146 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [September. 



COMPTE RENDU. SOCIETE DE BIOLOGIE (Paris), June 20, 1891. On the 

 abdominal nerve chain of Melolontha vulgaris, by A. Binet. Fungi para- 

 sitic on AcHdiiitn, by J. K. d'Herculais, C. Langlois, A. Girard. luly 9: 

 The disposition of the connectives in sub-intestinal nerve chain of J\felo- 

 lontha vulgaris, by A. Binet. 



ARCHIVES ITALIENNES DE BIOLOGIE, xv, 2, Turin, 1891. Spermato- 

 genesis of Bombyx mori, by E. Verson. The glandular hypostigmatic 

 cells in Botnbyx mori, by E. Verson and E. Bisson. 



REVUE BIOLOGIQUE DU NORD DE LA FRANCE, iii, 10, July, 1891. The 

 wax of Bees, by A. and P. Buisine. 



IL NATURALISTASICILIANO (Palermo), x, 6, 7, March, April, 1891. Two 

 new Hymenoptera from Sicily, by T. De-Stefani. Catalogue of the Co- 

 leoptera of Sicily, by E. Ragusa. 



VERHANDLUNGEN DES NATURFORSCHENDEN VEREINES IN BRUNN, 

 xxviii, 1890. Identification table of the Hydrophihdae of Europe, West 

 Asia and North Africa, by A. Kuwert. 



JENAISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR WISSENSCHAFT, xxv, 3, 4, Jena, 1891. 

 Honeydew: A biological study on plants and plant-lice, by Dr. M. Biisgen; 

 2 plates. 



ARBEITEN AUS DEM ZOOLOGISCH-ZOOTOMISCHEN INSTITUT IN WURZ- 

 BURG, x, i, Wiesbaden, 1891. On the genital characters of insects, by F. 

 Leydig; 2 figures. 



ARBEITEN AUS DEM ZOOLOGISCHEN INSTITUTE DER UNIVERSITAT WIEN 

 UND DER ZOOLOGISCHEN STATION IN TRIEST, ix, 2, Wien, 1891. The 

 coxal glands of the Arachnoidea, by R. Sturany; 2 plates. 



BIBLIOTHECA ZooLOGiCA II : Vcrzeichniss der Schriften iiber Zoologie 

 welche in den periodischen Werken enthalten und vom Jahre, 1861-1880, 

 selbstandig erschienen sind, . . . von Dr. O. Taschenberg, gte lieferung 

 signatur 321-360, Leipzig, Engelmann, 1891. A list of the writings on 

 Zoology from 1861 to 1880, which have appeared separately or in periodi- 

 cal journals. This lieferung finishes the insects (Coleoptera), includes the 

 Molluscoidea, and begins the Mollusca. 



MATERIAUX POUR LA FAUNE ENTOMOLOGIQUE DU LIMBOURG. COLE- 

 OPTERES, 4me Centurie, par A. P. de Borre, Hasselt, rSgi. 



Doings of Societies. 



A REGULAR STATED MEETING OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION OF 



THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES was held at the Hall, S. W. cor. 

 Nineteenth and Race Streets, May 28, 1891, Dr. Horn, Director, in the 

 chair. Members present: Cresson, Martindale, Laurent, Skinner, Bullock 

 and Ridings; Associates: Seeber, Johnson, Fox, Westcott and Nell; Mr. 

 Bird, of Rye, N. Y., visitor. A paper entitled, " Revision of the genera and 



