommatm and Petrohius are mi-» 
nutely described and figured, chiefly as regards their respective values as 
test-objects for lenses, 
Marshall, T. A. Notes on some Corsican Insects. Ent. M. 
M. vii. pp. 225-228, 248-250. 
A list, with localities, of the principal species of Coleoptera and Orthoptera 
found in Corsica, 
Moncreaff, Henry. Notes on Gall-makers and their Para- 
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Walker publishes further observations by Moncreaff, ibid. pp. 460 & 461. 
Moore, Frederic, Walker, Francis, & Smith, Frederick. 
♦Descriptions of some new Insects collected by Dr. Anderson 
during the Expedition to Yunan. P. Z. S. 1871, pp. 244*- 
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Descriptions of 6 spp. nn. of Lepidoptera by Moore, 6 of Orthoptera by 
Walker, and 3 of Ilymenoptera by Smith. 
Muller, Albert. On the dispersal of non-migratory Insects 
by atmospheric agencies. Tr. E. Soc. 1871, pp. 175-186. 
After reproducing facts already recorded, the author intimates his opinion 
that such events are not accidental or isolated {cf. Pr. E. Soc. 1871, pp. v & vi 
for discussion on this subject). 
Mulsant, E. Opuscules Entornologiques, xiv. Paris, 1870, 
pp. 244. 
The above further instalment of this well-known publication (of which 
Cah. xiii. appeared so long ago as 1863), consisting, as usual, of memoirs by 
the author and others from Ann. Soc. L. Lyon, n. s., xvi.-xviii. (1866-1871), 
contains: — a complete list of Sichel’s works, entomological and otherwise, p. 89 
et seq. ; descriptions of various new genera and species of Coleoptera and 
Rhynchota &c., already noticed in Zool. Rec., up to vol. vi. ; descriptions of 
new genera and species of those orders by the author, in conjunction with 
Rey, Godart, & Pellet, and by Haliday, that will be found in the present 
vol. ; and (absurdly misplaced in a work professing to be purely entomolo- 
gical) descriptions of three new spp. of Humming-birds ! 
Noll, F. C. Die Erscheinungen des Parasitismus. Ber. senck. 
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Resides its indirect interest, this paper briefly refers to parasitism in 
Imecta. 
Nordlinger, H. Die Kenntuiss der wichtigsteiikleinen Feiiide 
