10 Ins. 
INSECTA. 
cinnuSf p. 769, jEthus piinctulatas, ibid., Cydnus ? mamillanus^ p. 770, 
Jihyparochromus ? terreus, ibid., Reduvius ? guttatus, AcocepTialus ac?«, and 
Fulgora ? granulosa^ p. 771, Aphana rotundipennis, Lystra ? richardsoni^ 
and Cixius ? hesperidum, p. 772, Mnemosyne terrentula, p. 773, Lithopsis 
(g. n., TropiducTiidce)^ ibid., for L. fimhriata,p. 774; Orthoptera, 
lius tertiarius, p. 774; Neuroptera, Podagrion abortivum^ p. 775. Other 
known species and many fragments are described. 
SiMROTii, H. See Schindler, supra. 
Slater, J. W. On the Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects. Pr. 
E. Soc. 1878, pp. xiv.-xvii. 
Observations on the projections of head or thorax, development of 
antennae or palpi, and modifications of legs, usually found in the male 
sex (in Coleoptera). No result is arrived at. See also Oamerano, Atti 
Acc. Tor. xiii. p. 751. 
SwiNTON, A. H. On the Expression of the Emotions by Insects. Pr. 
E. Soc. 1878, pp. xviii.-xxi. 
Observations on exhibitions of instinct for self-preservation, sexual 
attraction, anger, and maternal care. 
Taschenberg, E. L. Praktische Insektunkunde. 1. Einfuhrung in 
die Insektenkunde. B^’emen : pp. 233, 46 cuts. [Not seen by the 
Recorder ; quoted from Bertkau’s Bericht, &c., 1877-78, in which no 
date for this work appears.] 
Wachtl, F. a. Entomologisch-biologische Studien. Erste Serie. 
(Arbeiten aus dem entom. Laboratorium der k. k. Versuchsleitung 
in Wien.) Wien : 1878. 
Refers to Hymenoptera and Diptera. 
Weale, J. P. M. Notes on South African Insects. Tr. E. Soc. 1878, 
pp.' 183-188. 
Discusses species found on Acacia horrida, and protected by resem- 
blances to various parts of that tree, such as the leaves, thorns, excres" 
cences, stems, bark, flowers, &c. Mimicry of ants by species of Salticus 
{Arachnida) is also referred to. Cf. also Pr. E. Soc. 1878, pp. xiii. 
& xiv. 
Fossil Insects. 
See Goss & Scudder, supra. 
A. Assmann corrects some determinations of insects from the litho- 
graphic stone strata in Bavaria described by Germar, and in the Palaeonto- 
logical Museum at Munich ; Ber. Vers. Naturf. 50 (Miinchen), pp. 191 & 
192. 
Oustalet’s “ Recherches sur les insectes fossiles des terrains tertiaires 
de la France,” criticised by A. Giard, Bull. Sc. Nord. (2) i. p. 56 et seq. 
Dalman’s memoir on Copal-insects ; H. Lucas, Bull, Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
viii. p. 1. 
