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different parts of the text, with occiasioiial notes on synoriyinic 
and other questions. 
Ci Paper's published ifi Journals* 
Becker, A. Naturhistorische Mittheilungen. Bull. Soc. Nat. 
de Moscou, tome xxxvii. pt. i. pp. 477-493 : 1864. 
This paper contains numerous observations on the entomo- 
logy of the district of Sarepta, chiefly arranged in chronological 
order, extending from May to November 1863. The observa- 
tion^ relatfe to fepCcies of Coleoptera, Orthoptera. Diptera, and 
Bhynchota ; and a good many netv species ate briefly charac- 
terized. These will be referred to hereRfter^ although mostX 
of the charaeters are far too imperfeet to allow the inseets to be 
identified. The ptiper concludes with lists of Some Species of 
Coleoptera^ Jbepidoptera, and Orthoptera to be added to the 
fauna of the neighbourhood of Sarepta. 
. Mittheilungen einer botanischen und entomologischen 
Beise. Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. tome xxxviii. pt. i. pp. 562-^ 
582 t August 11, 1865. 
. This paper consists only of a description of the author^s 
travels in June 1864 from Sarepta tip the Volga to Saratof, 
Katharinstadt, Wolsk, and Chwalinsk, with ah account of Sonid 
of the plants and insects which he met with in different localities. 
It possesses ho general entomological interests 
Bold^ T. Ji Entomological Notes for the year 1864; Nat. Histj 
Trans* NorthUmb. and Durham^vol. i. 1865^ pp. 123-127* 
In this paper Mr* Bold haS given a general account Of the ttiofe 
striking phenomena of insect life observed by him in Northum^ 
berland in 1864. He states that the great peculiarity of thC 
season, from an entomological point of view, was the extraordi- 
nary abundance of such species as are destructive to farni and 
garden product. The Aphides seem to have been inost inju- 
rious. 
Dohrn, C. a* Zur entomologischen Nomenclatur* Stettiner 
entom. Zeitung, 1865^ pp. 345, 346. 
In this short article Dohrn refers to some practices prevalent 
of late in the citation of authors whose names are furnished with 
signs of nobility, such as de, von, and van. He justly maintains 
that in quotatiohs these prefixes may be advantageously omitted, 
and that this is still more necessary when the names of ento- 
mologists are employed for the designation of species. Another 
proposition appears less satisfactory, namely that in quoting the 
joint work of two or more authors, the name only of the chief 
of them should be cited. 
