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Identification of Insects (Jmagos) for Subscribers. 



Specimens will be named under the following conditions : ist, The number of speci- 

 mens to be limited to twelve (12) for each sending ; 2d, The sender to pay all expenses of 

 transportation and the insects to become the property of the American Entomological 

 Society; 3d, Each specimen must have a number attached so that the identification may 

 be announced accordingly. Such identifications as can be given will be published, accord- 

 ing to number, in the issues of the NEWS. Address packages to ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, 

 Academy Natural Sciences', Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 



W. M. HILL. i., Sphcnophorus ij-punctatns; 2, Hister interrnptits; 3, 

 Elater rnbricollis; 4, Gastrophysa cyanca; 5, Chrysopila thoracica; 6, 

 Langnria inozardi; 7, Megilla macnlata; 8, Chlcenius cestii'its; 9, Lcbia 

 grandis; 10, n, Chauliangnathusmarginatus; 12, Chalceniustormentosus. 



\\ . LOEWENSTEIN, JR. i, Passci/iis conuitiis; 2, Necrophorus ameri- 

 canns; 3, Calosouia U'illcoxi; 4, Nyctobates pennsylvanicus; 5, Rlegalo- 

 dacne fasciafa; 6, Tenebriotenebrioid.es; 7, Cucujus clavipes; 8, Catogenus 

 nifns; 9, Chaltznius solitarius; 10, Harpalus caliginosits; n, Diplochila 

 major; 12, Dica*lits elongatus. 



Entomological Literature. 



BULLETIN FROM THE LABRATORIES OF NATURAL HISTORY OF THE 

 STATE UNIVERSITY OF IOVYA contains: A Monograph of the Pselaphidse 

 oi North America, by E. Brendel, M.D., and H. F. Wickham, vol. i, Nos. 

 3 and 4, June, 1890; 88 pages and 4 plates, 77 figs. Such works as these 

 are very important, and greatly facilitate study. The authors say: " In 

 preparing this monograph we hope to aid students of this large and inter- 

 esting family, by sufficiently minute descriptions and synoptical tables, to 

 recognize any species known to the fauna of the United States and British 

 America, and to see the affinities of American species to the members of 

 this family in other lands." 



CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A MONOGRAPH OF THE NOCTUID^E OF TEM- 

 PERATE NORTH AMERICA. Revision of some Taeniocampid Genera In- 

 form B. Smith. From Proc. U. S. National Museum vol. xii, pp. 455-496. 

 A comparative table of genera is given, and the genera and species de- 

 scribed. Two plates and two figs, are given, showing the genital structure 

 of the TjENIOCAMPIN^E. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, vol. 

 xxiv, p. 482. The Life-history of Drepana arcuala, with remarks on cer- 

 tain structural features of the larva and on the supposed dimorphism of 

 Drepana arcnata and Dryopteris rosea by Alpheus S. Packard. 



BULLETIN AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION OF NEBRASKA, vol. 

 iii, art. 2. Insects Injurious to Young Trees on Tree Claims, by Lawrence 

 Bruner, pp. 141. This essay is largely illustrated, and gives a history of 

 the more important insects injurious to trees. 



