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BOOK NOTICES. 



Contributions to the Descriptive and Systematic Coleopterology of 

 North America, Part II., by Thos. L. Casey, U. S. A.; Ige. 8vo., pp. 137. 



Contains very full and careful descriptions of ninety-three new species 

 of Coleoptera, and many new genera ; also systematic revisions of several 

 genera as represented in the United States. A very useful and valuable 

 contribution to this department of Entomology. 



On the North American Asilids, Parts I. and II., by S. W. Williston. 

 M. D.; Ige. 8vo., pp. 58. From the transactions of the Amer. Ent. Soc, 

 xi., December, 1883, and xii., Jan., 1885. 



These excellent papers contain descriptions of forty-three new species, 

 together with fresh descriptions of many of the older forms. Part I. con- 

 tains a very complete table of genera, with two plates illustrating the 

 parts of the insects used in classification. Part II. contains convenient 

 tables of the species belonging to the following genera : Laphria, Mallo- 

 phora, Promachus, Erax and Proctacanthus, in which the chief distinguish- 

 ing features of the species are briefly given. 



Notes on the Systematic Position of Some North American Lepidop- 

 tera, by John B. Smith; 8vo., pp. 8, with one plate containing twenty- 

 three figures, illustrating the structure of Zygaena, Eudryas, Alypia, Stiria, 

 Pyromorpha, Conosoma and Ctenucha. 



The Standard Natural History— Article, Heterocera, by C. H. 

 Fernald. 



We are indebted to the author for a copy of this interesting popular 

 article on Moths, covering 45 pages small quarto, illustrated with 34 figures 

 and one plate of silk worm moths. 



Elephant Pipes in the Museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 Davenport, Iowa, by Charles E. Putnam ; 8vo., pp. 40, with one figure. 



General Truths in Applied Entomology, by C. V. Riley; 8vo., pp. 7. 

 An essay read before the Georgia State Agricultural Society, relating 

 chiefly to insecticides and the best methods of applying them. 



