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and the Yucca Moth. The work throughout is admirably illustrated with 

 seventy-five wood cuts, most of which have been drawn from nature by 

 Mr. Riley himself. We heartily commend this excellent report to all 

 those interested in Entomology, and we feel assured that the valuable 

 series of reports which have from time to time been issued by this pains- 

 taking observer, have done very much in the way of instructing the 

 readers in this important branch of natural history, while the practical 

 remedies suggested for the various insect pests have no doubt been the 

 means of greatly lessening the yearly loss occasioned by them. 



Third Atmual Report on the Noxious Insects of the State of Illinois. 

 By Wm. Le Baron, M. D., State Entomologist. 



Dr. Le Baron is doing good work also in Illinois. His third report 

 contains 76 pages 8vo., and is illustrated with occasional wood-cuts. It 

 is divided into two parts ; the first part treats of insects injurious to the 

 Apple and the Cotton Wood, to which is appended a chapter on the 

 transportation of useful insect parasites. Among apple insects the history 

 of the codling worm is minutely detailed and interesting tabular state- 

 ments given of the results of using bandages on the trees as traps for the 

 worms. The second part is devoted to " Outlines of Entomology," in 

 which reference is made to the structure of insects both internal and 

 external — their metamorphoses, instincts, their classification and division 

 into orders. The extensive circulation of such yearly reports as these 

 two we have referred to cannot fail to increase the interest already felt in 

 Entomology among a large class of intelligent agriculturists. 



Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences — Nos. 2 and 3. — 

 No. 2 opens with an excellent paper on new species of Fungi, by Charles 

 H. Peck, in which appear descriptions of 132 new species, a most 

 valuable contribution to our knowledge in this department of natural 

 history. Erom the fertile pen of our esteemed friend, Aug. R. Grote, 

 there follow : " Contributions to a Knowledge of North American 

 Moths/' and " A Study of North American Noctuidse." In the former 

 paper the author makes some suggestions in reference to classification, 

 and in both are contained many descriptions of new species, which are 

 illustrated by two lithographic plates ; full catalogues are also given of the 

 species in many families, with recent corrections as to names. In these 

 papers are evidences of much and careful study ; Mr. Grote well deserves 

 the hearty thanks of all American Lepidopterists for his zealous labours. 



