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Ilexagenia limbata, Piet., renamed variabilis ; Eaton, l. c. p. 55. 
Ephemera decora , Hag., renamed varia; id. l.c. p. 69. E. fasciata, Hag. 
(Eaton, pt.), renamed supposita ; id. 1. c. p. 72. 
Polymitarcys virgo , L. Notes on enormous swarms at Aubign6, France, 
on the evenings of August 23rd to 25th ; E. Desmarest, Bull. Soc. Ent* 
Fr. (6) iii. p. cvii. 
Anagensia, subg. n. of Palingenia , Eaton, l. c. p. 25. Differing from 
the restricted subg. of the latter name in neural and tarsal characters, 
&c. Includes P. sibirica , McLach., lata , Wlk., amp la , sp. n., p. 26, Sara- 
wak, javanica and tenera , spp. nn., p. 27, Java, and papuana , Eaton. 
New species : — 
Palingenia nappi , Weyenbergh, l. c. p. 162, pi. x. fig. 2, Santiago; P. 
feistmanteli, Fritsch, Beitr. Pal. Oesterr.-Ung. ii. Heft 2, pi. i. figs. 1-6, 
fossil in Carboniferous of Bohemia. 
Spaniophlebia pallipes , Eaton, l. c. p. 34, Ecuador. 
Lachlania lucida , id. 1. c. p. 35, Guatemala. 
Euthyplocia anceps, id. 1. c. p. 38, Amazons. 
Ilexagenia mexicana , p. 50, Mexico, manda , p. 53, N. Carolina, and 
venusta , p. 54, Texas and Utah, id. 1. c. 
Ephemera wappcei , p. 159, pi. x. fig. 1, Cordova, and holmbergi , p. 160, 
Buenos Aires, Weyenbergh, l. c. 
Cloe sellaclci, p. 164, pi. x. fig. 3, Argentine Republic, lorentzi , p. 167, 
pi. x. fig. 4, Buenos Aires, siewerti aud stelzneri , p. 170, Argentine Re- 
public, and ? vogleri, p. 171, pi. x. fig. 5, Argentine Republic, id. 1. c. 
Oxcypha oldendorffi , id. 1. c. p. 173, pi. x. fig. 6, Argentine Republic. 
Odonata. 
Amans, P. Essai sur le vol des Insectes. Rev. Montp. (3) ii.pp. 470-490, 
pi. xi. 
Au anatomical and mechanical study of the flight of AEschna , drawn 
up specially with regard to the construction of a flying machine con- 
structed on the same principles, and worked by electricity. (The Re- 
corder would remark that the wings figured on pi. xi. are not those of 
an AEschna , but belong to some species of Libellulina ,) t 
Marquet, C. Coup d’ceil sur les insectes N6vropt£res Odonates (Libellu- 
lidees) qui frequentent le Canal du Midi et ses abords, notamment k 
Toulouse. Bull. Soc. Toulouse, xvii. 
General notes on habits and times of appearance, followed by a list of 
36 species, with special localities. (Separate copy only seen.) 
Selys-Longciiamps, E. de. Les Odonates du Japon. Ann. Ent. Belg. 
xxvii. pp. 82-143. 
A memoir commenced, as the author says, more than forty years ago, 
and now brought to a conclusion owing to the recent important dis- 
coveries of Lewis, Pryer, and Milne. 67 species enumerated, of which 24 
are new. The author considers Japan as coming within the palaearctic 
zoo-geographical province. Of the 67 species, 8 are known palsearctic 
