30 In s*. 
INSECTA. 
241. [Pascoe, F. P.] Descriptions of some New Asiatic Longicornia . 
[Coleopteral] Ann. N. EL (5) xv. pp. 49-57. 
19 new species of Lcimiidce and Gerambycidce , and 3 new genera. 
242. Passerini, N. Sulla morte degli insetti per inanizione. Bull. Ent. 
Ital. 1885, pp. 217-228. 
Records of the number of: days in which death occurred, and of the 
loss of weight in the period. The observations relate to 11 species of 
various orders, but are not sufficiently numerous for inductive purposes. 
Larvae of Cossus lived 135 days without food. 
243. # Peragallo, A. Etudes sur les Insectes nuisibles a l’Agriculture. 
ii. partie : Le Chene, la Yigne, l’Oranger, le Citronnier, le Carou- 
bier, le Cerisier, le Figuier, le Chataigner, le Pommier, le Poirier, 
&c. Nice : 1885, with coloured plates. \_Cf. Bull. Ent. Ital. 1885, 
p. 170.] 
244. Perez, T. Imenotteri nuovi o poco conosciuti della Sicilia. Nat. 
Sicil. iv. pp. 185-189. 
A few species, chiefly Ichneumonidce. 
245. Peringuey, L. First Contribution to the South-African Coleop¬ 
terous Fauna. Tr. S. Af. Soc. iii. pp. 74-149, pis. i.-iv. 
Consists of descriptions of 100 presumed new species belonging to 48 
genera, of many families. Only rarely are comparisons made or allies 
indicated. 
246. Picaglia, L. Pediculini nuovi del Museo di Zoologia ed Anatomia 
comparata della R. Universita di Modena. Atti Soc. Ital. xxviii. 
pp. 82-90. 
7 new species. 
247. -. Pediculini dell’ Istituto Anatomo-zoologico della R. Uni¬ 
versita di Modena. Atti Soc. Mod. Mem. (3) iv. pp. 97-162. 
A classified list, with full bibliography, synonymy, and indications of 
hosts, but without descriptions of novelties. 116 species are included. 
248. Planta-Reichenau, A. v. Beitriige zur Kenntniss der bio- 
logischen Yerlialtnisse bei der Honigbiene. JB. Ges. Graub. xxviii. 
pp. 3-43. 
This paper is largely occupied with the chemistry of bee-bread and 
pollen ; pp. 41-43 give a note on the antiseptic value of formic acid 
in houey. 
249. Plateau, F. Recherches experimentales sur les mouvements 
respiratoires des Insectes. Mem. Ac. Belg. xlv. No. 8, pp. 1-219, 
pis. i.-vii. 
The author limited his observations to the imago state. His object 
was to determine, 1, shape during inspiration and expiration ; 2, parts 
of the body participating in the respiratory movements ; 3, with 
certainty the muscles of inspiration and expiration ; 4, relation of 
certain parts of the nervous system to the respiratory movements. The 
insects used belonged to various orders, and as the account of the 
