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not seen, Kiesenwetter says that it is in every respeet worthless, 
so that it beeomes a duty to warn beginners against purchasing 
it. The author appears to be totally unaequainted with modern 
entomologieal literature ; his descriptions of families, genera, and 
species are so unsatisfactory that it would be impossible to deter- 
mine anything by means of them; he employs an erroneous 
terminology in many cases, and his species are often incorrectly 
named. Of the significance of Insects in nature the author has 
no idea ; his conception of Insects is that they are injurious 
vermin. 
B. Works in progress. 
L’Abeille. Memoires d^Entomologie, par S. A. de MarseuJ, 
avec la collaboration de plusieurs membrcs distingues de la 
Societe Entomologique de France. Tome i. livr. 1-4. 12mo. 
This periodical work, which seems to appear at rather irregular 
intervals, is intended to extend to about 500 pages annually, 
and to contain descriptions of new species, notes upon known 
species and genera, and monographic treatises upon genera and 
other higher groups of insects, by M. de Marseul and the ento- 
mologists who have associated themselves with him in its pro- 
duction. Each livraison also contains some bibliographic infor- 
mation, but this is very limited in its extent. The four parts 
published in 1864 contain monographs of the Telephorides and 
of the genus Apion, which will be referred to in their proper 
places. 
C. Papers published in Journals, ^c. 
Brauer, F. Entomologische Beitriige. Verhandl. zool.-bot. 
Gesellsch. in Wien, Band xiv. pp. 891-902, 1864. 
Contains articles on Diptera and Neuroptera, which see. 
Cornelius. Ueber die entomologischen Verhaltnisse Westpha- 
lens. Verb, naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. und Westph. 
1864, pp. 54-71 (Correspond.). 
The author gives nominal lists of tlie more remarkable species 
of Insects found in Westphalia. 
Dana, James D. On the Homologies of the Insectean and 
Crustacean types. Sillim. Amer. Journ., refrinted in 
Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd ser. vol. xiii. pp. 16-18. 
Doebner. Zwitter und Missbildungen. Stettiner entom. Zei- 
tung, 1864, pp. 196, 197. 
Fallou, J. Une Semaine h Zermatt. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 
4® ser. tome iv. pp. 17-22. 8 June, 1864. 
This paper contains an account of the Insects met with by 
