THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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Eaton, A. E. Observations on Insects collected in Kerguelen Island. 
Phil. Tr. clxviii. pp. 227 & 228. 
Fitzwilliam, S. Economic Entomology. Ent. xii. pp. 176-179, 197- 
201, 242-244. 
Relates to the work of the late Andrew Murray, and to the steps taken 
in various foreign countries to enforce the destruction of noxious Insects. 
Goss, H. Introductory Papers on Fossil Entomology. Ent. M. M. xv, 
pp. 169-173, 226-228, 245 & 246, xvi. pp. 7-10, 25-29, 58-60, 124- 
128. 
The writer discusses the Insects of the Carboniferous, Permian, Triassic, 
Jurassic, Cretaceous, and Eocene periods, and notices the animals and 
plants with which they were associated. 
Graber, V. Die Naturkraf te. Eine naturwissenschaftliche Volksbiblio- 
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[Not seen by the Recorder; noticed in Am. Nat. xiii. pp. 774 & 775.] 
Grenacher, H. Untersuchungen iiber das Sehorgan der Arthropoden 
insbesondere der Spinnen, Insecten, und Crustaceen. Gottingen : 
1879, 4to, pp. viii. 188, pis. xi. 
An elaborate monograph, describing the simple and compound eyes, of a 
great number of species. In conclusion, their general structure, functions, 
and homologies with those of the higher animals are discussed ; but the 
whole work is far too elaborate to admit of any abridgment of the 
author’s observations or results. 
Hagen, H. A. Attacks of native Insects upon imported trees. Psyche, 
ii. pp. 210 & 211. 
Kompfe, D. Die Insecten. Naturgeschichtliche Aufsatze iiber Freunde 
und Feinde der Landwirthschaft unter den freilebenden Thieren. 
Leipzig & Mainz : 1879, 8vo, pp. 156, pis. 2. 
Le Roy, J. J. Het ademhalingsmechanisme der Insecten. Isis, 
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A popular article. 
Lichtenstein, J. Quelques observations entomologiques. Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) iv. pp. 43-46. 
Relates to Hymenoptera, Coleoptera, and Ilomoptera. 
Lowne, B. T. On the Modifications of the Simple and Compound 
Eyes of Insects. Phil. Tr. clxix. pp. 577-602, pis. lii.-liv., and 
diagrams. ^ , 
After treating of the structure of the simple and compound eyes of 
various Insects belonging to the principal Orders, the writer closes with 
general remarks on the morphology of the eyes of Insects, and on the 
theory of mosaic vision. 
