1NSECTA. 
8 Ins. 
54. [Butler, A. G.] Lepidoptera collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford 
in the Ellice and Gilbert Islands. Op. cit. xv. pp. 238-242. 
2 Rhopalocera and 14 Heterocera are mentioned, 1 genus and 2 species 
of the latter new. On pp. 414-416 of the same work will b'e found addi¬ 
tional remarks on these species by Mr. Woodford. 
55. —. On a Collection of Lepidoptera made at Manipur, and on the 
Borders of Assam, by Dr. Geo. Watt. Op. cit. xvi. pp. 298-310 & 
334-347, pi. viii. 
114 species of Rhopalocera and 14 of Heterocera are mentioned. The 
novelties are few. 
56. CAMBOuk, le R. P. Bombyciens sericigenes de Madagascar. Bull. 
Soc. Acclim. (4) ii. pp. 367-374. 
Gives some additional information about Borocera madagascariensis 
and Saturnia suraTca. The Malgaches prefer the silk of Sericaria mori to 
that of their indigenous silkworms. 
57. Cambridge, O. P. On Hypena ohsitalis, Hub., a Deltoid Moth new 
to Britain. P. Dors. N. H. vi. p. 70, pi. iii. 
58. -. Lyccena argiades , Pall., a Butterfly new to the British Fauna. 
Ent. xviii. pp. 249-252, woodcuts. 
59. Camerano, L. Osservazioni intorno alia neotenia negli insetti. Bull. 
Ent. Ital. 1885, pp. 89-94. 
This paper is summarised at its termination by a series of seven theses, 
the most important of which are—3°, that the reproduction of the indi¬ 
vidual in the larval period may be considered a case of neotenia analogous 
to that of the Amphibia ; and 6°, that in the classification of iusects, 
metamorphosis should occupy a rank secondary to the morphological 
and embryological characters. 
60. -. Ricerche intorno alia distribuzione dei colori nel regno animale. 
Mem. Acc. Tor. (2) xxxvi. pp. 329-360, pis. i. & ii. 
The entomological portions of this memoir are largely general state¬ 
ments, incapable of summary. The first plate is chiefly entomological, 
the second is an attempt to gauge the predominance of certain colours in 
the animal kingdom. 
61. -, & Lessona, M. Compendio della fauna italiana. Turin. [/«- 
secta, pp. 201-276.] 
62. Cameron, P. A Monograph of the British Phytophagous Hymeno- 
ptera. Yol. ii., being the Ray Society volume for the year 1884 ; 
8vo, 240 pp. and 27 pis. 
This volume is devoted to the Nematina , 7 genera of the tribe being 
adopted as British, viz., Hemichroa , Dineura, Gladius, Camponiscus , 
Croesus , Nematus , Euura. Tables of the genera and species are given, in 
addition to the detailed descriptions, and the geographical distribution is 
given in some detail. There is also an appendix, containing some addi¬ 
tions and corrections to vol. i. The volume will be a necessity to serious 
students of the Tenthredinidce , and the synonymy it contains will not be 
