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KALTENHACir, J. II. T)ie deutsclien Phytoplmgen aiis dcr Classc 
der Insecten; Fortsetz. Verhandl. naturhist. Vereins preuss. 
llheiiil. und Westph. 1864, pp. 228-404. 
The author gives a list of all the various insects li\nng on each 
plant found in Germany ; the genera of plants are alphabetically 
arranged, and this year’s volume of the journal quoted contains 
the genera M-P [Malva to Pijmis) . As, according to the plan 
of this Record, we could give only a fragment of this most useful 
compilation, we prefer to delay our abstract to next year, wlien 
we shall be able to insert it in its integrity. The new species 
described by Kaltenbach will be mentioned below. 
Kunstler, G. a. Beitrage zur Kenntniss der der Land- oder 
Forstwirthschaft schadlichen Insecten. Verhandl. zool.-bot. 
Gesellsch. in Wien, Band xiv. pp. 779-784 (1864). 
Laboulrene, Alexandre. Observations snr les Insectes tuhe- 
rivores, avec refutation de Ferreur qui, attribuant les Truffes 
a la piqure d’un Insecte, les a fait assimiler aux galles 
vegetaux. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tom. iv. pp. 69-114, 
pi. 2. June 8, 1864 (read June 10, 1863). 
In this paper the author not only describes the various species 
of insects found in Truffles, but also discusses the nature of 
those Fungi, with esj)ecial reference to a notion which seems to 
prevail in some parts of France that they care in j-ome w.ay pro- 
duced by insect-agency. He also gives the characters of the dif- 
ferent species of the genus Tuber found in France. The insects 
recorded by the author as occurring, either in the larva or the 
perfect state, in Truffles are twenty-three in number, namely : — 
Diptera — Jlelomyza lineata, H. pmiciUata, IT. tuherivo7'a, H. pallida., II. 
ustulata, //., sp. indet., Curtanew'a stahulansy Anthomyia canictdai'is, A. blepha- 
ripftcroides, Cheilosiaf^^., Phoi'a pallipcs, and Sciara myemm\ Coleoptera — 
Anisotoma einnamomea, A. fcrrvginea, A.picea, liolboccras yalHcum, Rhizotro- 
gus solstitialisj Phyllopertha horticola, Apaie capucina, Tenebrio sp., Ilomalota 
sp., and Gibbintn scotias •, Lepidoptera — Tinea sp. ? The truly Tuberivo- 
rous species appear to be only the Dipterous forms and the three species of 
Anisotoma. 
Oberthtjr, Charles. Rapport sur Fexcursion entomologique 
provinciate faite dans les montagnes de la Lozere en juillet 
1863- Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4*" ser. tome iv. pp. 18i-194. 
12 October 1864 (read 9 March 1864). 
PiFFARD, Bernard. Reminiscences of an Entomological Excur- 
sion up the Demerara River. Entom. Monthly Magazine, 
vol. i. pp. 79-81 and 101-107. 
The insects referred to in this paper are chiefly Lepidoptera ; 
a few Beetles are mentioned, and amongst insects of other orders 
the Lantern-fly [Fulgora laternaria). 
