Oct., '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 285 



EMPHVTUS GILLETTEI MacG. (Tenthredinidse). The following de- 

 scription, furnished by Prof. C. P. Gillette, was published in the report 

 of the Colorado Agric. Experiment Station in December, 1902, page 13. 

 It is reprinted here so as to make it more available for other workers. 



Emphytus gillettei. ? . Black, with the following parts rufous ; the 

 apex of the anterior femora, the anterior tibia; and tarsi beneath, the 

 apex of the middle femora, middle tibia and tarsi beneath, the posterior 

 femora and tibice, and the basal segment of the posterior tarsi ; with the 

 following parts white : the tegulae, the cenchri, the anterior trochanters at 

 apex, the middle and posterior trochanters, and a transverse band on the 

 base of the fifth abdominal tergum, slightly attenuated at middle; the stigma 

 and wing veins dark brownish ; the first submarginal cell more than twice 

 the length of the second ; the third segment of the antennae slightly longer 

 than the fourth ; the clypeus roundly and deeply emarginate, the labrum 

 filling the emargination and angulate at apex ; the saw guides obtusely 

 pointed at apex. Length 8 millimeters. A. D. MACGILLIVRAY. 



Entomological Literature. 



THE HONEY BEE : ITS NATURAL HISTORY, ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY. 

 -By T. W. Cowan. F L. S., F. G. S., F. R. M. S., etc. Illus- 

 trated with seventy-three figures and one hundred and thirty-eight 

 illustrations. London : Houlston & Sons, Paternoster Square. 

 This is an excellent little work of two hundred and twenty pages. It is 

 well indexed and gives a valuable bibliography. It is a work that every 

 one interested in bee culture should possess, and also one that would be 

 of value to all students of general entomology who wish information 

 about this interesting insect. 



Doings of Societies. 



At the meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social, held June 

 1 6th, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South i3th 

 Street, Philadelphia, nine persons were present. 



Mr. H. Wenzel showed Lcpturges trgu/aris, a rare Ceram- 

 bycid, from Frankford, Pa. This is the first record of the spe- 

 cies in this vicinity. 



Mr. Daecke exhibited a species of the rare Dipterous family 

 Acroceridae, Oncodes cos tat us, which \vas reported as fairly 

 abundant at Castle Rock, Pa., June i2th, by Mr. Wenzel. 



Mr. Wenzel stated that he had taken four more specimens of 

 Lychnis eleratiis nnicolor on Five Mile Beach, N. J., on May 

 3oth. Specimens from this locality seem to form a distinct race. 

 The peculiarity of a cychrus living on the low coast in contrast 

 to the usual hilly situations was referred to. 



