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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
In some respectsj as in the adoption of the sections Scutata 
(absurdly altered to Scutatina *) ^ Reduvina, Hydrometrina, and 
Notonectina, the authors have taken a step in the right direc- 
tion, namely toAvards the recognition of those great natural 
groups or families which it is so much the tendency of modern 
entomology to ignore; but as a general rule their sections 
will be seen to correspond exactly Avith Fieber^s families. But 
ill the arrangement of the groups there are several changes 
Avhich are not for the better, such as the placing of the Mem- 
branacea (Burm.) = Tingidma and Covticicolma between the 
Lygceina and Capsina^ and the removal of the Anthocorina from 
the Lygmna to a position below the Capsina. That they are 
related to the latter cannot be denied ; but they are certainly 
intermediate between the Lygmna and the Capsina. Moreover 
Acanthia {lectulai'ia) has certainly nothing to do Avith the true 
Anthocorina. 
Mulsant, E., and Rey, C. Histoire Naturelle des Punaises de 
France (part i.). 8vo, pp. 112. Paris, 1865. 
MM. Mulsant and Rey have commenced a natural history 
of the French Heteroptera, of Avhich the first part, apparently 
reprinted from the ^ Annales de la Societe Linneerine de Lyon,^ 
Avas published last year. It includes only the ScutelUrides 
(=Orbiscutij A. & S.), and is executed in the same elaborate 
fashion, as regards the descriptions and synonymy of the species, 
which is characteristic of all the authors^ Avorks. This part is 
accompanied by a plate illustratiA^e of the terminology. 
Stal, C. Hemiptera Africana. Tomus i. 8vo. Stockholm, 
1864, pp. 256. 
In this Avork Stal has commenced a systematic description of 
the species of Hemiptera inhabiting Africa. The first volume 
includes the Scutata. It is characterized by the careful ela- 
boration Avhich the author gives to all his Avritings, and also 
by the tendency to excessive multiplication of genera, which 
he shares, unfortunately, Avith too many of his contempora- 
ries. It is to be remarked that the author has limited his 
subject by omitting those species inhabiting only the Mediter- 
ranean region of Africa, with the exception of some of the more 
striking Egyptian forms, the animals of this district having a 
preeminently European character. The AVork is written through- 
out in Latin, and is provided with analytical tables of the 
genera and higlier groups; it constitutes a most valuable ad- 
dition to our kuoAvledge of the entomology of Africa. 
* The same mistaken use of the termination -ina occurs in the names of 
several other groups — Cceoiyetwia, Corticicolina, Ooidalma. 
