TITLES. 
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166. Kingsley, J. S. The Standard Natural History. Yol. ii. Crusta¬ 
cea and Insects. Boston : 555 pp. 
With the exception of the first 130 pp., the whole of this volume is 
devoted to the Hexapod insects. It contains a vast amount of information. 
167. Kirby, W. F. Elementary Text-Book of Entomology. London : 
240 pp., 87 pis., containing over 650 figs. 
168. Kirsch, T. On the Butterflies of Timor-Laut. P. Z. S. 1885, 
pp. 275-^277, pi. xix. 
2 spp. nil. and 1 var. n. 
169. Kohl, F. F. Die Gattungen und Arten der Larriden Autorum. 
\_Hymenoptera .] Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxxiv. pp. 171-268 & 327-454, 
pis. viii., ix., xi., & xii. 
In this memoir the author tabulates and fully describes all the Euro¬ 
pean genera and species of the family known to him ; in the case of other 
European species, the original descriptions are reproduced. Of the exotic 
species only a catalogue is given. The genera Try poxy Ion and Nitela are 
included in the group, which, however, the author states (p. 175) to be a 
merely conventional assemblage. 4 new species are described. 
170. -. Die Gattungen der Sphecinen und die palsearktischeu Sphex- 
Arten. \Hymenoptera.~\ Term, fuzetek, ix. pp. 154-207, pis. vii. & viii. 
An elaborate monograph, including 39 species. 
171. Konow, F. W. Ueber Blattwespen. [ Kymenoptera .] Wien. ent. 
Z. iv. pp. 295-301. 
Besides a new genus and some new species, this contains information 
on Dineura, Selandria excisa, and Eriocampa ovata , and the genus Kalio- 
sysphingia. 
172. Korschelt, E. Zur Frage nach dem XJrsprung der verschiedenen 
Zellenelemente der Tnsectenovarien. Zool. Anz. viii. pp. 581-586 & 
599-605. 
A contribution to the question studied by Will and Wielowiejski (see 
under). In this memoir Korschelt gives his observations of the ovaries 
of insects of several orders, made by means of sections ; his conclusions 
are in some respects at variance with those of both Will and Wielowiejski. 
173. Kowalevsky, A. Beitrage zur nachembryonalen Entwicklung der 
Musciden. [Dipteral] T. c. pp. 98, 123, & 153. * 
Pursuing the researches of Weissmann and others on the process of 
histolysis, he describes the part played by the blood-corpuscles in break¬ 
ing up the muscles and other tissues and organs. Ia the second part of 
the paper he deals with the changes that take place in the three portions 
of the alimentary canal. 
174. Kraatz, G. Ueber die Artrechte der europaischen und die Yaric- 
taten der deutschen Maikafer. [ Melulontha .] Zweites Stiick. 
Deutsche e. Z. xxix. pp. 49-73. 
An extremely discursive paper, giving a large number of varietal 
names. The species dealt with are J/. vulgaris , hippocastani, pectorcilis, 
papposa , and hybrida. 
