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LIST OF PUBLICATIONS BLATTID«. 451
WALKER, F. Supplement to a Catalogue of the Blattarice. Forms
pp. 119-153 of pt. i. of the next-noticed Catalogue.
. Catalogue of the Specimens of Dermaptera saltatoria in
the Collection of the British Museum. 8vo. Part i. pp. 1-
117, 154-224; pt. ii. pp. 225-423; pt. iii. pp. 425-604.
Published by order of the Trustees.
WALKER has compiled four volumes of the so-called Catalogues of the
OHhoptera of the British Museum—the " Blattaria " (bearing 1868 on its
titlepage, with supplement thereto), " Gryllida," " Locustida," and a portion
of the " Acrydiida." Many " new genera " and multitudes of " new species"
are described therein. The Recorder has simply enumerated these.
Like all the other "Catalogues" by this author, these bear the same intensely
mechanical stamp, and there is shown no evidence that he has comprehended
the affinities of the insects he enumerates or describes, or that he
conscientiously appreciates the probable results of his labours. It may be
confidently expected that the justice of these remarks will be borne out by
the verdict of orthopterists. So far as the Blattaria are concerned, Brunner
van Wattenwyl, the highest authority on the family, has already approved
them by anticipation. As a compiler the author has probably no equal; he
should limit himself to compiling, and not plunge the knowledge of any family
he undertakes into utter chaos by describing new genera and species. The
few critical remarks here and there given are generally worthless, often absolutely
unintelligible, e. g. Blatta picticollis (Suppl. Blatt. p. 141) :—" This
species appears to consist of the genera Blatta and Epilampra," leading one
to infer that, to counterbalance his often-proved mistakes in having (in
other orders) separated one species into many genera, he has, in this instance,
knowingly grouped insects of different genera under the same species.
WALLENGREN, CEfv. Sv. Ak. 1871, p. 182, records the addition of four
described species to the Swedish fauna.
GBABER, Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1871, pp. 367-380, enumerates 56 species observed
by him in Syrmia, a marshy district on the north bank of the Danube.
Of these, 2 are Forficularia, 4 Blattida, 1 Mantida, 6 Gryllida, 17 Locustida,
and 24 Acrydiida. He accounts for the paucity of the list by the fact that
the district is frequently inundated, and abounds in frogs and fen-frequenting
birds.
FORFICULARIA.
Labidura advena, sp. n., Meinert, Nat. Tids. (3) v. p. 279, Jamaica.
BLATTID^E.
BRUNNER VAN WATTENWYL (Verh. z.-b. Wien, 1870, pp. 161-166), in
the form of a letter to Dr. Gray, passes severe strictures on the Catalogues
published by the British Museum, with especial reference to Walker's
' Catalogue of Blattaria.' An abstracted translation of his remarks appears
in the R. Z. 1870, pp.
Blatta madera. BOLD (Tr. North. Durh. iii. p. 377) notes the occurrence
of multitudes of these insects in the interior of a sofa that had been brought
from the East Indies.
WALKER (Oat. Blattariae) describes the following as new genera and new