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Merrifiei-d (Entom, no. GO, p. 27G) discusses the question why certain 
hinds of insects arc in some years so much more plentiful than in others. 
AVallengren (Ofv. Kongl. A^et.-Ak. Forh. p. 23), in his Norddstra 
Skfines Fauna,” pp. 6-14, gives a list of insects of* various orders found in 
N.E. Sweden. 
Horne, Wallace, and others (Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 18G9, p. vii) discuss 
the question of the relationship between the colour and the edibility of 
larvo3. Horne subsequently (/. c. p. xii) states the results of his observations 
in India, on various insects, as regards their liability to or freedom from 
attack. 
Walsh and Riley (Amer. Entom. i. p. IGO) give instances of insects exhi- 
biting a preference for certain varieties of a particular species of plant. 
Kirsch (Isis, 18G9, p. 84) refers to a monocular honey-bee ; to the local 
name of Macrodontia cervicorim, the habits of Dynastes hercules and Theogenes 
nejdwms, and the position of the genus PhengodeS, 
pREVER (Ann. Soc. Ent. Rclg., Comptes-rendus, pp. xxiv-xliii) discusses 
the question of parthenogenesis at some length, in opposition to the views of 
Plateau, as enunciated in liis inaugural thesis on being admitted as Doctor of 
Zoology at the University of Ghent. 
Walsh and Riley (Amer. Entom. i. p. 194) figure insects that prey upon 
the Chinch Rug” (^Micropus leucopterus, Say), and make observations on 
their habits. 
Packard, A. S., junr., in a paper on insects inhabiting salt water (Proc. & 
Comm, of Essex Institute, vi. p. 41, 18G9), gives a list of references to prior 
writers on the same subject. 
Guyon (Hardwicke’s ‘ Science Gossip,’ no. 61, p. 67) suggests reasons 
for insects flying to light. W. II. (1. c. no. 64, pp. 137 & 188) reverts to this 
subject. 
In Hardwicke’s ‘ Science Gossip,’ no. 62, pp. 77 & 78, is an anonymous 
paper on the influence of light on insects. 
R. G. (Hardwicke’s ‘ Science Gossip,’ no. 61, p. 66) remarks upon Ento- 
mology in Coalpits.” 
In the American Entomologist, i. pp. 84-88, is an article by AValsh and 
Riley on The Parasites of the Human Animal.” The authors specify the 
liabits of three Pedietdi, an (Estru9, two species of Pidex^ the too well-known 
Aonnilna heUdaria, and Conorhinm snnguisuga (Leconte), giving figures of 
the latter and of Peduvius. They also refer to certain Acari and Pnlozoa. 
AValsh and Riley (Amer. Entom. i. p. 99) note insects injurious to 
drugs. 
Bischoff-Ehingeb (Mittheil. schweiz. entom. Gesellsch. hi. pp. 73-81) 
gives a notice of the works of the late L. Imhoff. 
Muller (Ent. Mo. Mag. vi. p. 17) refers also to that author’s manuscripts 
and collections. 
Westwood (Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1869, p. xxii) communicates a paper 
from StXl on the type-collections in Sweden, viz. : — at Stockholm, those of 
l)e Geer, Paykull, Falldn, Schonherr (including some of Gyllenhal’s), Dalman, 
Fries, Billberg, Salilberg, Boheman, Stal, Holmgren, Thomson (partly), 
Wallengron and AA^ahl berg ; at Upsala, those of Thunberg, Gyllenhal and 
(partly) Thnnaeus ; and at Lund, those of Zetterstedt, Dahlbom, Tliomson 
and Ljnngh. 
