THE GENEEAL SUBJECT. 
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[Scudder, S. H.] Older Fossil Insects West of the Missouri. P. Bost. 
Soc. xxii. pp. 58-60. 
Relates to an Hemipteron, and to three cockroaches from Permian or 
Upper Carboniferous measures. Two of the cockroaches are specially 
interesting, as approaching mesozoic forms, one being of a decidedly 
modern type. 
Simmon ds, P. L. Insects as Food. J. of Applied Sci. xxii. [1881] 
pp. 82-84, 98-100, 113 & 114. ( Cf Psyche, iv. p. 18.) 
Swinton, A. II. Data obtained from solar physics and earthquake 
commotions applied to elucidate Locust multiplication and migra- 
tion. Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. iii. chap. v. pp. G5-85. 
T ascii enberg, O. Die Verwandlungen der Thiere. Prag : 1882, 8vo, 
pp. 268, 88 figs (Cf. Wien. ent. Z. ii. p. 70.) 
Thomas, C. The Relation of Meteorological Conditions to Insect 
Development. Rep. Ins. Ulin. x. pp 47-59. 
Discusses rainfall, temperature, &c. 
Treat, M. Injurious Insects of the Farm and Garden. New York : 1882. 
United States Entomological Commission, Third Report of the, relating 
to the Rocky Mountain Locust, the Western Cricket, the Army 
Worm, Canker Worms, and the Hessian Fly, together with descrip- 
tions of Injurious Forest Insects, studies of the Embryological 
Development of the Locust and of other Insects, and on the Syste- 
matic Position of the Orthopier a in relation to other Orders of 
Iusects ; with maps and illustrations. Washington : 1883, 8vo, pp. xiv. 
& 347, 3 maps, & 64 pis. 
This volume is the joint composition of Bruner, Swinton, Riley, & 
Packard. Its contents are noticed under separate headings, according to 
subjects and authors. 
Yignal, W. Recherches histologiques sur les centres nerveux de quelques 
invert<$br£s. Arch. Z. exp6r. (2) i. pp. 266-412, pi. xv.-xviii. 
Relates chiefly to Mollusca , Crustacea , and Vermes , Insects being only 
mentioned casually. 
Weissmann, A. Beitriige zur Anatomie und Physiologie als Festgabe 
Jacob Henle. Bonn : 1882. (Cf. Rev. Sci. Nat. ii. [1882] pp. 
135-139 ; J. R. Micr. Soc. 2, iii. pp. 360 & 361.) 
Describes the development of the ovum in Rhodites , Biorrhiza , Chiro - 
nonius , Gryllotalpa , and the Poduridce. 
Weyenbergii, H. Los habitantes (Yertebrados y Invertebrados) del 
Rio Primero. Montevideo : 1882, pp. 27, pi. 
Wilms, F., & Westhoff, F. Yerzeichniss der bislang in der Pro- 
vinz Westfalen beobachteten Gallgebilde. JB. westf. Yer. xi. 
pp. 33-51. 
Consists of a list of plants, and of the galls which infest them. 
