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Hitherto, Nematoda, Gastropods, Isopoda, Myriapoda, Arachnida, lnsecta and hairs from Mammalia have been found as inclusions in Saxon amber of Miocene layers ofthe Bitterfeld district. Among the inclusions the insects dominate with more than 901:/,, followed by arachnids with 8%. The insects are represented by Diptera (80%). Hymenoptera (8%). Coleoptera (4%). Trichoptera (3 %), and various other orders. The &terminated inclusions belong to more than 150 families. 22 species have been described new for science. New aspects of the formation of the Saxon amber. the relationship to its inclusions as well as to those of the Baltic amber are discussed. Seit der Veroffentlichung von BARTHEL

New Species of the Seed Beetle Genus Spermophagus Schoenherr, 1833, from Southern Africa (Coleoptera, Bruchidae, Amblycerinae) Eight Spermophagus species are described as new from Namibia and from other states of Southern Africa based on material collected by the entomological expeditions of the Museum of Natural History Berlin to Africa in 1989–1994 and material of the State Museum Windhoek, Namibia: Sp. blandulus spec. nov. (Zambia; loc. typ.: Kafue River), Sp. goellnerae spec. nov. (Zambia; loc. typ.: Victoria Falls), S.kavangoensis spec. nov. (Namibia; loc. typ.: Kavango), Sp. maraisi spec. nov. (Namibia; loc. typ.: West Caprivi Park), Sp. micans spec. nov. (Namibia, loc. typ.: Kavango), Sp. semirufipes spec. nov. (Namibia; loc. typ.: East Caprivi), Sp. uhligi spec. nov. (Namibia; loc. typ.: Bushmanland), and Sp. windhoekiensis spec. nov. (Namibia; loc. typ.: Windhoek).