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ORTHOPTERA. 
BY 
Robert McLachla^n, F.R.S., F.L.S., &c. 
The General Subject. 
Beuthin, H. Zweiter Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Orthopteren der Um- 
gegend von Hamburg. Verb. Ver. Hamb. ii. pp. 219-221. 
Enumerates additional species, with localities. 
Bolivar, Ignacio. Sinopsis de los Ortopteros de Espana y Portugal. 
An. Soc. Esp. V. pp. 79-130, 259-372, pis. vi., xi. & xii. 
An admirable work, worthy of being styled a Monograph rather than 
a Synopsis, for all the species are tabulated and described at length, and 
with an introductory chapter explaining the terminology, &c. The out- 
line plates are chiefly explanatory of genera and critical species. The 
first part comprises the Forjiculidce and Blattidce ; the second, the Man- 
tidcBf Phasmidce, and Acrydiidce. The Spanish fauna is evidently very 
rich in these insects. 
Brunner von Wattenwyl, 0. Die morphologische Bedeutung der 
Segmente, speciell des Hinterleibes, bei den Orthopteren. Festschr. 
z.-b. Wien, pp. 1-18, pis. i.-iii. 
A useful paper on the comparative morphology of the terminal seg- 
ments of the abdomens of the various groups of the true Orthoptera ; 
the plates present the instructive feature of the homologising parts in 
the groups being coloured alike in all the figures. 
Girard, Maurice. Les Insectes. Traite el^mentaire d’Entomologie 
{cf. Zool. Bee. X. p. 216), ii. fasc. i. Orthopteres, N^vropt^res, with 
atlas of 8 plates. Paris : 1876, 8vo, pp. 1-576. (Pp. 571-576 are 
occupied by the commencement of the Hymenopteres.) 
The Orthoptera are comprised in pp. 1-259, pis. Ixi.-lxiii. (the plates are 
re-impressions of those in Guerin’s “ Iconographie ”). This work is one 
of the most valuable compilations that have of late appeared, and the 
compiler shows a great amount of knowledge of general entomological 
literature. Obvious errors occasionally occur, but they are often those 
committed by the original writers. Reviewed by Plateau, in OR, Ent. 
Belg. xix. pp. XV. & xvi., and in Pet. Nouv. ii. pp. 31 & 32. 
