1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL XKWS. 77 



Entomological Literature. 



DlK ZWKII-IA'GLKR DKS K A1SKKLICH K.N .MlSKl'MS 7.V \\ \ KN, IV. Vo- 



rarbeiten zu einer Monographic des Muscaria Schizometopa (exclu 

 Anthomyidae) Pars I. \'<>n Prof. Dr. Friedrich Brauer, \\'. M. K. Akad., 

 undj. Edl. v. Bergenstamm i Mit 11 Tafeln). Denkschr. d. math.-wisseiis. 

 Classed, k. Akad. d. \Vissciisch. I5d. Ivi, pp. i 112, pis. i xi, 4to. 1889. 

 -( inly lie who has endeavored to find his way in the devious labyrinth of 

 tht- calyptrate Muscicke can appreciate this important and valuable paper, 

 the most important that has ever appeared on the subject, and one that 

 will mark a new epoch in our knowledge of the group. To give even an 

 outline of its contents is impracticable here, nor would I feel at all com- 

 petent for the task, were my opportunities unlimited. A paper that intro- 

 duces fifty new families and one hundred and fifty new genera would 

 appall any ordinary critic, and I know only enough about the insects to 

 appreciate the labor and research the paper has cost. The authors, fol- 

 lowing out Prof. Brauer's previously published taxonomic views, present 

 an almost entirely new classification of the group, which is coextensive 

 with what has been generally known as the Muscida- calyptraUe, with the 

 inclusion of the Oestricke. " Families," groups and genera are defined, 

 and three hundred and ten admirable lithograph figures, graphically illus- 

 trate most of the genera. All the known genera are not included; only 

 those of which the authors had definite or artoptic knowledge; still, there 

 cannot be many wanting, and the work must remain as the sine qua >i/i 

 of all dipterologists wh > have anything to do with these flies. The work 

 is nothing if not iconoclastic, and 1 do not think will, and ought not to, 

 obtain the concurrence of entomologists in all respects. The authors' 

 conception of the genus is, I think, not tenable, and there is a great lack 

 of uniformity in the group names. I'.ut, whatever the differences m.i\ be, 

 all \\ill unite in their appreciation of the great value of this bahubrechend 

 . S. \V. \Viu.isTuN. 



PROCEEDINGS ACAI>I:.MV X.VITKAI. Sen NCKS PHILADKLIMIIA, I 'art 111, 

 j. .\uteniue of Coleoptera, by Geo. H. Horn, M. D. On a new spe- 

 cies of Spider of the genus Dinopis from the Southern I'nited States by 

 ( M-O. Marx, M. I). 



A SKASON'S \\'<>KK A MONT, Tin ENEMIES OP THE I b u< nrri/i i KIST, by 

 Clarence M. \\Vt-d. The enemies referred to in this paper are of t\\o 

 kinds: insects and fungi. The insects treated of are tin- Rhubarb Snout 

 Beetle, Imported Currant Worm, Plum Curculio, Striped Cucumber Bee- 

 tle, Cherry Tree Slug and Strawberry Root I .oust.-. The appropriate 

 remedies are given to destroy each of these pests. 



Tin ENTOMOLOGIST, London, March, 1X90. The Involution of Insect- 

 galls by T. D. A. Cockerel!. Notes on tin- I.' onoiny of l\ctinia rcsincllii, 

 R. Adkin. Khof>aloict\i at 1 >igne, Mrs. Nicholl. ( )ne the Phylogeiietic 



