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INSECTA 
Betitune, C. J. S. Noxious Insects in England. Rep. E. S. Ont. 1880, 
pp. 42-48, figs. 21-30. 
A series of extracts from Miss Ormerod’s “ Notes and Observations of 
Injurious Insects,” 1877-79, with numerous critical remarks. 
Brauer, F. Biologisches fiber blutsaugende Insecten mit besonderer 
Berficksichtigung ihrer Mundtheile. Schr. nat. Kennt. xxi. pp, 
255-273. 
A popular rather than a scientific article, relating to the habits and 
structure of Pulicidce, Culicidce, Cimicidce, and Anoplura^ and concluding 
with observations on phthiriasis. 
Brehm, a. E. Merveilles do la Nature ; Les Insectes. Paris : '1881, 
roy. 8vo. 
BrIvSCIike, C. G. a. Die Blattminirer in Danzig’s Umgebung. Schr. 
Ges. Danz. (2) v. pp. 233-290, woodcuts. 
Contains a list of plants in systematic order, with notices of the 
various insects by which they are mined. A table of Dipterous miners 
and of the plants which they attack is appended. 
Brongniart, C. J. E. Les Hym(5nopt5res fossiles. Annexe au “ Species 
des Hymdnopt^ros d’Europe, par E. AndrA” Recherches pour servir 
h rhistoire des insectes fossiles. li^^o fasc. Paris : 1881, 8vo, pp. xxii. 
Contains only introductory matter (not specially concerning Hymeno- 
ptera) relative to the part played by insects in nature, the various modes 
in which remains of fossil insects have been preserved, a brief notice of 
the formations in which fossil insects have occurred, and a list of those 
found in the Devonian, Carboniferous, Trias, and Lias formations. 
Bronn, F. G. Klassen und Ordnungen des Thierreichs. Fortgesetzt 
von A. Gerstaecker, Band. v. Abth. 2, Gliederffissler. Arthropoda, 
Lief. 1-3. Leipzig : 1881, 8vo, pp. 96, 8 pis. 
Buchner, L. Mind in Animals. Translated by Annie Besant. London 
1881, 8vo. (Cf. Nature, xxiii. pp. 501-503.) 
Relates chiefly to Hymenoptera^ Orihoptera, Arachnida^ and Coleoptera. 
Chatin, j. Contributions experimentales a I’^tude de la Chromatopsie 
chez les Batraciens, les Crustac^s, et les Insectes. Paris : 1881, 8vo. 
Claus, C. Grundzfige der Zoologie zum wissenschaftlichen Gebrauche. 
4^1^ edn. i. Marburg : 1880. 
Includes Hexapoda, pp. 683-821. 
Comstock, J. H. Report of the Entomologist of the United States 
Department of Agriculture for the year 1879. Ann. Rep. Dep. 
Agr. 1879, pp. 185-263, pis. i.-vi. 
. Report of the Entomologist of the United States Department of 
Agriculture for the year 1880. Ann. Rep. Agr. 1881, pp. iv. 235-373, 
pis. i.-xxiv. 
The numerous new species in these Reports are described by various 
specialists. 
