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Part II

., 1894. A useful little work published in pamphlet form, 130 pages, illustrated with a number of very good wood-cuts.

AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM, RECORDS OF.

Commenced in 1890–91, Vols. I.-VI. (1905), Sydney; issued in numbered pamphlet form at irregular intervals. Among other scientific descriptions are papers on entomology by both Messrs. Skuse and Rainbow.

BENNETT, DR. G.

“Gatherings of a Naturalist in Australia,” London 1860. Among general natural history there is a considerable amount of information on our insects.

BRENCHLEY, J. L.

“Jottings during the Cruise of H.M.S. Curaçoa among the South Sea Islands in 1865,” London 1873. Natural History Notes, Insects, p. 456. Among the insects described and figured in colours are Australian Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera.

DONOVAN, E.

Insects of New Holland, London 1825.

This rare work contains the original descriptions, accompanied by very fine coloured plates, of a number of our common insects of all orders. The specimens from which the drawings were made were chiefly collected by Sir Joseph Banks. A copy of this book is in the library of the Linnean Society of N.S. Wales, and another in the Public Library, Sydney.

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF N.S. WALES (TRANSACTIONS).

Vols. I.-II., 1866–1873, Sydney.

These Transactions contain a number of papers by Macleay, Scott, King and Schrader, with original descriptions of new species.

FABRICIUS, J. C.

Systema Entomologiae, 1775.

He described a number of Australian insects from the Banksian Cabinet. These had been collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander during Cook’s voyages. The collections were afterwards presented to the British Museum.

FRENCH, C.

Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria.

## Part I ., 1891; Part II ., 1893; Part III ., 1900; Melbourne. Each part

is complete in itself, containing many coloured plates and popular descriptions of injurious insects.

GRAY, G. R.

The Entomology of Australia,