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Indies, 195, liv, 351-366. Webster, F. M. The alfalfa gall midge 

 (Aspondylia mik>)> 7, Circ. No. 147. 



COLEOPTERA. Bernhauer, M. Zur Staphylinedenfauna von 

 Sudamerika (9, Beitrag), 38, xxxi, 68-82. Coblentz, W. W. A 

 physical study of the firefly, 259, Tub. No. 1G4, 45 pp. Fenyes, A. 

 Remarks on "Gnypeta thorns," 4, 1912, 105-112. Reitter, E. Ueber- 

 sicht der untergattungen und der artengruppen des genus "Otior- 

 rhynchus," 38, xxxi, 45-67. Spaeth, F. Beschreibung neuer Cassi- 

 diden nebst synonimischen bemerkungen, 44, Ixi, 241-277. Webster, 

 F. M. The so-called "curlew bug" (S'phenophorus callosus), 7, Bui. 

 No. 95, 53-71. Wickham, H. F. On some fossil Rhynchophorous 

 Coleoptera from Florissant, Colo., 153, xxxi, 41-55 (x). 



HYMENOPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. Names applied to bees 

 of the genus "Osmia" found in No. Am., 50, xl'ii, 215-225. Fernald, 

 H. T. Description of certain species of wasps of the family Spheci- 

 dae, 50. xlii, 257-259. Ferton, C. Notes detachees sur 1'instinct des 

 H. Melliferes et ravisseurs (7e Serie), 86, Ixxx, 351-412. Graenicher, 

 S. Bees of northwestern Wisconsin, 257, 1, 221-249 (x). Hough- 

 ton, C. O. The blackberry leaf miner (Scolioneura capitalis), 250, 

 Bui. No. 87, 10-15. Phillips & White Historical notes on the 

 causes of bee diseases, 7, Bui. No. 98. Schmiedeknecht, O. Opus- 

 cula Ichneumonologica. Fasc. xxx. Tryphoninae, pp. 2323-2402. 



RECENT ENTOMOLOGICAL, LITERATURE. 



Last year (Annals Ent. Soc. Amer. IV., p. 192) the writer suggested 

 a few simple rules to govern entomological publications ; rules which 

 might, it seemed, be made to apply to all taxonomic papers, with the 

 result of avoiding much inconvenience and confusion hereafter. It 

 was thought that in time Entomologists might come to be as exact 

 in presenting their taxonomic results as botanists are today, and this 

 without any great difficulty or effort. The faults intended to be con- 

 nected by the rules referred to result wholly from poor methods or 

 indifference to matters which experience shows to be important. Thus, 

 in describing a new genus, it is as easy to cite a type species as not; 

 in describing a new species, it is perfectly simple to indicate the type 

 locality. To compare new genera and species with their allies, or state 

 explicitly the characters separating them from others, is a matter of 

 more difficulty ; but certainly no one should describe a new genus or 

 species if he has not made the necessary comparisons, and having made 

 them, it should be easy to state them. 



In order to call attention to existing deficiencies, and so perhaps 

 stimulate reform, it is proposed to enumerate from time to time re- 

 cent publications which fail to come up to desired standards. Many 

 or most of these papers are of course extremely valuable contributions 



