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BOOK NOTICES. 



Economic Entomology, by Andrew Murray, F. L. S., London, Eng- 

 land. Aptera, Svo., pp. 433, profusely illustrated with wood-cuts. 



This useful volume is the first of a series of hand-books which are 

 intended to serve as guides to the different departments of the collection 

 of Economic Entomology in process of formation at the Bethnal Green 

 branch of the South Kensington Museum, and also as practical treatises 

 for the use of the public generally. In order the better to serve its 

 primary purpose of guide to the collection, the contents of the several 

 cases are described in this volume in the order in which they present 

 themselves to the visitor, containing in some instances other specimens 

 than insects. The work opens with a short chapter on Crustaceans likely 

 to be mistaken for insects ; for example, species of Oniscus, Porcellio and 

 Armadillo. Next in order are the Myriapods — Julidse and Scolopen- 

 dridae ; then Scorpions and their allies ; Spiders, Mites, Lice, Thysanura 

 (Spring-tails) a.nd Lepismidae. Three new genera and thirteen new 

 species are described in this volume. 



The descriptions are briefly and plainly written, and the habits and 

 life history of the species are delineated in a pleasing and popular man- 

 ner. The work is well printed in good, clear type, and most of the 

 illustrations are excellent. Already we have found it very useful, giving 

 in a condensed form a vast amount of information not otherwise readily 

 obtainable. We heartily commend this work to our readers, and trust 

 that the talented author may be spared to complete the series proposed, 

 which will appear in the following order : 2nd vol., Bugs; 3rd, Locusts, 

 Grasshoppers, Cockroaches and Earwigs ; 4th, Two-winged Flies ; 5th, 

 Bees, Wasps, &c. ; 6th, the Dragon Flies and May Flies ; 7th, Butterflies 

 and Moths, and lastly, the Beetles. 



Ninth Annual Report of the Noxious, Beneficial and other Insects 

 of the State of Missotiri. By Chas. V. Riley, State Entomologist, March, 

 1877 ; 8vo., pp. 129, with 2i2) illustrations. 



We welcome the ninth of this series of valuable reports with much 

 pleasure. The following are the subjects treated of in the order in which 

 they appear : The Gooseberry Span Worm ; the Imported Currant Worm ; 

 the Native Currant Worm ; the Strawberry Worm ; Abbott's White Pine 



