THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
Ins. 3 
Cameron, P. Notes on the Coloration and Development of Insects. Tr. 
E. Soc. 1880, pp. 69-79. 
Relates to Sjyhingidoi and Tenthredinidce. 
Chambers, V. T. Insects injuring the Black Locust {Rohinia pseud- 
acacia). Am. Ent. iii. pp. 69-61. 
Ilispa suturalis, Lithocolletis rohiniella and ornatella^ Gelechia rohini- 
ella, and Cecidomyia rohinim are the chief destroyers. 
CiiATiN, J. Recherches sur le grand sympathique des Insectes. Bull. 
Soc. Philom. (7) iv. pp. 11-15. 
After briefly noticing the anatomy, histology, and morphology of' the 
ventral cord in insects, the writer concludes that its evolution runs parallel 
with that of the sub-intestinal chain, revealing an identity between them 
which only disappears in the last stages of their development. 
Comstock, J. H. Report upon Cotton Insects, prepared under the 
direction of the Commissioner of Agriculture. Washington : 1879, 
8vo, pp. V. & 511, 3 pis. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Dalla Torre, K. W. v. Addenda und Corrigenda zu Hagen’s Biblio- 
theca Entomologica. ii. Ent. Nadir, vi. pp. 125-129, 137-140, 168- 
171, 261-267. 
Fitch, E. A. Insects bred from Cynips kollari galls. Ent. xiii. pp. 
252-263, fig. 
A great number of species, chiefly Ilymcnoptcra^ some now to Britain ; 
but various Lepidoptera, Diptera, Colcoptera^ Orthoptera, and Neuroptera 
are also recorded. The insect figured is the young larva of Meconema 
varium, F. {Locustidoi). 
Fuller, A. S. The Insect Enemies and Diseases of our Small Fruits. 
Am. Ent. iii. pp. 61-63, 91-93, 109, & 110, woodcuts. 
Relates to the insects injurious to blackberry, raspberry, currant, goose- 
, berry, and strawberry in the United States. 
. Birds versus Insects. L. c. pp. 69-72 & 96-100. 
Discusses the question as to whether birds are injurious or beneficial to 
agriculturists. 
Gestro, R. Appunti sull’ Entomologia Tunisina. Ann. Mus. Genov, xv. 
pp. 405-424. 
Relates to insects of various orders, especially Coleoptcra^ of which a 
list is given, and several new species described. 
Godman, F. Ducane, & Salvin, O. Biologia Centrali-Americana : or 
Contributions to the Knowledge of the Fauna and Flora of Mexico 
and Central America. Pts. iii.-viii. Loudon, 1880, 4to. 
The portions relating to Entomology published during 1880 are as 
follows: — Coleoptera, vol. iii. pt. ii., by H. S. Gorham, pp. 1-24, pis. i. & 
ii. Coleoptera, vol. v., by H. W. Bates, pp. 17-152, pis. v.-x. Coleo- 
