Jan., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 37 



Entomological Literature. 



THE MOTH BOOK. A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Moths of 

 North America. By VV. J Holland. With Forty-eight plates. 

 Doubleday, Page & Co. New York. Price $4.00 net. Postage 

 34 cents extra. 



There are 1500 figures in the colored plates and 300 text cuts. This work 

 is uniform in size and typography with the well known Butterfly Book by the 

 same author. Probably no book on any branch of American entomology 

 has been anticipated with such keen interest as this one. The literature 

 of the subject is greatly scattered through many publications and papers, 

 and figures of our moths are by no means numerous. There existed no 

 one book which the beginner could consult, and this work will be invalu- 

 able and will undoubtedly stimulate a much greater interest in these most 

 interesting insects. The author has figured many species in a beautiful 

 manner, as the three color process gives mechanical accuracy in macu- 

 lation even though in some cases the color values are not quite perfect. 

 \Ve believe that the process, even with this imperfection, gives the best 

 results attainable for any but the very small species. The author has 

 wisely omitted descriptions and has been content to give notes in relation 

 to food plants and distribution. The classification follows the recent 

 literature of the best authorities on the subject. As a whole the work 

 is well done, and the author has made a good selection from the abund- 

 ance of material. When we take into consideration the fact that there 

 are over 6000 species of moths in America north of Mexico it is a splendid 

 contribution to the subject to have 1500 or more of them figured in one 

 work. The book will be an absolute necessity in the library of every 

 lepidopterist, and a valuable one to all persons interested in entomology 

 or natural history in general. H. S. 



FIRST ANNUAL REPORT ON THK Noxious INSECTS OF THE STATE OF 

 ILLINOIS. By Benjamin D. Walsh, M.A., Acting State Entomol- 

 ogist. From the Appendix to the Transactions of the Illinois State 

 Horticultural Society for 1867. Second Edition. 



The original report has long been out of print. Prof. Forbes says of 

 it: "lam pleased to have the opportunity to issue a second edition of 

 this useful and interesting document, to the number of one thousand 

 copies, and 1 do not doubt that its republication at State expense is 

 amply warranted by the intrinsic value of its contents, and by its import- 

 ance as the lust of a long series of reports of the official entomologists 

 of this State." We are glad to see this reprint and fully endorse all 

 Prof. Forbes has said about it. We quote from the preface as follows : 

 " In a memoir intended for publication in the proceedings of some grave 

 scientific society, il would, of course, be highly indecorous to break the 



