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14. REVUK SCIENTIFIQUE. Paris, Jan. 2, 1897. Biology of Melolontha, 

 X. Raspail. Jan. 22, Flies and mosquitoes as agents of contagion, J. H. 



15. TRANSACTIONS OF NOVA SCOTIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE, ix, pp. 

 208-218. Preliminary notes on the Orthoptera of Nova Scotia, H. Piers. 

 Separates issued November, 1896. Received Jan. 25, 1897. 



16. ANNUAL REPORT OF THE BOARD OF REGENTS OF THE SMITHSO- 

 NIAN INSTITUTION to July, 1894. Washington, 1896. Received Feb. i, 

 1897. Ants' nests, Dr. A. Forel (transl. from Neujahrsblatt Naturf. Gesell. 

 Zurich, 1893). 



17. NOVITATES ZOOLOGIC/E, iii, 4. Tring, England, Dec. 29, 1896. 

 New species of Drepanulidas, Thyrididas, Uraniidae, Epiplemidae and 

 Geometridas in the Tring Museum. W. Warren. On mechanical selection 

 and other problems, K. Jordan, 4 pis. 



18. THE OTTAWA NATURALIST, x, 9, December, 1896. Fauna Otta- 

 waensis: Hymenoptera Parasitica Proctotrypidre, W. H. Harrington. 



19. THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. Philadelphia, February, 1897. 

 Nocturnal protective coloration of mammals, birds, fishes, insects, etc., 

 A. E. Verrill. A viviparous Ephemerid, M. Causard (from Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist.). 



20. FOLKESTONE NATURAL HISTORY AND MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY. 

 Proceedings for 1896. Protective resemblance and other means of de- 

 fence in insects, with special reference to butterflies and moths, S. G. 

 Hills. Variation in the Lepidoptera and its causes, Dr. H. G. Knaggs. 



21. TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ENTOMOLOGY, xxxix, 3-4. The Hague, Dec. 

 28, 1896. List of Dutch Acari ii, iii, Dr. A. C. Oudemans. Notes on 

 Acari, id. Some remarks on the further division of the genus Agrotis 

 Led , P. C. T. Snellen, i pi. On the geographical distribution of the 

 genus Siphona Meig., F. M. Van der Wulp. 



22 COMPTES RENDUS. L'ACADEMIE DES SCIENCES. Paris, Jan. 4, 1897. 



-The Malpighian tubules of Orthoptera, L. Bordas. January u. On 



the relations of Discopoma comata Berlese with Lasins mixtus Nylander, 

 C. Janet, figs. 



23. APPLETONS' POPULAR SCIENCE MONTHLY. New York, February, 

 1897. How plants and animals spend the Winter, W. S. Blatchley. 



24. PROCEEDINGS OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND Scf 

 ENCES xxxii, 9. January 1897. The genera of North American Melano- 

 pli, S. H. Scudder. 



25. THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY AND NATURAL 

 SCIENCE (3), vii, pt. 33. London, January, 1897. What is a spider?, Dr 

 J. S. Walker, i pi. On the nature of supernumerary appendages in insects, 

 W. Bateson. British Hydrachnidre, pt. vii, C. D. Soar, i pi. 



