282 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'l2 



to Entomology, and no criticisms will be directed against their scien- 

 tific contents ; it is obvious, however, that the more valuable the pa- 

 pers, the more to be regretted are any faults in methods of presenta- 

 tion. 



Transactions American Entomological Society, Vol. 37, 1911. 



A. A. Girault on Trichogrammatidae. Trichogrammatoidea n. g., p. 

 15. It is a good rule that a generic name should not contain more 

 than six syllables, at most. 



C. W. Metz on Prosopis: pp. 85-156. P. conspicua n. sp., p. 114; no 

 collector given (doubtless collected by Baker). P. rudbeckiae n. var. 

 granulatus, p. 114; no locality or collector. In other cases the omis- 

 sion of the collector's name is probably due to lack of information. 



H. J. Franklin on Bombidae, pp. 157-168. Bornbus fernaldi: n. sp. is 

 elaborately described, but the type is deliberately made to be the in- 

 sect which Fowler referred to edwardsii, and denned only by a few 

 words in a table, "first segment yellow" being the only words appli- 

 cable to this alone ! Franklin himself says : "Can those specimens be 

 identified with certainty?" B. mormonum n. sp., no collector. B. mexi-' 

 censis n. sp., no data of locality etc. nearer than "Mexico" (perhaps not 

 available). Two new Psithynts described with numerous localities; 

 no type-localities given, and names of collectors omitted, though in 

 many cases known to the author. 



N. Banks on Neuropteroids, pp. 335-360. Numerous species de- 

 scribed, many without comparison with allies. Collectors' names omit- 

 ted in some cases when they must have been known to the writer. 



Annals of Queensland Museum, No. 10. Nov., 1911. 

 A. J. Turner on Australian Lepidoptera, pp. 59-135. Very numer- 

 ous new species, with frequently no reference to allies. 



Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLIII, 1911. 



H. Bird on Papaipema and Hydraecia. P. rubiginosa, p. 40, publish- 

 ed as a binomial, but said to be a "new aberration." So also P. fluxa, 

 p. 44. Type localities not distinguished. On p. 47 H. replcta n. sp. is 

 said to come from "Chinis Mts.," Ariz. This is evidently from one of 

 the Schwarz labels, "Chiric. Mts.," i. e. Chiricahua Mts. This unfortu- 

 nate abbreviation crops up in many places. 



N. Banks on Asilidas, p. 128. Four n. spp., two without comparison 

 with allies. 



C. S. Ludlow on Culex, p. 178. C. borealis n. sp. from "Alaska ;" no 

 exact data, no collectors' names, though these must have been available. 



E. D. Ball on Homoptera, p. 107. Entomologists might learn how to 

 spell Schwarz! The new species should be Thamnotettix schwarzi, and 

 Ash Fork must be regarded as the type locality. 



