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family in line with the common names of other closely related families, 

 e. g., Tree Hoppers (Membracidae), Frog Hoppers (Cercopidae), and Leaf 

 Hoppers (Cicadellidae). The only other use of the name plant hoppers, 

 so far as I am aware, is as a general name for these four families, but it 

 seems to me that each family is of sufficient importance economically, 

 and sufficiently distinct taxonomically to command a separate name. 

 The Family Fulgoridae is coming into such prominence economically 

 that it would seem advisable to have a common name for the family as 

 a whole, and, so far as is consistent with good usage, use this name in con- 

 nection with the various species. Thus: Sugar cane plant hopper, not 

 sugar cane leaf hopper; corn plant hopper, not corn lantern fly. It is not 

 intended to imply, however, that all common names for members of this 

 family should end with the expression plant hopper, for such names as 

 cranberry toad bug are distinctive and having the right of priority might 

 be used, although the name toad bug is suggestive of species of the sub- 

 family Gelastocorinae (Galgulidae), and the name cranberry plant hopper 

 is equally distinctive, equally short and even more suggestive of the char- 

 acter of the insect. Z. P. METCALF, State College, West Raleigh, North 

 Carolina. 



Change of Name 



We are requested to announce that Alex Kwiat, of Chicago, Illinois, 

 has. changed his name to Alex K. Wyatt. Address: 2445 Eastwood Ave., 

 Chicago. Correspondents please note. 



Entomological Literature. 



COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON. JR., AND J. A. G. REHN. 



Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and 

 South), including Arachnida and Myrippoda. Articles irrelevant to American ento- 

 mology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of 

 insects, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. 



The numbers in HEAVY-FACED TYPE refer to the journals, as numbered in the following 

 list, in which the papers are published. 



All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installments. 



The records of papers containing new species are all grouped at the end of each Order 

 of which they treat. 



For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record, Office of Ex- 

 periment Stations. Washington. Also Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. 

 For records of papers on Medical Entomology, see Review of Applied Entomology. Series B. 



1 Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 2 Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 

 6 Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 10 Proceedings 

 of the Entomological Society of Washington, D. C. 11 Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History, London. 12 Journal of Economic Ento- 

 mology, Concord, N. H. 13 Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Clare- 

 mont, Cal. 19 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 22 



