VOL. I. ] Recent Literature. gI 
new species A. abnormts, erratica, Planifrons, congrua, inelegans, 
clemens satiens, insertans, cogitans, atomaris, remota, annulipes mur- 
docki, quinguelinea incallida, lutulenta, alticola, basiflava, rena, spec- 
tanda nostra, furtivus, infelix, and notes on volubilis Harv., and 
tessellata Harv. collected from British Columbia to California, prin- 
cipally in the latter. The larve seem not to be known in any case 
and it is to be hoped tbat the life history of some of these numerous 
species may soon be made known. New Species of North American 
Cynipide, by H. F. Bassett, describes as new Rhodites lenticularis, 
tumidus, vartabilis, Utahensis, nebulosus; flolcaspis duricoria, coral- 
linus, canescens, Sileri, perniciosus; Dryophanta Clarket, pumiliven- 
tris, eburneus, similis, corrugis, pedunculata; Andricus pulchra, pusu- 
latoides, reticulata, ruginosus,saccularius,seminosus, pilula, Mexicana, 
Clarket, cicatricula, spectosus, indistinctus, flowertoni, Maxwelli; 
Acraspis macrocarpe, politus; Amphibolips Carolinensis, Palmeri; 
Neuroterus favosus, pallidus, pallipes, politus, Howertoni; Aulax 
podagre, tumidus. 
American Naturalist, April. History of Garden Vegetables by 
E. L. Sturtevant continued from previous number. The Knees of 
Taxodium distichum, by Robert H. Lamborn. 
Cryptogamic Laboratory of Harvard University, Contribution xii. 
The Structure and Development of 7uomeva fluviatilis Harv. with 
plate. (Proc. Am. Acad. xxv, 53-68.) The microscopic structure 
of the plant and its relation to Lemanea and Batrachospermum are 
well brought out. In a foot note concerning the name Dr. Farlow 
gives his reasons for preferring Harvey’s to the earlier printed one of 
Kuetzing. It seems to us that doubt should not be thrown without 
good evidence on the date of a scientific publication. This evidence 
may be in existence but it is not made plain. H. W. H. 
Insect Life, Vol. ii, Nos. 7 and 8. C. V. Riley and L. O. How- 
ard. Full of interesting and well-observed facts and useful advice; 
in regard to 7inea pellionella and its congeners we would however as 
a remedy prefer naphthaline to benzine, because the dry substance 
is easier to handle, and the slower evaporation extends its beneficial 
influence over a longer period. In regard to the influence supposed 
to be exercised by irrigation on arid lands, a close observation has 
convinced me that the difference is more apparent than real. Before 
irrigation was practiced there were hardly any inhabitants in these 
