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1. LE NATURALISTE CANADIEN, xxii, 10. The last descriptions of 

 L'Abbe Provancher (cont.). Ibid, xxii. Continuation of same artitle. 



2. THE OTTAWA NATURALIST, ix, 8. Pamphila peckius, }. F. Sphinx 

 liiscifiosa, J. F. 



3. ZOOLOGISCHER JAHRBUCHER (Abtheilung fur Systematik, Geo- 

 graphic und Biologic cler Thiere), viii, Heft 5. New experiments on the 

 seasonal dimorphism of butterflies, A. Weismann. The genus Dorylus 

 Fabr. and the systematic classification of the Formicidae, C. Emery. Or- 

 thoptera of Paraguay collected by Dr. J. Bohls, E. Giglio Tos. 



4. JENAISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURWISSENSCHAFT. HERAUSGE- 

 GEBEN VON DER MEDISINISCH-NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHEN GESELL- 

 SCHAFT zu JENA, xxx, Heft i. The development of the spinning appa- 

 ratus in Trochosa singoriensis Laxm., with regard to the abdominal 

 appendages and the wings in insects, A. Jaworowski. 



5. SCIENCE, New Series, ii, No. 46. Katydid orchestration, E. Coues 

 and A. P. Bostwick. 



6. PROCEEDINGS AND TRANSACTIONS OF THE NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE 

 OF SCIENCE. Halifax, vol. viii, pt. 4. Notes on Nova Scotian Zoology, 

 No. 3 [note on Acheta abbreviata}, H. Piers. 



7. TEXAS AGRICULTURAL EXPERIMENT STATION, Bulletin No. 36. 

 Insect enemies of the sweet-potato, R. H. Price. Insecticides, ibid. 



S. ENTOMOLOGISCHE NACHRICHTEN, JAHRGANG, xxi, Heft 20. Ethio- 

 pian Rhopalocera ii (conclusion), F. Karsch. Ibid. Heft 21. Review 



