274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '05 



Entomological Literattir e - 



AMERICAN INSECTS. By Vernon L. Kellogg, Professor of E ntomolo y 

 and Lecturer on Bionomics in Leland Stanford Jr. University. 

 With many original illustrations by Mary Wellman. jJenry Holt 

 t\: Company, New York, 1905. 



This is a work of 674 pages, 13 plates in color, and 812 te xt fig ures - 

 There are chapters on the structure and special physiology > develop- 

 ment and metamorphoses ; classification ; insects and flowers ' c lorand 

 pattern and the uses ; insects and disease ; collecting and rea ntl - Fol- 

 lowing Comstock, nineteen orders of insects are recognized' ant -' keys 

 given for their determination. The work is written in a pop 1 "' 31 " style, 

 and the author hopes to foster an .interest in insect biology. The paper 

 is good and the typography all that can be desired. The colc* red pl a tes 

 are as a rule excellent. Some of the figures on plate six are somewhat 

 crowded, and the text figures vary greatly in artistic excellen ce ' as tne V 

 are from many sources. The half-tone cuts are usually preferable. I'igs. 

 604 and 605 are quite crude. There are some unfortunate a glaring 

 errors in the determination of species, and we note the followir 1 ^ ' ^'- ^> 

 fig. 3, is the Western Synchloe reakirtii, and not the common S enu ^ a as 

 stated. PI. XT II, fig. 3, is not a Stizus, but belongs to the family Scoliidas \ 

 fig. 7 is not Xylocopa virginica, but probably arizonense. T e & ^4> 

 p. 485, is we know not what. Pelecinus polyturator $ wa s correct ly 

 figured in Packard's Guide in 1869. We are glad to see the interesting 

 chapter on insects and disease, as it places the subject on a h'& er P' ane 

 with the general public, and is a matter of immense imp' 01 

 humanity. Taking the work in its entirety, it is a valuable c ontri utlon 



to the subject, and can't fail to be useful to the stndent beginf er > as we ^ 

 as to entomologists in general. The price of the work wag not stated 

 by the publishers. 



ILLUSTRATIONS OF DIURNAL LEPIDOPTERA, WITH DESCRIP TIONS - By 

 Andrew Gray Weeks, Jr. Boston. Printed by the University 

 Press, Cambridge, U. S. A. 1905. 



This is a sumptuous work of one hundred and seventeen P a es anc i 

 forty-five plates in color containing numerous figures. The re are a ' so 

 interesting half-tone illustrations of scenes in Bolivia. Som e y ears a & 

 Mr. Weeks sent a collector to Bolivia, and the pages of thi s wor k are 

 devoted to describing the places visited, and making known f 1DOUt sixty- 

 eight new species of butterflies and illustrating them in color. " e nave 

 nothing but praise for this work, as the colored figures are as gd as 

 any extant, and the author deserves great credit for giving tf ie entomo- 

 logical world such a production. H. S. 



J. A. G. REHN and Morgan Hebard have brought back art interesting 

 and valuable series of Orthoptera from Florida. 



MR. FORDYCE GRINNELL, JR., was collecting Lepidopte ra in ' N - ern 

 County, California. 



