ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



ing on Lepidoptera], 4O, Dec. i. Smith, J. B. Contributions toward 

 a monograph of the Noctuidae of boreal North America : revision of the 

 species of Acontia Ochs.*, 2. Standings, M. Synopsis of experi- 

 ments in hybridization and temperature made with Lepidoptera up to the 

 nd of 1898 (cont.) (transl.), 2 pis., 9. Tutt, .1. W. Cossns ore 

 Strecker at the Tilbury dock [London], 21. Warnecke, G. On some 

 means of protection of caterpillars, 84, Nov. 22. 



HYMENOPTERA. Ashmead, W. H. Some changes in ge- 

 neric names in the Hymenoptera, 4. Berg-, C. Notes on two species 

 of the genus Odynents of Tierra del Fuego, OOc. Bouvier, K. L. 

 The return to the nest among the predatory Hymenoptera of the genus 



l!t-inbex, 13. Cockerell, T. I>. A. Notes on New Mexico bees'", 

 4. Fielde, A. M. Portable ant nests, figs., 116. Forel, A. Nests 

 of Caniponotiis scne.v Sm., and of Ufacromischa sa/lci Guerin ; A natural 

 triple formicary ; Cyrphomyrmex Wheelcri n. sp.* ; Imported ants, .">(. 



Frey-Ge.ssner, E. Hymenoptera Helvetia, pp. '117-148, *56. 

 Friese, H. Monograph of the bee-genera Megacilissa, Caupolicana 

 and Ox<za*, i pi, 64; Monograph of the bee-genera Exoma/opsis, 

 Ptilothrix, Melitoma and Tefrapedia^, 64. Kiiicaid, T. Tenthredi- 

 noidea* (Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition), 14O, Nov. 24 - 

 Langer, T. Bees' poison and bees' sting, Sitzungsberichte der deut- 

 schen . . . Yereines fur Bohmen "Lotos" in Prag, Jahrgang, 1899.- 

 Webster, F. M. Some insects belonging to the genus Isosonia reared 

 or captured in Indiana, 141. Wheeler, AV. M. The habits of Ponera 

 and Stigmatomma, figs., 116; See also Orthoptera. 



Notes and. Ne\vs. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 



OF THE GLOBE. 



CORRECTION. On last line, p. 614, the date 1898 is given as the time 

 Dr. Hulst was connected with Rutgers College, whereas the year was in 

 reality 1889. 



MR. PHILIP LAURENT will spend several months collecting in Florida. 

 He has lately returned from a visit to Mr. O. D. Foulks, of Stockton. 

 Md., who has a fine place for gentlemen interested in quail and duck 

 shooting. Mr. Foulks is also a well-known entomologist. 



Clisiocanipa fragilis. Now that s<> much is being written about the 

 ravages of the eastern species ol' Clisiocampa, it may be wortli while to 

 report that C.fragilis has been exceedingly destructive the last two sum- 

 mers in Sapello Canon, N. M , and the adjacent territory, especially defo- 

 liating the quaking aspens (/\>pu/its fn-inu/oidcs). From cocoons gath- 

 ered at Beulah I bred a parasite, identified by Mr. Ashmead as Phup/a 



