Vol. XXVl] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS <)I 



H. T. TOWNSEND, U. S. National Museum, On Proper Generic Con- 

 cepts.* NATHAN BANKS, U. S. Bureau of Entomology, Suggestions 

 for Discovering Affinity and Phylogeny.* C. P. GILLETTE, Colorado 

 Agricultural College, Insect Notes from Colorado.* A. D. MAcGiLLi- 

 VRAY, University of Illinois, The Modification of the Subcostal Vein in 

 the Wings of Insects.* 



CYTOLOGY. F. PAYNE, Indiana University, A Study of the Matu- 

 ration Period in the American and European Molecrickets (Amer. 

 Soc. Zool.). ROBERT CHAMBERS, JR., Cincinnati University, Micro- 

 dissection Studies on the Physical Properties and Behavior of Cell 

 Structures, Especially in Orthopteran Spermatogenesis (Amer. Soc. 

 Zool.). MARY T. HARMAN, Kansas State Agricultural College, Sper- 

 matogenesis in Paratettix (Amer. Soc. Zool.). D. H. WENRICH, Har- 

 vard University, Synapsis and the Individuality of the Chromosomes 

 (Amer. Soc. Zool.). 



PHYSIOLOGY. GEORGE A. DEAN and R. K. NABOURS, Manhattan, 

 Kans., A New Air Conditioning Apparatus (an illustrated description 

 of the air conditioning machine and breeding chamber). A. F. CON- 

 RADI, Clemson College, S. C., The Moisture Factor in Relation to 

 Insects (a brief presentation of the moisture temperature relation in 

 insect activity). N. E. MC!NDOO. Bureau of Entomology, The Reflex 

 "Bleeding" of the Coccinellid Beetle, Epilachna borealis (Amer. Soc. 

 Zool.) ; The Olfactory Sense of Coleoptera.* V. E. SHELFORD, Univer- 

 sity of Illinois, Modification of Tiger-beetle Colors by Temperature 

 and Moisture;* Modification of the Color Patterns of Cicindela by 

 Temperature and Moisture.* E. NEWTON HARVEY, Princeton Univer- 

 sity, Studies on the Phosphorescent Substance of the Fire-fly (Amer. 

 Soc. Zool.). WM. L. DOLLEY, JR., Randolph Macon College, Reactions 

 to Light in Vanessa antiopa, with Special Reference to Circus Move- 

 ments (Amer. Soc. Zool.). 



GENETICS. E. CARLETON MACDOWELL, Carnegie Institution, Bristle 

 Inheritance in Drosophila (Amer. Soc. Zool.). ROBERT K. NABOURS, 

 Kansas Agricultural College, The Behavior of a Unit Character in 

 the Grouse Locust, Paratettix (Amer. Soc. Zool.). A. FRANKLIN 

 SHULL, University of Michigan, Parthenogenesis and Sex in Antho- 

 thrips verbasci (Amer. Soc. Zool.). T. H. MORGAN, A. H. STURTE- 

 VANT, C. B. BRIDGES and H. MULLER, Columbia University, Demonstra- 

 tion of the Four Hereditary Groups and the Four Pairs of Chromo- 

 somes of Drosophila (Amer. Soc. Zool.). 



INSECTS INJURIOUS TO PLANTS. C. G. HEWITT, Ottawa, 

 Can., The Brown-tail Moth in Canada (the introduction and present 

 status of the insect in Canada, with an account of the preventive and 

 eradicative measures). C. H. HADLEY, JR., Durham, N. H., Contact 



