200 ZOOLOGICAL LITElUTUllE. 
Insecten. Verhandl. zool.-bot. Gesellscli. in Wien^ Band 
xvii. pp. 913-962. 
In this memoir Kunstler gives an elaborate analysis of the 
contents of 62 reports on insects injurious to agricultural pro- 
ductions and forest-trees in the Austrian dominions sent in 
during the years 1866 and 1867. The principal details will be 
referred to in their proper places. 
LaboulbenEj a. Sur la Preparation des Insectes de la taille la 
plus exigucj et sur la conservation des Collections Entomo- 
logiques. Annales Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® serie, tome vi. pp. 581- 
596, pi. 8. 
This paper contains some useful hints on the management and 
preservation of Entomological Collections, and especially on the 
preparation of minute insects. Some of the processes are illus- 
trated with figures (pi. 8. figs. 10-24). 
Low, Franz. Zoologische Notizen. Zweite serie. Verhandl. 
zool.-bot. Gesellsch. in Wien, Band xvii. pp. 745-752. 
Contains notices of species of AleurodeSj Heliothrips, Lyda, Ci~ 
cindelaf and Meloej and notes on the inhabitants of Swallows^ 
nests, and on winter Insects. 
Packard, A. S. On certain Entomological Speculations. A 
Review. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad. vi. pp. 209-218 : 1867. 
In opposition to a paper by B. D. Walsh bearing the same 
title (see ^ Record,^ 1864, p. 332) . 
-. Insects and their Allies. Amer. Naturalist, i. pp. 73-84. 
A popular account of the general structure and development 
of insects contrasted with other groups of Arthropoda. 
Perty, M. Einige Insekten-Missbildungen. Mittheil. naturf. 
Gesellsch. in Bern, 1867, pp. 298-309, with a plate. 
Contains notices of monstrosities of various insects, chiefly 
Beetles ; several are figured in the accompanying plate. 
Spruce, R. Notes on some Insect- and other Migrations ob- 
served in Equatorial America. Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. 
pp. 346-367. . 
This paper contains some general remarks on the physical 
characters and vegetation of the Amazon valley, with observa- 
tions on some migi’ations of Insects observed by the author. 
These observations relate almost exclusively to Butterflies and 
Ants. 
Villa, Antonio. Riflessioni sugli Insetti, e nuove osservazioni 
sui medesimi durante Feclisse del 6 Marzo 1867. Atti Soc. 
Ital. Sci. Nat. vol. x. pp. 155-162. 
Notice of the behaviour of Insects of various kinds during the 
solar eclipse of 6th March 1867. 
^ Wallace, A. R. Mimicry and other protective Resemblances 
