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eminent writers, accounts of recent scientific discoveries, valuable reviews of new 

 works in all departments of science, reports of meetings, and abstracts of important 

 papers read before learned societies in all parts of the world, much interesting 

 correspondence and notes of a general character. A regular perusal of this publi- 

 cation cannot fail to be of great benefit to any naturalist or scientific student. 

 No. 1-4 contains some copious extracts from what appears to have been a very 

 able and interesting address delivered to the Entomological Soeiety of London by 

 the President, Mr. W. H. Bates. No. 15, an article on " Entomology in America," 

 referring especially to Dr. Packard's Guide to the Study of Insects. 



Hardicicke's Science Gossip — Nos. 61 and 62, January and February, 1870 — 

 Contains many entomological articles and notes, as well as much that is interest- 

 ing in other departments of science. 



Le Naturalisle Canadien, Vol. ii., Nos. 2 and 3 ; January and February, 1870. 

 The former number contains a continuation of the list of Coleoplera taken at 

 Portneuf, R. Q., which it is interesting to compare with Mr. Pettit's of Grimsby, 

 Ont. The latter number includes an article on " Agriculture and Entomology," 

 being a petition presented by the Editor to the Council of Agriculture at Quebec, 

 drawing their attention to the ravages of insects, and calling upon them to render 

 assistance to the work of investigating their natural history. 



The Canadian Naturalist and Quarterly Journal [of Science. Montreal : 

 Dawscn Brothers. Vol. iv., No. 3, Sept. 1869. Contains " Notes on the Small 

 Cabbage Butterfly, Pieris rupee" by Mr. Ritchie, and a review of Harris' Ento- 

 mological Correspondence, in our department of natural history. 



The Canadian Builder and Mechanics' Magazine. Dyas & "Wilkens, London, 

 Ont., Jan. 1870. An illustrated monthly publication, edited by practical men, 

 who are engaged in these departments of industry. 



A Preliminary List of the Butterflies of Iowa. By S. H. Scudder (From the 

 Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences). Embraces 46 species, includ- 

 ing the following new species : Chrysoplianus Bione, Apatura Proserpina, 

 Nisoniades mart talis, and Hesperia Iowa. 



Proceedings of the Boslon Society of Natural History. Vol. xiii., pages 161 to 



192. The American Entomologist. Vol. ii., Nos. 3 & 4. The American 



Naturalist. Vol. Hi., No. 11. -The American Agriculturist The Canada 



Farmer. The Maine Farmer. New York Sun Once a Month, Arthur' 1 s 



Home Magardne, and The Children's Hour. Newman's Entomologist. Nos. 



73 and 74 (from Mr. Reeks). The Rural New Yorker. Report of the Fruit 



Grower's Association of Ontario for 1869. The Gavel. No. 2. Toronto, 



February, 1870. A new Masonic Magazine, edited by Dr. R. Ramsay. 



Proceedings and Transactions of the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science 

 of Halifax, N. S.—V61. ii, part 3, 1868-9. It is pleasing to find such tokens of 

 prosperity and success manifested by a scientific society as are apparent in the 

 handsomely printed volume before us. It contains, besides the proceedings of 



