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KALTENBACH, J. H. Die deutschen Phytophagen aus der
Klasse der Insekten. Verh. Ver. Rheinl. xxvi. pp. 106-224.
Continues the author's valuable work (from Jahrg. xxiv.), enumerating
the various German insects that affect 59 genera of
plants the names of which begin with the letter S, with notes of
economy, bibliographical references, descriptions of larvae, &c.
KESSLER, CH. Mate"riaux pour servir a l'dtude de la faune du
lac d'Onega et du pays environnant. St. Petersburg: 4to,
144 pp., 8 plates, and map. (Supplement to Trav. de la
prem. Assemb. des Nat. de Russ.)
This is the natural-history result of an excursion taken in
1866 by the author, who appears to have chiefly turned his
attention to the Crustacea. Observations are contained in it on
the geographical distribution of Acanthia lectularia, Pulex irritans,
Blatta germanica, and Periplaneta orientalis (a quartette
suggestive of comfort to the traveller!), andMyrmeleonformicarius,
and especially on the number of Phryganidee. It also
contains a catalogue of Lepidoptera taken near Petrosavodsk.
KRAATZ, G. Ueber das alteste der Merian'schen Werke. B. e. Z.
xiv. pp. 91-96.
Entirely bibliographical [cf. Snellen, Nouv. et faits div. no. 14].
MEYER-DUR, L. R. Entomologische Parallelen zwischen den
Faunen von Central-Europa und der siid-amerikanischen
Provinz Buenos Ayres. Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 175-
178.
This grandiose title is scarcely warranted by the two small
pages of trivialities to which it is prefixed; and the sole semblance
of excuse for it is the author's description of two new species of
Nabis (Hemipt.), which he considers allied to the European
N. ferus.
MULLER, H. Ueber die Anwendung der Darwin'schen Theorie
auf Bliimen und blumen-besuchende Insekten. Verh. Ver.
Rheinl. xxvi. Corr.-Bl. pp. 43-66.
Especially refers to the fertilization of plants by Hymenoptera
and Diptera. [Cf. Delpino, Bull. Ent. Ital. ii. pp. 140-159,
228-241, Tav. i.]
NEWMAN, EDWARD. The Insect Hunter's Year-book for 1869.
London, 1870, pp. 20.
From this pamphlet it would appear that British entomologists
have, since the publication of the Year-book for 1868,
discovered only 15 species new to their fauna in all orders.
NICHOLSON, HENRY ALLEYNE. Insecta. Chap, xxxix. pp. 208-
226, of ' A Manual of Zoology for the use of Students, with
a general Introduction on the Principles of Zoology,' vol. i.
-Invertebrate Animals. Hardwicke, 1870.
The author briefly discusses the Insecta, adopting Huxley's