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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
INSEOTA 
BY 
W. S. Dallas, F.L.S., C.M.Z.S., M.E.S. 
A. Works m progress. 
Gerstacker, a. Dt. H. G. Bronn^s Klassen imcl Ordmmgen 
des Tliier-Beiclis, wissenscliaftlich dargestellt in Wort und 
Bild. Band v., Gliederfussler : Arthropoda. Lieferungen 
1 & 2. Leipzig, 1866. 
Dr. Gerstiicker has undertaken the treatment of the Arthro- 
poda, in the continuation of the admirable work on general 
zoology commenced by the late Professor II. G. Broun. The 
two parts published last year arc devoted to the general charac- 
ters of the Arthropoda; and from the mode in which the author 
has executed this portion of his task, we may feel confident that 
his work will stand worthily in the same rank Avith the excellent 
treatises of Broun on the Protozoa, lladiata, and Mollusca. 
L'Abeille. Memoires d'^Entomologie, par S. A. de Marseul, 
avec la collaboration de plusieurs membres distingues dc la 
Society Entomologique de Prance. Tome iii. livr. 1-6, and 
tome iv. livr. 1-3. 12mo. 
Six parts (tome iii.) of this most chaotic periodical bear the 
date of 1866; but a seventh part, the first of tome iv. belonging 
to 1867, appears to have been published on 30th November 
1866. Any attempt to quote the papers contained in this work 
in the volumes as they will ultimately stand seems to be hope- 
less, as the editor announces his intention of closing the volumes 
at his oAvn convenience, that is to say, as the memoirs are con- 
cluded. In the ^Eecord^ for 1865 the Avriter inferred from the 
period of its commencement that De MarseuPs paper on the 
European Buprestidce would form the third volume ; but having 
been brought to a conclusion before any of the other memoirs, 
the editor has made it into the second volume, so that all the 
quotations in last yeaPs ^ Kecord^ Avill have to be reversed as re- 
gards the numbers of the volumes. The contents of the seven 
livraisons of last year are all coleopterological ; they embrace 
the conclusion of the monograph of the Buprestidce, the continu- 
ation of that of the Gallerucides, and the commencement of a 
