1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 59 



Entomological Literature. 



TRANS. KNT. Soc. London, for the year 1889, Part IV, "On some Le- 

 pidoptera from New Guinea," by Fdward Meyrick. This paper consists 

 of sixty-seven pages, in which a number of n-u genera and spec irs of 

 moths are described. "On the distribution of the Charlonia group of the 

 genus Anthocharis," by George T. I taker. " A revision of tin- genus Ar- 

 gynnis," by Henry |. Llwes. A new species is described under tlie name 

 hanniii^loni: it was taken at Taveta, near Mt. Kilimanjaro, in Africa. 

 This paper is a very interesting and important one to Ameriean students, 

 and will probably be reviewed later at some length. "Additional note-, 

 on the genus Hilipus," by Francis I'. 1'ascoe. 



From the I'K< >n-.i-.i>i.\<;s <>K Tin-: I'MTI-:!) STATKS NATIONAL Mi si IM 

 "Annotated Catalogue of the Insects collected in 1887-88," by !,.<>. How- 

 ard. The insects received were the part products of the scientific results 

 of explorations by the IT. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross." The 

 I li-inipli-m wen- sent to Prof. P. R. Uhler, of Baltimore, .Md.; the Orthnf- 

 Icrn to Mr. Lawrence Hruner, of Lincoln, Neb.; the Diptera to Prof. S. 

 \\'. Williston, of New Haven, Conn.; the LcpiJoptcra to Rev. \Y. |. Hol- 

 land, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and the Mallophaga to Prof. Herbert Osborn, of 

 Ames, Iowa." Dr. Holland describes, as new to science, I'rotuparce 

 calapagensis horn Charles Island, Galapagos. 



The K.vn >MI >I.(>(;IST, February, 1890. "New species of Lepidoptera 

 from China," by J . II. Leech. The specimens were collected near Ichang, 

 Central China, and fifty-six new species are described, all diurnals. " Co- 

 leo|itera at Camber during iS.Sg." "An entomological tour on the Table- 

 land of Mount Arthur," by G. Y. Hudson." "On the occurrence of 

 Hcspcria lineola in Lssex," by A. |. Spiller. I\hof>aloccra in Swit/erland. 

 "< )n the variation of Ilclinpluilms his/tutus at Portland," by N. M. Rich- 

 ardson. "Gas-lamp entomology," by J. Arkle. The remaining part of 

 the number consists of notes, captures, etc., and the doings of societies 



" RHI H'AI.OCKKA NIIIONICA : a description of the butterflies of |apan," 

 by H. Pryer. Part .^ for Decemln-r, iSSc;, has arrived, completing the work. 

 < hving to the lamentable and untimely death of the author on the i;th of 

 February, 1888, the preparation tor the press of the unpublished portion 

 of the work was undertaken by James P>isset, F.I..S. The text is in l-'.n-- 

 lish and Japanese, and colored figures, notes, description of spe< ies, time 

 of appear.mce and food-plants are gi\en. 



TRANS. KANSAS ACAD. Sc\ \'ol. n, [887-88. " Notes on the early 

 stages of Nerii-t- l>id<-ntatii, Aui\tn sti^tna and (\illinwrpha .\i<ti'i(Mi," by 

 C. L. Marlatt. 



ANNALS AND M.\I,\/INI: OF NATTKAI. HISIOKV. " I )escri|>tion of 

 a new -enus of Oriental Cicadid.i ," /'a/din^a) by \\'. L. Distant. 

 " I 'escriptii in of two ne\\ spi-cjes ( if . /, /,/</ from Mombasa," by II. Grose 



