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west branch of the Sacandaga River, I noticed an abundance of a 

 large Tipulid flying about in the dense woods. They proved to be 

 Limnobia parietina. The woods along Nine-Mile Creek were dark 

 and gloomy, and very little sunshine penetrated to the ground below. 

 When the parietina passed from the shadows into the bright sun- 

 light they looked very large and conspicuous. There were hundreds 

 of specimens about, and they were the only large crane-fly in this 

 sort of habitat. They would fly lazily from some resting place, and 

 usually alight on the trunk of some nearby tree, head upward. I picked 

 seven $ 's and one 2 from such places, or seized them as they flew 

 slowly past. It is a notable late summer species, all of the records be- 

 ing for late August or September. CHAS. P. ALEXANDER, Ithaca, N. Y. 



THE COLEOPTERORUM CATALOGUE, published by W. Junk, Berlin, 

 edited by S. Schenkling, began publication September 15, 1909. Up to 

 January i, 1911, the following parts have appeared: i. R. Gestro, 

 Rhysodidae ; 2. F. Borchmann, Nilionidae, Othniidae, Aegialitidae, 

 Petriidae, Lagriidae; 3, Alleculidae; 4, M. Hagedorn, Ipidae; 5, R. 

 Gestro, Cupedidae et Paussidae; 6, H. Wagner, Curculionidae, Apioni- 

 nae ; 7, H. von Schonfeldt, Brenthidae; 8, van Roon, Lucanidae : 

 9, E. Olivier, Lampyridae ; 10, E. Olivier, Rhagophthalmiclae, Drilidae ; 

 ii, A. Leveille, Temnochilidae ; I2 t E. Csiki, Endomychidae ; 13, Sca- 

 phidiidae; 14, M. Pic, Hylophilidae ; 15, H. Gebien, Tenebrionidae I; 

 16, P. Pape, Brachyceridae ; 17, Ph. Zaitzev, Dryopidae, Cyathoceridae, 

 Georyssidae, Heteroceridae; 18, E. Csiki, Platypsyllidae, Orthoperidae, 

 Phaenocephalidae, Discolomidae, Sphaeriidae ; 19, M. Bernhauer et 

 K. Schubert, Staphylinidae I ; 20, A. Schmidt, Aphodiinae ; 21, K. 

 Ahlwarth, Gyrinidae ; 22, H. Gebien, Tenebrionidae II; 23, H. Bick- 

 hardt, Histeridae. Part 24, S. Schenkling, Cleridae. is announced 

 for immediate publication. All the other families are in preparation. 

 The publisher thinks that there is little doubt that the "Catalogus" 

 will be completed in about six years. Supplements will be published 

 regularly after completion of the work. The literature on the biology 

 and development of beetles, chiefly of the injurious species, will be 

 listed with special care. 



THE announcements of the Free Lectures of the Ludwick Institute 

 to be given in 1911 at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- 

 phia, contain the following references, direct or indirect to Entomology. 



Scientific Explorers of America and Their Discoveries. By Henry 

 A. Pilsbry, Sc.D., Special Curator, Department of Mollusks, Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Illustrated by lantern slides. Mon- 

 days at 8 P. M. February 13 : Voyages of the XV., XVI., XVII. Cen- 

 turies and their Geographical Discoveries. Illustrated with reproduc- 

 tions of interesting early maps and charts, showing the progress of 

 knowledge of western geography. February 20 and 27 : Zoological and 

 Botanical Explorers and Writers of the XVI. and XVII. Centuries- 

 Hernandez, Sir Hans Sloane, Bartram, etc. March 6: The Great Ex- 

 plorers of South and Central America and their Zoological Discov- 

 eries. March 13: Early North American Explorations. 



Entomology. By Henry Skinner, M.D., Conservator, Entomological 

 Section, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. Illustrated by 



