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of the author’s previous paper on the New Zealand insects of this family. 
The spreading of Aspidiotus camellia , Biaspis boisduvalii and santali, and 
of Lecanium olece in the colony is recorded. 
209. [Maskell, W. M.] Note on an Aphidian Insect infesting Pine 
Trees, with Observations on the Name “ Chernies or Kerm.es. T. c. 
pp. 13-19, pi. xvii. 
The insect is causing great injury to imported pines throughout a large 
part of the colony. 
210. Masters, G. Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of Australia. 
Part i. Cicindelidce and Carabiclce. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. pp. 
357-441. 
This is a new edition of the author’s previously uncompleted catalogue. 
It will be found very useful to entomologists, especially if arrangements 
can be made for giving a complete generic index. 960 species are in¬ 
cluded in this first part. 
211. Mathew, G. F. Life-History of Three Species of Western Pacific 
Rhopalocera. Tr. E. Soc. 1885, pp. 357-367, pi. x. [ Papilio schmeltzi, 
godeffroyi , and ,Achs sesara.~] 
212. -. An Afternoon among the Butterflies of Thursday Island. 
P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. x. pp. 257-266. 
No less than 48 species were obtained in one afternoon at a not very 
favourable time of the year. 
213. Mayr, Dr. G. Feigeninsecten. [Hymenoptera .] Yerh. z.-b. Wien, 
xxxv. pp. 147-250, pis. xi.-xiii. 
This paper describes a large number of new species and genera of 
Chalcididce , chiefly from Brazil, Java, and the island of Socotra. Several 
pages are devoted to general remarks, and there is an analytical table of 
the genera the author has investigated. A few previously-known species 
are redescribed and some synonymy is given. 
214. Meyrick, E. Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera. x. 
(Ecophoridce (continued). P. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. viii. pp. 469-519. 
xii. (Ecophoridce (continued). Op. cit. ix. pp. 1045-1082. [For xi. 
cf. Zool. Rec. xxi. Ins. p. 244.] 
215. --. On the Classification of the Australian Pyralidina. Tr. E. 
Soc. 1885, pp. 421-456. 
This is a continuation of the paper recorded in Zool. Rec. xxi. Ins. 
p. 235. The portion now produced consists of descriptions of genera and 
species of the Pterophoridce , Alucitidce, Hydrocampidce , and Oxychirotidce, 
and for the present concludes the series, a paper on the Pterophoridce 
standing over, however, till next year’s vol. of the Society’s Transactions. 
216. -. Supplement to a Monograph of the New r Zealand Geovietrina. 
Tr. N. Z. Inst. xvii. pp. 62-68. 
This supplement to the monograph published in op. cit. xvi. (1883) con¬ 
sists chiefly of specific and generic synonymy, resulting from the author 
having visited England an l studied the types existing in the British 
Museum, and from his having become acquainted with Lederer’s classifi- 
