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tera-Homoptera) von Mittel-Europa, Berlin, pp. XV-XXII, 

 tafeln. 1878. Carl Brunner von Wattemvyl. Monographic 

 der Phaneropteriden. Herausgegeben v. dcr K. K. Zool.-Bot. 

 Gesellschaft in \Vien. Introduction, tafeln. (Nomenclature 

 of the neuration). The terminology of the Hymenoptera 

 may be found in E. Saunder's The Hymenoptera Aculeata of 

 the British Islands, 1896 ; and in P. Cameron's A Monograph 

 of the Phytophagous Hymenoptera, I. 



Forbes, in the letter of transmission, in his second annual 

 report as State Entomologist of Illinois (i3th Rept. State 

 Ent. on the Noxious and Beneficial Insects of the State of 

 Illinois, Springfield, 1884, pp. 9, 12. S. A. Forbes), refers to 

 a glossary of the terms used in the preceding twelve reports 

 of the State Entomologist of that State as being withheld 

 for publication because of the lack of space. The glossary 

 could not be found in the place indicated (the i4th report), 

 and was never published, as a recent letter from Dr. Forbes 

 assures the writer. 



A portion of the MS. of the revision of Explanation of 

 Terms used in Entomology, Brooklyn Entomological Society 

 (1880), by Dr. John B. Smith, has just recently been seen 

 (May i3th). Many new terms are added, together with illus- 

 trations of the venation in the different orders of insects, and 

 a plate of colors. The venation will be that adopted by Corn- 

 stock. The revision will bring the older glossary up to date, 

 and will appear opportunely. 



It will be noticed, that in part I, and here also, certain very 

 general or so-called popular works have been listed as contain- 

 ing glossaries. These are given more for the purpose of show- 

 ing what they are, than for what they are worth. Avoidance 

 of useless trouble is gained by so doing, in case reference has 

 been, or is, made to them in the literature. Also, it may be 

 worthy of note, that certain terms commonly used in describ- 

 ing insects, are not included in any of the glossaries listed, 

 excepting the large dictionaries mentioned in the general text. 

 It is impossible to give references to the writings containing 

 these, and for this reason, a bibliography of this subject is 

 apparently always more or less incomplete. 



