THE GENERAL SUBJECT. 
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scribes 403 species (including a few new), distributed as follows according 
to families, viz. : — Forficularia , 20 species, Blattodea , 23, Mantodea , 13, 
Phasmodea , 4, Acridiodea , 150, Locustodea , 214, Gryllodea , 33. The 
alphabetical list is full and complete. The eleven plates contain 108 
principal figures, with innumerable subsidiary details. Many of the 
additional species were captured in Servia by Yon Schulters-Rechberg, 
and the latter alludes to them in an account of his excursion published 
in MT. schw. ent. Ges. vi. pp. 382-385. 
Catani, Tommaso. La Classificaziono dogli Ortotteri. Cenno storico. 
Bull. Ent. Ital. xiv. pp. 302-311. 
An historical sketch of the many systems suggested ; the author adopts 
Erichson’s ideas in the main, with the later improvements of Ger- 
stacker in nomenclature. 
Colenso, W. On some new and undescribed species of New Zealand 
Insects of the Orders Orthoptera and Coleoptera. Tr. N. Z. Inst. xiv. 
pp. 277-281. 
The two cave-frequenting species of Hemidina are of special interest. 
Hutton, F. W. Catalogues of the New Zealand Diptera , Orthoptera, 
and Hymenoptera , with descriptions of the species. Wellington, 
N. Z. : 1881. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xviii. Ins. p. 6.] 
A classified reprint of previous descriptions, without critical remarks. 
The Orthoptera occupy pp. 71-74. The number of species is given as 38. 
Targioni-Tozzetti, A., & Stefanelli, P. Catalogo degli animali 
[Orthoptera] raccolti al Vulture, al Pollino ed in altri luoghi dell’ 
Italia meridionale e centrale. Bull. Ent. Ital. xiv. pp. 50-54. 
Forjiculidce , 5 species, Blattidce , 3, Mantidce , 1, Acridiidce , 10, Locus- 
tidce , 23, Gryllidce, 3. Collected by G. Cavanna ; a name-list only. 
. Armature genital i mascheli degli Ortotteri saltatori. Bull. Ent. 
Ital. xiv. pp. 384 & 385. 
A brief comparison of the parts in Locustidce and Acridiidce, accord- 
ing to the views of Lacaze-Duthiers, Brunner von Wattenwyl, &c. 
Notes on species occurring in Livonia and Esthonia are given by 
Bruttan in SB. Ges. Dorp. vi. pp. 431 & 432. 
A local list of species by A. M. Lomnicki appears in Sprawozd. Kom. 
fizogr. xvi. pp. 243 & 244. 
A list of 27 species captured at Cauterets, Hautes Pyrenees, in July, 
is given by Finot, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ii. pp. xiv. & xv. 
Observations on the recent invasions of various injurious species in 
Italy, and on the parasites tending to destroy them, appear in Bull. Ent. 
Ital. xiv. pp. 402 & 403. 
A list of nearly 50 species taken in the Island of Sardinia in Septem- 
ber, 1881, is given by Achille Costa in Atti Acc. Nap. ix. pp. 21 & 22. 
Targioni-Tozzetti & Cavanna give a list of 25 species of all families 
collected at Lavaiano, in the Province of Pisa ; Bull. Ent. Ital. xiv. 
pp. 367-369. 
Carlos Berg gives a list of 15 species collected in the Rio Negro district 
of Patagonia. Roca’s Espedic. al Rio Negro, pt. i. Zoologia, pp. 77-80. 
