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Insects used as matericB mediccB in China are referred to by Porter Smith in 
Pharm. J. & Tr, (3) p. 4 (from ‘ Medical Times and Gazette ’), especial remark 
being made on the vesicating species. 
Entomological gardens : Claudon (Feuil. j. Nat. vii. 1871) publishes a 
note on this subject ; cf. also Macpherson, Sci. Goss. 1871, p. 190, Oborn, ihid. 
p. 234, fig. 141, and Clifford, ibid. pp. 267-270. 
Insects in birds’ nests : Douglas (Ent. M. M. viii. p. 64) translates and adds 
to Cornelius’s notes in S. E. Z. 1869. 
Insectivorous birds : von Frauenfeld (Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxi. Beih. pp. 12) 
expounds his reasons for endeavouring to obtain greater protection for these, 
laying especial stress on the natural check to injuries to cultivated plants 
afforded by them when unmolested [cf. Aves on this subject]. 
In the “ Deport of the Fruit-growers Association of Ontario ” for the year 
1870 (Toronto, 1871), are notices of damages to vines and other cultivated 
trees by insects of all orders, with suggestions of remedies. 
Cedars injured by an unknown insect are referred to by Joannon in Proc.- 
verb. of Ann. Soc. Agric. Lyon (4), i. p. xcix. 
Insects injurious to turnips: Bold (P. Ilexh. Club, 1871, pp. 31-35) enu- 
merates these and their remedies and parasites. This paper is reproduced 
by Newman, Ent. v. p. 385 et seq. ‘ - 
Geographical distribution and dispersion of Insects : Trimen (P. L. S. xi. 
pp. 276-284) gives instances of insects occurring at sea at long distances from 
land, and, in some general remarks upon Murray’s theory of geographical 
relations [cf. Zool. Rec. vii. p. 243), is evidently inclined to consider the 
accidental introduction of species 'much more credible than the various 
schemes by which that author endeavours to corroborate his peculiar views 
[cf. Pr. E. Soc. 1871, p. xi et scq. for discussion by Wollaston, Bates, Murray, 
and Wallace on this subject j also review in Am. Nat. v. p. 644]. 
Vogelsberg and Pfingsten : von Heyden (Ber. Off. Ver. xii. p. 42 et seq.) 
mentions insects observed during an excursion in 1867. 
Madonie mountains and woods of Caronia : Bagusa (Bull. Ent. Ital. iii. 
pp. 366-380) gives a detailed account of insects occurring in these districts. 
Alpine collecting : Frey-Gessner (Mitth. Schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 313 et seq.) 
gives an account of his experiences in 1869 and 1870. 
Cheviot district : Hardy (P. Berw. Nat. Club, 1871, pp. 251-267) gives a list 
of the Insecta ( Col., Hemip., Hymenop., Dip.) and Arachnida observed here, with 
localities and a few general remarks. Cf. also Ent. M. M. vii. pp. 182-184. 
Entomology in Ireland : under this heading, Stevens (Ent. v. p. 360 et 
seq.) gives a list of common species of Coleoptera, with brief remarks on some 
other orders. 
Astrakan and Sarepta: Becker (Bull. Mosc. xliv. pp. 290-302), in an 
account of his excursion to Temir Chan Schora and Derbent, gives lists of 
the Lepidopt&ra, Coleoptera and Hemiptera that occurred to him, with occa- 
sional synonymy and indications of new species. 
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky : Packard (Am. Nat. v. pp. 744-747, figs. 122- 
127) briefiy refers to and figures Anophthalmus teUkampJi, Adelops hirtus, Dha- 
phidophora mbterranea, an Anthomyia, a Phora, and Campodea, amongst other 
spp. found in this cave. Ho reproduces and comments upon Schiodte’s obser- 
vations on cave-insects. 
Wyandotte Cave : Cope, in Indianapolis Journal, 6 Sept. 1871 [Ann. N. H. 
