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INSUCTA. 
The author refers to many species of all orders (including Myriopoda^ 
Arachniday and Crustacea)^ of which several are described as new. 
Houghton, W. Sketches of British Insects. A handbook for begin- 
ners in the study of Entomology. London : 1875, 6 pis., wood- 
cuts. 
Scarcely within the scope of this Record. 
Kaltenbach, J. H. Dio Pflanzenfeindo aus der Klasse der Insekten. 
Ein nach Pflanzenfamilien geordnetes Handbuch sammtlicher auf 
den einheimischen Pflanzen bisher beobachteten Insekten zum 
Gebrauch fiir Entomologen, Insektensammler, Botaniker, Land- 
und Forstwithe und Gartenfreunde. Stuttgart : 1874, 8vo, pp. i.- 
viii., 1-848, woodcuts. 
The two separate parts of the 2nd edition of this valuable work (in 
its original form issued in Verb. Y»ei\ Rheinl. during the years 1856-69) 
have been noticed in Zool. Rec. ix. & x., but, as the whole work has 
since been issued with the above title and date, it is here again given, 
more especially as there are many new species described or indicated in 
it (mentioned infra) which have hitherto escaped record. It should bo 
observed that, in spite of the date 1874, the descriptions of all such 
of those species as are contained in pp. 1-288 were published in 1872, 
and all in pp. 289-848 in 1873. 
Katter, F. Entomologische Nachrichten, herausgegeben von Dr. 
i. (24 pts.) Putbus : 1875, 8vo, pp. 1-200. 
The commencement of a new entomological periodical, issued fort- 
nightly, and as yet containing little of importance, consisting mostly of 
translations, bibliography, and advertisements. Forms Heft 8 of the 
Deutsche E. Z. 1875 ; G. Kraatz, Deutsche E. Z. 1875, p. 6. For reviews, 
see Ent. Mo. Mag. xii. p. 44, and 0. H. xiv. p. 149. 
Packard, Jr., A. S. Life histories of the Crustacea and Insects, Am. 
Nat. ix. pp. 582-622. 
The Insects {Tracheata) are made to include the Myriopods, Arach- 
nids, and Hexapoda^, SiW differing from the Crustacea in having (except 
in certain Acarids) a distinct head, separate from the thorax, and in 
breathing by internal air tubes instead of external gills. The true in- 
sects aro disci^ed in pp. 616-622, figs. 271-284, and their embryological 
development is briefly sketched from sources not accessible to a general 
reader. The chief literature on the subject is noticed, and the following 
summary given : — 1, Peripheral (partial) segmentation of the yelk is 
found ; in the Podurce^ a true il/brw7a-stage occurring. 2, the larva is 
hatched in the form of the adult, but (in Aphis and Miastor producing 
young alive) wingless, and undergoing an incomplete or complete meta- 
morphosis. 3, the pupa state is more or less marked (in one ChironomuSy 
producing young). 4, the adult, usually winged, sometimes propagates 
as^xually. 
Riley, 0. V. Seventh Annual Report on the Noxious, Beneficial, and 
other Insects of the State of Missouri, made to the State Board of 
Agriculture, pursuant to an appropriation for this purpose from the 
