3G Ins. 
INSECTA. 
almost every aspect of the subject, are fully dealt with. The scientific 
portions of the work will be found under Lepidoptera (Noctuidce ), 
Hymenoptera, &c. ; the economical under that head. 
283. [Riley, C. V.] On the Parasites of the Hessian Fly. P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. viii. pp. 413-422, pi. xxiii. 
Describes and figures 5 minute Hymenoptera , 2 of them new. 
284. -. The Periodical Cicada ; an Account of Cicada septendecim 
and its Tredecim Race, with a Chronology of all Broods known. 
Bull. Dep. Agric. Ent. No. 8, 1885. 
Consists of 46 pp. and some cuts. 
285. Ritzema Bos, J. La niouche du Narcisse ( Merodon equestris , F.) 
\Diptera\ ses metamorphoses, ses mceurs, les degats causes par ses 
larves et les moyens proposes pour la detruire. Arch. Mus. Teyl. 
(2) ii. pp. 45-93, pis. i. & ii. 
An exhaustive memoir on this subject. 
286. Rober, J. Zur ostindischen Schmetterlings-Fauna. CB. Ent. Yer. 
(Dresden) 1885, No. 2, pp. 19-23, pi. i. 
This is a contribution to the fauna of Kabia, an island east of Celebes. 
287. -. Ein paar neue Heterocera von Sud-Celebes. T. c. pp. 29-31. 
[ Cf . Wien. ent. Z. iv. p. 287.] 
288. Roder, Y. von. Diptern von der Iusel Portorico. S. E. Z. xlvi. 
pp. 337-349. 
Many species are catalogued here, and a few novelties described, and 
characters, sometimes sexual, of many known species given. 
289. Rcelofs, W. Deux especes de Curculionides trouvees dans les 
Orchidees de l’Equateur. Ann. Ent. Belg. xxix. pp. 9 & 10. 
The species are Cholus forbesi, Pasc., and Sphenophorus morreni , sp. n. ; 
they were found at Loudon. 
290. Rollet. A. Untersuchungen fiber den Bau der quergestreiften 
Muskelfasern. I. Theil. Denk. Ak. Wien, xlix. pp. 81-132, 4 pis. 
This important histological paper is based on examination of the 
muscles of about 300 species of Coleoptera, whose names are given, p. 89, 
&c., and a few Hymenoptera and Diptera, Periplaneta orientalis , and a 
few other Orthoptera. The plates give diagrammatic schemes, as well as 
representations of the minute structure. 
291. Romanes, G. J. The Darwinian Theory of Instinct. P. R. Inst, 
xi. pp. 131-146. 
Much of the reasoning and references are entomological. 
292. Romanoff, N. M. Memoires sur les Lepidopteres ; rediges par. 
Tome ii. St. Petersburg : 1885. 
The contents of this beautiful volume are— 
1. Romanoff, N. M. Les Lepidopteres de la Transcaucasie. 2 me 
partie, pp. 1-118, pis. i.-v. & xiv. [Extends to and includes 
GeometrccJ] 
