A revision of species of the genus Macroscytus Fieber distributed in Madagascar and adjacent islands is presented. Four previously known species [M. fryeri Distant, M. lobatus Signoret, M. madagascariensis (Signoret), M. privignus Horváth] are redescribed, and lectotypes are designated for three of them. Four new species (M. mayottensis sp. n., M. simulans sp. n., M. tamatavei sp. n., and M. viettei sp. n.) are described and compared with their congeners. A key to all species of the genus known from Madagascar and adjacent islands is also provided., Jerzy A. Lis, and Lit
Komu z nás by se při tété otázce neobjevili před očima voňavé kloboučky hříbků, elegantní bedly či rezavé lišky - nebo je libo drahocenné lanýže? Sotva si zároveň vybavíme doma nevítané houby dřevokazné nebo mikroskopické, laiky běžné označované jako plisně, které mohou jak zabíjet, tak zachraňovat životy. Biologové se je učí znát a využívat k našemu prospěchu stále důkladněji. and Jana Olivová, Stanislava Kyselová, Milan Gryndler, Jiří Jirout.
Michaela Tydlitátová. and Jedná se o opravu k článku: BAJGER, Matyáš F. Cesty knihoven františkánských řádů v první polovině 20. století. Knihy a dějiny, roč. 16/17 (2009/2010), s. 76-112. ISSN 1210-8510.
The Library of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic (ASL) manages a significant collection of books on aeronautics. The collection was assembled by the collector Eduard Langer more than a hundred years ago. Its part kept in the ASL consists of 67 printed books in 61 volumes. These are rarely preserved books from the 18th and 19th centuries in Italian, French, English, German and Latin. No other such extensive collection on this topic has been found in domestic libraries, and, although it is only a part of Langer’s original collection, it bears comparison even with collections of world-famous institutions. The text presents this remarkable collection in terms of provenance, authors and genres and is complemented by a list of printed books. and Andrea Jelínková.