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den leuchtkafer Phosphaenus hemipterus speziell dessen mannlich- 

 en geschlechtsapparatus, 45, 1909, 784. Zaitzev, P. Analytische 

 uebersicht der mirbekannten arten der gattung Sternolophus nebst 

 bemerkungen uber die anderen arten diesergattung, 182, viii, 228. 



HYMENOPTERA. Cameron, P. Some Odyneminae of the 

 Southwest U. S., 189, i, 122. Crawford, J. C. New parasitic Hy- 

 menoptera, 202, xi, 203. Donisthorpe, H. St. J. K. Formica san- 

 guinea, at Bewdley, with an account of a slave riad and de- 

 scription of two gynandromorphs, 47, xiii, 463. Gales, B. N. 

 Notes on honey bees gathering honey-dew from a scale insect 

 (Physokermes piceae, 179, ii, 466. Girault, A. A. A new Chalci- 

 doid genus and species of the family Mymaridae from Illinois, 

 parasitic on the eggs of the weevil Tyloderma foveolatum, 6, xvii, 

 167. Girault & Sanders The Chalcidoid parasites of the common 

 house or typhoid-fly (Musca domestica) and its allies, 5, xvi, 119. 

 Kieffer, J. J. Family Ceraphronidae, 194, fasc. 94; Family Serphi- 

 dae, 194, fasc. 95. McGillivary, A. D. A synopsis of the American 

 species of Scolioneurinae, 180, ii, 259. Ross, H. Pflanzen und 

 Ameisen un tropischen Mexiko, 74, xxiv, 822. Schmiedeknecht, O. 

 -Family Chalcididae, 194, fasc. 97. Schrottky, C. On the bee- 

 genus Centris, 202, xi, 160. Viereck,, H. L. Hymenoptera for the 

 N. J. List of insects, and other Hymenoptera, 202, xi, 208. 



INDIAN INSECT LIFE. A manual of the insects of the plains, Tropical 

 India. By H. Maxwell-Lefroy, M. A., F. E. S., F. Z. S., Ento- 

 mologist, Imperial Department of Agriculture of India. Author of 

 Indian insect pests, etc. Assisted by F. M. Hewlett, B. A., F. E. 

 S., Second Entomologist, Imperial Department of Agriculture for 

 India. Published under the authority of the Government of In- 

 dia. Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. W. Thacker & Co., 

 2 Creed Lane, London. 



This great work of 786 pages, 84 plates and 536 text cuts, make a 

 fine addition to the literature of Entomology and a valuable addition to 

 the papers on Economic Entomology in India. It will have a stimulat- 

 ing effect not only on the study of species in that country, but in other 

 tropical lands. The plates and figures appear to be excellent and ac- 

 curate and the subject matter well written. The author says, "I shall 

 be glad if those who see omissions or errors will point them out, as it 

 may be that a better volume will be built up on this basis, when the 

 study of Indian Entomology is further advanced. 1 may also empha- 

 size the fact that where little is said little is known and the blanks in 

 the books are designedly prominent to emphasize the enormous scope 

 there is for work. 1 also trust that the volume may be a real stepping 



