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A New Melissodes (Hymen.). 



Melissodes asteris n. sp. ?. Of the size and form of M. simillima; 

 black, except the scopa and some hairs on the face, cheeks, collar, 

 pleura, metathorax, legs and base of abdomen, which are ochraceous. 



Carlinville, Illinois. Six female specimens, taken September 12-29, 

 on flowers of Aster cricoides villosus and Boltonia asteroides. 



In my table of local Melissodes, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 31 : 368, 1905, 

 this was included in simillima in the clause beginning "sometimes 

 entirely black," but I think it should be separated. CHARTS ROBERT- 

 SON, Carlinville, Illinois. 



Entomological Literature. 



COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON, JR., AND J. A. G. REHN. 



Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- 

 tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and 

 Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; 

 but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, how- 

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1 Proceedings, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 4 The Canadian Entomologist. 10 Nature, London. 11 Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History, London. 12 Comptes Rendus, 

 L'Academie des Sciences, Paris. 21 The Entomologist's Record, 

 London. 22 Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig. 25 Bolletino, 

 Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata d. R. Universita di 

 Torino. 31 Abhandlungen, Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden 

 Gesellschaft, Frankfurt am Main. 36 Transactions of the Ento- 

 mological Society of London. 44 Verhandlungen, K. k. zoolo- 

 gisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 51 Novitates Zoologicae, 

 Tring, England. 68 Science, New York. 72 Transactions, Kan- 

 sas Academy of Science, Topeka. 75 Annual Report, Entomo- 

 logical Society of Ontario, Toronto. 76 Journal of the Cincin- 

 nati Society of Natural History. 77 The National Geographical 

 Magazine, Washington, D. C. 79 La Nature, Paris. 84 Ento- 

 mologische Rundschau. 89 Zoologische Jahrbucher, Jena. 97 



