174 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



and "f," fucipes) cannot be placed, but " f " is likely also a dark-coloured 

 example o{ fasciatus. 



Another interesting tree cricket is a form kindly given me by Mr. 

 Charles Schceffer, and collected by him at Brownsville, Texas, and in 

 Southern Arizona. It is of the same size as CE. latipentiis, Riley, and the 

 head, as in that species, is also coloured pink, but in all but iwo examples 

 examined there is a single narrow black line on each of the first two 

 antennal joints. These two joints are light-coloured, and are generally 

 pink ; the succeeding ten or twelve are black, and the remainder gradually 

 shade off and are of a lighter hue. This insect appears to be CE- 

 varicornis. Walker, an addition to the fauna of the United States, as it 

 was originally described from Mexico. Walker characterizes the insect as 

 having the fore wings very broad and the antennae " black towards the 

 base, testaceous at the base." He further adds : " The colour of the 

 antennae and the broader fore wings distinguish this species from CE, 

 niveus." 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Anatomical Terminology. — With vocabularies in Latin and English, 

 and illustrations by L. F. Barker, M.D., Philadelphia : Blakiston's 

 Sons & Co. 8 vo., pp. 102. (Price $1.00.) 



Teachers and students alike of anatomy feel that the existing status 

 of scientific nomenclature leaves much to be desired. Terms are dis- 

 similar in construction, and often unnecessarily long, so that it is a matter 

 of extreme difficulty to acquire familiarity with them. Even more of a 

 grievance is the unfortunate multiplicity of terms applied to one and the 

 same part. Each text-book must burden the reader with synonymous 

 names for many parts, or leave its references uncertain to all who know 

 those parts under other names than the ones used. 



That this very real hindrance under which science labours is not 

 insurmountable was the conviction with which the German Anatomical 

 Society, an association of international scope and high repute, undertook 

 the enterprise which resulted in the publication in 1895, after six years of 

 labour, of the B. N. A. (Basle Anatomical Nomenclature). This Associa- 



