THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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and although a large part of the work is a compilation, yet it will be 
found very useful, as many of the quotations are taken from authors 
whoso works are very scarce in Europe. No new species are described. 
Pike, J. W. Preservation of Fossil Insects and Plants on Mazon Creek. 
P. Am. Ass. 1880, pp. 520-624. 
Pryer, W. B. Tropical Notes. Ent. M. M. xvii. pp. 241-245. 
Remarks on the general apparent scarcity of insects in the Tropics. 
Rein HARD, H. Beitrage zur Graber-Fauna. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxxi. 
pp. 207-210. 
The following insects, &c., were found in graves in various localities : 
Conicera atra, Meig., Alysiafuscicornis, Jlal.y Ilomalomyia scalariSjFahr., 
lulus terrestris or sabulosus, Homalota divisa, Rhizophagus parallelo- 
coUis, Gyll., and Trichonyx sulcicollis^ Reich, (but cf. Reitter, SB. z.-b. 
Wien, xxxi. p. 28). 
Reuter, O. M. Om anormala kopulationsforliMlenden hos insekterna 
och i sammanhang dermed staende fragor. (On abnormal pairing in 
insects, and the questions arising therefrom.) (Efv. Finsk. Soc. 
xxiii. pp. 1-30. 
The writer discusses the various instances which have occurred in 
various orders of Insects of different species, or even genera, pairing ; 
and also copulation “ inter mares” In the course of his remarks he endorses 
the Recorder’s opinion that hybridity has a direct tendency to promote 
herm aphroditism. 
Riley, C. V. General Index and Supplement to the Nine Reports on 
the Insects of Missouri. Bull. U. S. Ent. Comm. No. 6. Washing- 
ton : 1881, 8vo, pp. 178. 
The descriptions of all the species described as new in the Reports are 
here reprinted. Many corrections of synonymy, and some additional 
matter (mentioned in its place), as well as very full indices, are also 
given. 
Rohlfs, G. Kufra. Reise von Tripolis nach der Oase Kufra. Ausge- 
fiihrt im Auftrage der Afrikanischen Gesellschaft in Deutschland. 
Pt. vi. Gliederthiere der Expedition nach Kufra, von Dr. Karsch, 
pp. 370-385. Leipzig : 1881, 8vo. 
Rondani, C. See Osten-Sacken. 
Saunders, W. Annual Address of the President of the Entomological 
Society of Ontario. Canad. Ent. xiii. pp. 197-205. 
Includes notices of the following injurious insects; Butalis cerealella, 
Leucania unipunctay Cramhus vulgivagella, Lac1mosternafusca,Diabrotica 
longicornisy Doryphora Xt^-lineata, Carpocapsa pomonella, and Caloptenus 
spretus. (Cf. also on injurious Canadian insects, op. cit. pp. 234-236.) 
Sciimidt-Gobel, H. M. Dio schadlichen und niitzlichen Insecten in 
For st, Feld, und Garten. 2 Abtheilungen mit Supplement. Wien: 
1881, 8vo, 14 col. pis., and woodcuts. 
