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INSECTA. 
Hagen, H. A. Entomology. Harvard Register, iii. pp. 75-79 (Feb. 
1881). 
Contains an interesting account of the entomological collections and 
system of arrangement adopted in the Museum of Comparative Zoology 
in Harvard University. 
-. List of papers of T. W. Harris, not mentioned in the list of his 
writings in the “ Entomological Correspondence.” P. Bost. Soc. xxi. 
pp. 150-152. 
Hocejo y Rosillo, J. Manual de Entomologia, i. Madrid : 1882, 8vo, 
pp. 248. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Inchbald, P. Observations upon our plant- feeding and gall-making 
Dip ter a and Hymenoptera in 1882. Ent. xv. pp. 217-222. 
Extracts from an entomological diary. They consist of short general 
remarks on various Tenthrediniclce , Cynipidce, Trypetidce, Cecidomyiid ce , 
&c. 
Jaworowski, A. Vorlaufige Resultate entwickelungsgeschichtlicher 
und anatomischer Untersuch ungen iiber den Eierstock bei Chiro- 
nomus und einigen anderer Insecten. Zool. Anz. v. pp. 653-657. 
Treats of the development of the ovary in the larva as well as in the 
imago ; but the paper does not admit of abridgment. 
Joseph, G. Systematisches Verzeichniss der in der Tropfstein-Grotten 
von Kraiu einheimischen Arthropoden, nebst Diagnosen der vom 
Verfasser entdeckten und bislier noch nicht beschriebenen Arten. 
(Schluss der Abhandl. Erfahruugen im wissenschaftlichen Sammeln 
und Beobachten der den Krainor Tropfsteingrotten eigenen Arthro- 
poden : B. E. Z. xxv. pp. 233-282.) B. E. Z. xxvi. pp. 1-50. 
Includes Crustacea , Arachnula 1 Myriopoda, and Insecta. 109 species are 
enumerated, including several new ones. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xviii. Ins. p. 6.] 
Karsch, A. Die Insectenwelt. Ein Taschenbuch zu entomologisclien 
Excursionen fur Lehrer und Lernende. 2 te Auflage. Leipzig : 1880, 
[c/. Low, Wien. E. Z. i. pp. 312 & 313]. 
Kraepelin, K. Ueber die Mundwerkzeuge der saugenden Insecten. 
Zool. Anz. v. pp. 574-579, woodcuts. 
Relates chiefly to Apidte, Diptera , and Hemiptera. 
Lewis, G. A Supplementary Note on the specific modifications of 
Japanese Carabi , and some observations on the mechanical action of 
solar rays in relation to colour during the evolution of species. Tr. 
E. Soc. 1882, pp. 503-530. 
The writer argues that sunlight, rather than natural selection, is the 
cause of bright colours in insects. 
Lubbock, [Sir] J . On the Sense of Colour among some of the Lower 
Animals. Rep. Brit. Ass. li. pp. 676 & 677. 
The writer’s experiments lead him to the conclusion that bees prefer 
