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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
collected by the Smithsonian Expedition to South America, 
under Professor James Orton, and descriptions of 24 new 
species. 
Peabody, Selim H. Cecirs Book of Insects. Chicago, 1868, 
pp. 228, 11 plates. 
An introductory work. 
Biley, Ciias. V. First Annual Report on the noxious, benefi- 
cial, and other Insects of the State of Missouri. Jefferson 
City, Mo., 1869 : 2 coloured plates, and many woodcuts. 
Contains much interesting matter of a practical nature, with 
accounts of the economy of many species not before published, 
and descriptions of new species (5 Lepidop., 2 Dipt., 1 Homop., 
1 Col., 3 Hymenop.). 
Stainton, H. T. The Entomologist's Annual for 1870. Van 
Voorst, London, 1869 : pp. 159, 1 pi. 
Contains : — observations on European Tineina and notices of 
new British Tineina (five, including one new species) by the 
Editor ; notes on British Hymenoptera, with description of one 
new species, by Smith ; notices of new British species of Coleo- 
ptera (about 90 in number, including about 40 new to science) 
by the Recorder \ notes on new British Macro-Lepidoptera (9) 
&c. by Knaggs ; and a paper on Sericiculture by Wallace. 
The Insect-Hunter's Year-book for 1868. Published and 
printed by Edward Newman, London : pp. 16. 
This anonymous pamphlet, which purports to be instituted 
as an attempt _ to establish a chronological and systematic record 
of discoveries and observations in British Entomology contains 
brief references to the captures of individual specimens of certain 
well-known British Lepidoptera, and of eleven species of Diptera 
and Hymenoptera. From it, it would appear that 18 species 
only had been added to the list of the British Insect-fauna in 
all orders during the year to which it refers ; and some of these 
are avowedly reproduced from the prior-published ^ Annual * of 
Stainton. No reference to Coleoptera is made in it. 
Thompson, R. Report on Insects destructive to woods and 
forests. Allahabad (Government Press, N.W. Provinces), 
1868, pp. 42. 
This has reference to the ravages of insects, more especially 
Coleoptera, in the Kumaon and Gurhwal Forests, and is illus- 
trated by seven rough plates of the borings of different larv®, 
and nine equally rough photographs of Coleoptera in all their 
stages, and of a few Hymenoptera. The author somewhat un- 
necessarily gives an introduction on the Insecta generally ; and 
from his reference to Cuvier's (ncAV !) classification, his giving 
the name of the European Lucanus cervus to the Indian Lucanus 
lunifer, and his evident ignorance of the existence of such works 
