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gradually widening towards the anterior portion, which has two lateral 

 teeth and a shorter median one. Length, 2 mm.; width, .50 mm. 



GalL — An elongate, fusiform swelling of the stalk of false nettle 

 (Eoehmeria cyli?idrica). Inside is an elongate, narrow chamber, inhabited 

 by a single larva. Length, 12 mm.; width, 6 mm. 



Collected at Shushank, New York, Sept. 30, 1907, by Frank Dobbins, 

 and at Fort Lee, New Jersey, by the writer. 



Cecidomyia (?) fulva, sp. nov. — Larva. — Orange. Breast-bone or 

 anchor process very long, slightly increasing in width toward the apex, 

 which has two rather long, sharp lateral teeth. Length, 1,25 mm.; width, 

 .75 mm. 



GalL — Green, succulent, globular or irregularly rounded swelling on 



the stem, petiole or leaf of the jewel-weed or balsam (Impatiens fulva). 

 Inside is a rather large chamber inhabited by a single larva. Length, 

 7 mm.; width, 4 mm. 



Collected at Shushank, New York, Sept. 30, 1907, by Frank Dobbins, 

 and at Fort Lee, New Jersey, by the writer. 



Lasioptera lycopi Felt — Larva. — Pale orange, long and slender, 

 with the segments of almost equal width. Breast-bone or anchor process 

 long, anterior portion much swollen, with two long lateral teeth rounded 

 at the tip. Length, 1.33 mm.; width, .25 mm. 



Gall. — Rounded or globular, green, swellings on the stalks of bugle- 

 weed ( Lycopus virgifiicus). Inside is an elongated chamber containing a 

 single larva. Length, 10 mm.; width, 4 mm. 



Collected at White Plains,' N. Y., Sept. 31, 1907. 



BOOK NOTICE. 



Mosquito Life. By Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell, A. B., M. S.; G. P. 

 Putnam's Sons, New York and London. The Knickerbocker Press, 

 1907. 



This neat little volume of 280 pages has been published by Miss 

 Mitchell as a graceful tribute to the memory of the late Dr. J. W. Dupree, 

 under whom she worked, and whose notes she acquired. The volume is 

 really a review of the same ground covered by Dr. L. O. Howard's 

 " Mosquitoes," brought up more nearly to the level of present knowledge, 

 and illustrated by original drawings made by the author. It may take the 

 place of a second edition of that work, which has never been published, 

 although so much needed. ^liss Mitchell's original keys for the 



