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INSECTA. 
88. Davison, Jas. On the Influences of some Conditions on the 
Metamorphosis of the Blow-fly ( Musca vomitoria). J. Anat. Phys. 
xix. pp. 150-165. 
Six experiments were performed to test the influence of heat, light, 
its blue rays, and darkness. 
89. Desbrochers des Loges. Insectes Coleopteres du Nord de l’Afrique 
nouveaux ou peu connus. n. Curculionides. 1884, 8vo, 101 pp. 
My copy of this memoir is marked “ Extrait du Bulletin de l’Academie 
d’Hippone.” [Recorded from separate copy.] There is an Appendix, 
with new species of other families. 
90. Devvitz, H. Weitere Mittheilungen uber das Klettern der Insecten 
an glatten senkrechten Flachen. Zool. Auz. viii. p. 157. 
Maintains that this function is accomplished by means of a secretion. 
[Gf. Mik, Wien. ent. Z. iv. p. 254.] 
91. Distant, W. L. Rhopalocera Malayana, pts. viii.-x. pp. 249-364, 
pis. xxv.-xxxii. 
Extends as far as Papilio , part. Varied by many discursive notes. 
92. Dokhtouroff, W. Faune Coleopterologique Aralo-Caspienne. 
i. partie : Cicindelides. Hor. Ent. Ross. xix. pp. 245-281, pi. xi. 
Lengthy descriptions of known species, with a few new, and a beau¬ 
tiful plate. 30 species are dealt with. The names of the varieties 
and previously-described species, or the synonymy given in this paper, are 
not recorded. 
93. Donceel, H. Donckier de. Premiers 6tats de quelques Cassides 
exotiques. \ColeopterciG\ Ann. Ent. Belg. xxix. pp. 158-162, pi. i. 
94. Deuce, H. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera Hete- 
rocera , chiefly from South America. P. Z. S. 1885, pp. 518-536, 
pis. xxxii. & xxxiii. 
--. [See also GIodman & Salvin.] 
95. Dumaine, C. J. The Tusser Silk Worm (Anthercea paphia, L.), and 
how I reared it at Burhee, in the Hazareebagh District. J. Agric. 
Soc. Ind. vii. pp. 268-278. 
96. Duvivier, A. Phytophages exotiques. \_Coleoptera.~] S. E. Z. xlvi. 
pp. 241-250 & 385-400. 
1 g. n. and 24 spp. nn. 
97. Emery, C. La luce della Luciola italica osservata col micro- 
scopio. Bull. Ent. Ital. 1885, pp. 351-355, pi. v. 
The light of the living insect was examined, and the appearances are 
represented on the plate. The author is now of opinion that the paren¬ 
chymal cells are the seat of the light. 
98. Etpelsheim, E. Beitrag zur Staphylinen Fauna West Afrikas. 
\_Coleoptera.~\ Deutsche e. Z. xxix. pp. 97-147. 
Most of the species recorded are described as new. 
Erschoff, N. [Sec Romanoff.] 
