262 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



BOOK NOTICES. 



Manual of Injurious Insects, and Methods of Prevention : By 

 Eleanor A. Ormerod. (Second Edition.) 



A greatly enlarged and revised edition of Miss Ormerod's excellent 

 manual has just appeared. There is so much that is new in it that it can 

 hardly be considered the same work. As stated by the editors of Insect 

 Life : — " On account of its convenient size, admirable arrangement, plain 

 language, and abundant illustration, it is almost a model of what such a 

 work should be." These merits render it intelligible, and, indeed, indis- 

 pensable to every farmer, gardener, or fruit-grower who wishes to carry on 

 his work in the most successful manner. The different kinds of attacks 

 are arranged alphabetically under the three headings of P'ood Crops, 

 Forest Trees, and Fruit. At the end is an alphabetical list of the insects 

 mentioned, and as an appendix an Introduction to Entomology, specially 

 prepared for farmers and others who have no knowledge of the science, in 

 such a way as to enable " the observer of a crop attack to tell at least what 

 kind of an insect is before him." This is followed by a glossary of ento- 

 mological terms, and a full index. The whole forms a most readable, 

 valuable and reliable work of 410 pages, copiously illustrated with 155 

 excellent figures. 



A noticeable feature is the adoption of the use of the arsenites in the 

 warfare against insects, which has only very recently found favour in Eng- 

 land ; this Miss Ormerod boldly and wisely advocates. 



The advance made during the last decade in the science of reducing 

 the injury to crops by insects, is in a large measure due to the talented 

 authoress of the above work, which, we think, cannot be too highly praised. 



J. F. 



Butterflies of North America, Third Series, Part X.: By W, H. 

 Edwards. 

 The last part of Mr. Edwards's superb work has just come to hand, 

 It is of exceptional beauty and interest. Plate I. illustrates the complete 

 life-history of Argynfiis Alcestis. Plate II. A. Adianie, ^ $ , and A. 

 Atossa, $ $ (n. s.). Plate III. Satyrodes Canthus. Complete life- 

 history. The letter-press is very full. The two first-named species have 

 a peculiar interest since the appearance of Mr. H. J. Elwes's " Revision 

 of the Genus Argynnis," and Mr. Edwards's " Notes " thereon. (Can. 

 Ent., Vol. XXII, p 82.). A. Alcestis is shown to be distinct trom^. 

 Aphrodite in all its stages. A. Adiante, $ is figured from Dr. Boisduval's 

 actual type. Most Lepidopterists will, I think, agree with Mr. Edwards, 

 that this is a good species and quite distinct from A. Zerene or A. Monticola. 



J. Fletcher. 



Mailed December 3rd. 



