Ins. 1 
INSECTA. 
THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
By W. P. Kirby, M.E.S., &c. 
Balbiani, — , & Maillet, — . Les insectes utiles ^I’ExpOvSition Universelle 
Internationale de 1878 Paris. Paris: 1881, 8vo, 60 pp. 
Balfour, F. M. A Treatise of Comparative Embryology. 8vo, 2 vols. 
London : 1880 & 1881. (^Cf. Ent. M. M. xvii. pp. 237-240.) 
Vol. i., chap, xvii., Tracheata (pp. 316-379) is devoted to Myriopoda, 
Insecta, and Arachnida. The principal subjects discussed under Insecta 
(pp. 327-356) are the embryonic membranes, formation of layers and 
organs, special types of larvae, metamorphoses and heterogeny. 
Bastian, H. C. The Brain as an Organ of Mind. London: 1880, 8vo, 
pp. xii. & 708. 
Contains much matter (not original) on the nervous system and intelli- 
gent actions of Insects. 
Behrens, W. Caltha dioncecrfolia, eine neue insectivore Pflanze. 
Kosmos, ix. pp. 11-14, woodcuts. 
The structure of the leaves is so similar to that found in Dioncea mus- 
cqmla, that there is no doubt that they are also used for entrapping 
insects. 
Berg, C. Informe Oficial de la Comision Cientifica agregada al Estado 
Mayor General de la Expedicion al Rio Negro (Patagonia) in 1879, 
bajo las ordernes del General J. A. Roca. Entrega i. Zoologia. 
Buenos Aires : 1881, 4to. Insectos, pp. 77-115, plate. 
Includes notes on species of all orders, with figures of several pre- 
viously described, and descriptions of a few new ones. The Diptera are 
by Arribdlzaga. 
. Entomologisches aus dem Indianergebiet der Pampa. S. E. Z. 
xlii. pp. 36-7 1 . 
128 species of various orders enumerated, some new. 
Bergroth, E. Bemerkungen zu Hagen’s “ Bibliotheca Entomologica,” 
die nordische Literatur betreffend. S. E. Z. xlii. pp. 73-75. 
