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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
Meloe rufipes, Omias neglectus—p. 196-200 ; Ptinus otti—p. 329, 330. 
(Dietrich) Pgederus geniculatus, paludosus, n. spp.—p. 200-203, 358. On 
some species of Cicindela—p. 334-336. (Endrulat) Additions to the Coleoptera 
of the Lower Elbe—p. 185-187. (Gerstascker) On Curculionidse ; Hypoglyptus 
pictus, n. g., n. sp., from Corfu—p. 167-174. (Hoffman) Spheerius acaroides, 
oral organs, &c.—p. 194, 195. (Kraatz) Staphylinidae, &c., of Mulsant’s Opus¬ 
cules Entomologiques, part 2—p. 20-24, 165, 166; Of Wollaston’s Insecta 
Maderensia—p. 166, 167. New species of Tachinus—p. 25 ; Of Oxypoda, 
O. micans, soror, assimilis, rugatipennis, grasca, longipennis, all European, mostly 
from Greece—p. 330- 334. Synonymic remarks—p. 24-28, 372, 373. (Kriech- 
baumer) Summary of the families and genera of Zebe’s Synopsis of the Coleop¬ 
tera of Germany—p. 116-124. On some Cicindelse—p. 214, 215. Reputed 
Swiss insects—p. 215. (Pfeil) Additions to the Eauna of Pomerania and 
Brandenburgh—p. 305, 306. (Schmidt-Goebel) Additions to Zebe’s Synopsis 
—p. 212-214. (Scriba) Gyrinus suffriani, Trogophlseus myrmecophilus, n. 
spp., both German—p. 280-282. New Staphylinidse, found in bales of tobacco 
from Venezuela—p. 295-302. (Suffrian) Synonymic remarks—p. 275-280. 
(Zebe) Cryptocephalus saliceti, n. sp., found on Salix caprea, in the County of 
Glatz — p. 28, 29. Lepidoptera. —(Kellner) On the earlier states of several 
species—p. 336-339. (Moschler) On Heliothis nubigera Eriwaldsky—p. 211. 
(Mueller J.) Pale variety of Melitaea didyma; larva of Vanessa v. album; with 
a plate—p. 108, 109. (Prittwitz) Occurrence of European Lepidoptera in 
America—p. 36-39. Relation between the colours and geographical distribu¬ 
tion of Lepidoptera—p. 175-185. (Standfuss) Lepidoptera of the coast of Spain 
and Sicily—p. 151-163. (Staudinger) Contributions to the Lepidopterous 
Eauna of Upper Carynthia—p. 374-379. (Zeller) Gladbach’s figures—p. 59- 
OS, 94-96. The Lepidoptera of Scopoli’s Entomologia Carniolica—p. 233-257. 
Hamenoptera _(Boje) Miscellaneous observations ; many new species—p. 48- 
51, 89-94, 97-108. (Menzel) Dicelloceras vibrans , n. g., n sp. ; with a plate— 
p. 270-274; is an Encyrtus allied to Cerapterocerus mirabilis Westw. (Niet- 
ner) Economy of Eumenes saundersii—p. 223-226. This is the only species of 
the genus in Ceylon which makes its nests in houses, and there in the most ex¬ 
posed situations, as on tables, chairs, &c. The brood is often destroyed by a 
parasitic larva, probably one of the Ichneumonidas. (Ruthe) Grypocentrus, n. 
g. of Ichneumonidee, allied to Orthocentrus; four species, all new—p. 51-58. 
Dimeris, n. g. of Braconidae—p.327-329. Notes on Ichneumonidae; Chalino- 
cerus mancus, Phytodiaetus elegans, Tryphon aberrans, Trachyderma breve, n. 
spp_p. 79-89. Braconidae ; Exothecus discolor, Ascogaster pallida, n. spp.— 
p. 291-294. Diptera. —(Loew) New species from Greece; Cyrtosia obscuri- 
pes, Stenopogon grascus, Trypeta strigilata, T. macrura — p. 39-41. Hemip- 
tera.— (Hagen) The Cicadae of Europe — p. 340-368, 379-386. (Mink) Livia 
crefeldensis, n. sp. — p. 370, 371. Neuroptera, etc.— (Hagen) On the numbers 
and distribution of the Odonata (Libellulae L.)—p. 131-136. Attempt to deter¬ 
mine the Phryganidae of Pictet—p. 204-210. Of the whole one hundred and 
twenty, sixty-two are considered to be determined with certainty ; of the rest, 
forty are entirely unknown to the essayist. On the g. Oligoneuria; with a 
plate—p. 262-270. O. rhenana Imhoff, the European species, is distinguished 
from O. anomala Pictet; the latter from Brazil. Orthoptera from the Crimea 
—p. 109-111. Miscellaneous. —(Bremi) Ravages of Thrips haemorrhoidalis 
—p. 313, 314. Disease of carrots—p. 317. Destruction of Aphides—p. 317- 
319. Introduction and diffusion of insects by importation of new plants—p. 
320-325. (Christoph) Insects observed in high Northern latitudes—p. 111- 
113. (Dohrn) Notes on Nomenclature—p. 163-165, 286,287. (Hagen) Crops 
of beans and peas injured by a sp. of Limnothrips—p. 312, 313. (Kawall) En¬ 
tomological notes from Courland—p. 227-232, 260-262. (Roger) Entomological 
notes; Sitophilus orizse destructive to rye; Insensibility to cold, of various in¬ 
sects ; Use of chloroform—p. 302-312. (Stein) Notes on nomenclature—p. 282- 
286. Proceedings of the Association—p. 33-35, 65-67, 129, 130, 188, 189, 
193-259, 295-325, 327. Programme of the thirty-second Meeting of the 
German Naturalists and Physicians, in Vienna, a.d. 1855—p. 217-223. Re- 
