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tion, 4; Life histories of North American Geometridae, xi, 5. Fanvel, 

 A. A. Walking cocoons, figs., La Nature, Paris, April 21, 1900. Gil>- 

 SOii, A. Some interesting moths taken at Ottawa, Ottawa Naturalist, 

 April-May, 1900. Grote, A. K. The descent of the Fiends, 4 pis., 

 Proceedings, American Philosophical Society, No. 161, Philadelphia, Jan- 

 uary-March, 1900. Lynian, H. H. An entomological muddle : a re- 

 view [Ifypkantria cunea, congrua, antigone, textor'], 4. Moft'at, J. A. 

 Hydroccia strainentosa, 4. Montgomery, T. H., Jr. On nucleolar 

 structures of the hypodermal cells of the larva of Carpocapsa. i pi., Zoolo- 

 gische Jahrbiicher, Abth. fiir Anatomic u. Ontogenie der Thiere, xiii, 3, 

 Jena, April 10, 1900. 



HYMENOPTERA. Andre, "E. Thynnidae collected by the Bel- 

 gian Antarctic Expedition, 35. Ashmead, W. H. Classification of 

 the fossorial, predaceous and parasitic wasps, or the super-family Ves- 

 poidea, 4. Id. Hymenoptera (in part) of New Jersey, see Smith, J. B., 

 review, post. Brainier, J. C. Ants as geologic agents in the tropics, 

 figs., Journal of Geology, viii, 2, Chicago, Feb. -March, jgoo. Koiiow, 

 F. W. New contribution to synonymy of the Tenthredinidce, Wiener 

 Entomologische Zeitung, xix, 4-5, May i, 1900. Scliiller-Tietz. See 

 the General Subject. Tosquinet, J. Hymenoptera collected by the 

 Belgian Antarctic Expedition, 35. 



Smith, J. B. Insects of New Jersey, a list of the species occurring 

 in New Jersey, with notes on those of economic importance, 328 figs., 2 

 maps, 755 pp. 27th Ann. Rep. State Board of Agric., 1899 (Supplement). 

 Trenton, N. J., 1900, A valuable list of this part of the fauna, preceded 

 by 34 pp. on "Insects and their control," including a brief interesting 

 chapter on development and a genealogical tree of the twenty-two orders 

 recognized. Alphabetical indexes of the localities and individuals 

 quoted, and of the families and genera represented, add to the accuracy 

 and usefulness of the volume. No figures are new; they chiefly illus- 

 trate species of economic importance. Much aid in the preparation of 

 the book was furnished by various specialists, as indicated under the 

 various orders (ante}. Statistics of the species listed are given on p. 701, 

 according to which the total number is 8537, of which 1193 are Diptera, 

 1718 Hymenoptera, 1570 Lepidoptera, 2845 Coleoptera, 399 Homoptera, 

 340 Hemiptera, 144 Orthoptera, the other orders less than 100 each. The 

 total exceeds, by 2439 species, Prof. Smith's similar list of 1890, and he 

 predicts an equally great percentage of increase in the next decade. 



Dr. H. F. WICK HAM will take a collecting trip this Summer to the Pacific 

 States. 



DR. F. E. BLAISDELL, of Mokelume Hill, Cala., started for Alaska on 

 May loth and will not return until October. He expects to find some, 

 fine insects in the North. 



