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Described from several specimens found at Auburn, Ala., and 

 District of Columbia (Heidemann). Type, No. 4371, U. S. Nat. Museum, 

 from Auburn, Ala. A single specimen, probably from Missouri, and 

 preserved in the collection of the U. S. Nat. Museum, is labeled in Prof. 

 Uhler's handwriting: " Tingis angulata, Uhler, MS, on beans, Riley." 

 I gladly accept Prof. Uhler's manuscript name. 



This species is closely allied to G. viridestens, Champ., from Mexico 

 and Texas, but differs by the angulated sides of the pronotum, by the 

 larger number of areoles at the costal area, and the longer hairs at the 

 edge of the pronotal margins and of the hood. It is also allied to 

 G. nigrhiervis, Stal., from Colombia and Mexico, but does not have the 

 discoidal area of the hemelytra abruptly closed behind by a transverse 

 oblique raised nervure. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Insects: Their Structure and Life — A Primer of Entomology. — By 

 George H. Carpenter. London: J. M. Dent & Co. New York : The 

 Macmillan Co., 66 Fifth Avenue. (Price, $1.75.) 404 pages. 

 This is a very satisfactory manual for the elementary study of ento- 

 mology, and provides the student with all that he needs at first to know 

 regarding the structure and general life-history of insects. The book is 

 almost entirely a compilation from a large number of more elaborate and 

 highly technical works, such as Dr. Packard's recent Text-book, Professors 

 Miall & Denny's monograph on the Cockroach, and many others, but 

 it is admirably put together and written in an easy and agreeable style. 

 Its careful perusal will give the reader an excellent ground work for the 

 pursuit of entomology, whether he proposes to apply himself to economic 

 investigation or systematic study, or simply to the formation of a collection 

 of insects. The book is divided into half a dozen chapters, the titles of 

 which will give a good general idea of its contents, viz.: The Form of 

 Insects, the Life-history, the Classification, the Orders, the Pedigree of 

 Insects and their Surroundings. The illustrations, nearly two hundred 

 in number, are very largely those with which we are familiar, the work of 

 Dr. Riley and members of the staff of the Division of Entomology at 

 Washington; others are from Miall (S: Denny's "Cockroach," and 

 several English publications. They are a great help in elucidating the 

 text, being well chosen for their clearness and excellence. The book may 



