4 Ins, 
INSECTA. 
Lubbock, Sir J. Scientific Lectures. London: 1879, 8vo, pp. 187, col. 
pi. and woodcuts. 
As this is a popular work, and does not profess to contain anything 
new, it is sufficient to observe that the greater portion is devoted to the 
relations between plants (especially flowers) and Insects, and to the 
habits of Ants. 
MacLeod, J. La Respiration chez les Insectes. Feuill. Nat. ix. 
' pp. 148-160. 
Maurice, J. Relations entre les faunes entomologiques d’Europe et 
d'Amdrique. Bull. Soc. L. N. Fr. 1879, pp. 108-112. 
Meinert, F. Om Mundens bygning hos Larverne af Myrmeloontiderne, 
Hemorobiorno, og Dytiscerno. Vid. Medd. 1879-80, pp. G9-72. 
In the larvce of the Myrmeleonidce and Hemerobiidm, the mandibles are 
not hollow, as is usually supposed, but a closed tube runs behind them 
through the maxillsB, which is not directly connected with the intestine, 
but opens outwardly, close to the mouth, which is reduced to two small 
openings. The larvae of the Dytiscidcc are similarly constructed, except 
that the opening in the mandibles forms a tube independently of the 
maxillae. In the larva of Myrmeleon, the intestine is blind, and the mouth 
serves the purpose of an excretory organ. 
Mignault, L. D. Les Plantes Insectivores. Nat. Oanad. xi. pp. 151-159, 
193-198, 233-236, 244-248. 
A popular article. 
Muller, F. Schiitzende Fiirbung und die Farbenempfindung der 
Thiere. Kosmos, v. pp. 62 & 63. 
The perception of colour in Insects, &c., probably varies in different 
individuals. 
MtJLLER, H. Schiitzende Aehnlichkeit einheimischer Insekten, unter 
Benutzung von Beobachtungen des A. Speyer. Kosmos, vi. pp. 
29-39, 114-124, woodcuts. 
Newton, E. T. On a New Method of Preparing a Dissected Model of 
an Insect’s Brain from Microscopic Sections. J. Quek. Club, v. 
pp. 150-168, woodcuts. 
Includes general remarks on the brain of Insects. 
Nickerl, O. Bericht iiber die im Jahre 1878 der Land- und Forst- 
wirthschaft schiidlichen Insecten. Prag : 1879. 
Relates chiefly to Goleoptera. 
Ontario. Annual Report of the Entomological Society of Ontario for 
the year 1878. Toronto : 1879, 8vo, pp. iv. 61. 
Ormerod, E. a. Considerations as to Effects of Temperature on Insect 
Development. Ent. xii. pp. 137-142. 
Chiefly relates to the great abundance of Clythra quadripunctata and 
Rhipidophorus paradoxus in unusually warm and sheltered nests of 
Formica rufa and Vespa vidyaris respectively. 
