352 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



The Natural History of Aquatic Insects, by Professor L. C. Miall, 



F. R. S. London and New York. Macmillan & Co. (66 Fifth 



Avenue, N. Y.) Price, $1.75. Pp. 395. 



This interesting work is intended, as the author states, " to help 

 those Naturalists who take delight in observing the structure and habits 

 of living animals," and also to revive an interest in the writings of some 

 of the old Zoologists who did notable work in their day, but who are now 

 almost forgotten, namely : Lyonnet, Reaumur, Swammerdam and De 

 Geer, of whose lives and work he gives a short account. 



To any lover of Nature, who wishes to look into the lives and doings 

 of living creatures and to investigate their structure and appliances for 

 carrying on the business of their lives, this book will prove a very great 

 help as well as an unfailing pleasure, and it ought to lead many a reader- 

 to explore for himself the ponds and pools in his own neighbourhood] 

 which teem with insect life. The different groups of insects that live in] 

 the water in their larval or perfect states are treated of in turn : water 

 beetles and the larvae of many flies, the caterpillars of some moths, caddis 

 worms, May-flies, Alder-flies {Sialidce), stoneflies {Perlidce), Dragon-flies, 

 pond-skaters, water-boatmen, etc. The very names of these insects brin^ 

 to mind what one cannot fail to have seen and watched and wondered 

 over. To have many of these wonders explained and described, and to 

 have the insects themselves depicted and the peculiarities of their 

 structure made clear by excellent wood-cuts, is what we owe to the 

 author of this book, and we hope that many will turn to its pages with 

 profit and delight. It is a handsome volume, with clear, large type and 

 a number of very good illustrations. 



The First Annual Report of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario, 1870 (published early in 187 1), has just been reprinted verbat'uji 

 by the Department of Agriculture for Ontario. It was thought best to 

 reissue the volume without any alterations or attempt to bring it down to 

 date, as it is chiefly wanted for completing sets in libraries and private 

 collections. That there should be a demand for a work of this kind 

 nearly a quarter of a century after its first publication is a somewhat 

 remarkable event. Copies may be obtained by applying to Mr. J. /\.. 

 Moffat, Victoria Hall, London, Ontario. 



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Mailed December gih, 1895. 



