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In the following works the running titles are abbreviated forms of the 

 names of the works, or at least give no more specific idea of the contems 

 of the pages under them : 



Dyar's List of Lepidoptera ; Smith's Check List of Lepidoptera ; 

 Smith's Catalogue of Noctuidfe ; Smith's Insects of New Jersey ; Hen- 

 shaw's List of North American Coleoptera ; Willistcn's North American 

 Syrphidae ; Aldrich's North American Diptera ; Ashmead's North 

 American Proctotrypidae ; Blatchley's Orthoptera of Indiana ; Scudder's 

 Melanopli ; Hancock's North American Tettigidse. 



I am well aware that this may seem a very unimportant matter to the 

 author of a catalogue or list, and also that in most cases the authors 

 probably have nothing to say about it, but the printing is done according 

 to the rules adopted by the institution or official department issuing the 

 publications. Nevertheless, where one has occasion to look up several 

 hundred references in a day, he finds these little matters of considerable 

 value as guides. Without them he must depend largely upon the in- 

 dex. W. E. BRITTON. 



Entomological Literature. 



NORTH AMERICAN PHYLLOXERIN.E AFFECTING HICORIA (CARYA) AND 

 OTHER TREES. By Theodore Pergande. Reprinted from Vol. 

 ix. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences. Daven- 

 port, Iowa. 



A contribution to these little-known insects of 89 pages, 21 plates. All 

 the old species of these plant lice have been studied and twenty new 

 species and varieties made known. An interesting account of the life 

 history of one of the new species, P. perniciosa, is given, and is charac- 

 teristic of the majority of the species inhabiting hickory. It is of great 

 value to have such an excellent treatise on these obscure and little-studied 

 insects. The author says: "since the species treated of in this paper 

 comprise but a fraction of those inhabiting the United States there remains 

 still a large field for fruitful investigation which may amply occupy the life- 

 time of those selecting it as a specialty. " H. SKINNER. 



THE BUTTERFLIES OF THE WEST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES. 

 Illustrated by 940 figures in Color-Photography of Butterflies from 

 the West Coast, nearly all of which were captured by the Author, 

 with accurate data for each specimen. With Colored Figures and 

 Descriptions of many New Species and New Varieties. Now first 

 Published. By William Greenwood Wright. The Whitaker & 

 Ray Co., San Francisco. Price $4.co. 

 This is a very valuable contribution of 257 pages and 32 plates, with 



nearly 1000 figures, and the author is to be congratulated on getting out 



