262 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. [Vol.35 



Texas beekeeping-, L. H. Scholl {Texas Dept. Agr. Bui. 24, 2. ed. (1912), 

 pp. lJt2, figs. 115).— A second edition of tliis manual (E. S. R., 27, p. 864). 



Annual reports of the Bee Keepers' Association of the Province of Ontario, 

 1913 and 1914 (Ann. Rpts. Bee Keepers' Assoc. Ontario, 1913, pp. 72; 1914, 

 pp. 78, fig. 1). — The proceedings of the annual meetings of the association for 

 the years 1913 and 1914. 



Horismology of the hymenopterous wing, S. A. Rohwer and A. B. Gahan 

 (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 18 (1916), No. 1, pp. 20-76, figs. 11). 



British ants, their life history and classification, H. St. J. K. Donis- 

 THORPE (Plymouth, England: William Brendan d Son, Ltd., 1915, pp. XV-\-379, 

 pis. 18, figs. 92; rev. in Scieiice, n. ser., J,3 (1916), No. 1105, pp. 316-318).— This 

 comprehensive guide to the study of the British ants is based upon the author's 

 twenty years of labor and experience. In the introduction (pp. 3-64) the 

 external and internal structure, life history, psychology, geographical distribu- 

 tion, geological record, collecting, and observation are considered, following 

 which the indigenous genera and species (pp. 65-334) and cosmopolitan and 

 introduced species (pp. 334-350) are dealt with. 



A bibliography of 15 pages and a systematic index to British ants and 

 myrmecophiles are appended. The review is by W. M. Wheeler. 



Two new species of Cerceris, N. Banks (Ent. News, 27 (1916), No. 2, pp. 

 64, 65). 



A revision of the Ichneumonidae based on the collection in the British 

 Museum (Natural History), with descriptions of new g-enera and species, 

 C. MoRLEY (London: Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1915. pt. 4, pp. XII +167. pi. 1).— 

 This fourth part of the work previously noted (E. S. R., 31, p. 656) deals with 

 the tribes Joppides, Banchides, and Aiomyides of the subfamily Ichneumonince. 



Descriptions of six new species of ichneumon flies, R. A. Cushman (Proc. 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., 48 (1915), pp. 507-513). — The species here described as new are 

 Bassus carpocapsce, Aenoplex carpocapsw, A. plesiotypus, and Olypta hrevis 

 reared from the codling moth, at South Acton, Mass., Vienna, Va., Alameda, 

 Cal., and French Creek, W. Va., respectively ; Notopygus virginiensis from 

 Vienna, Va. ; and Idechthis nigricoxalis reared from Euzophera semifuneralis 

 at Youngstown, N. Y. 



Some new chalcidoid Hymenoptera from North and South America, A. A. 

 GiRAUXT (Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer., 8 (1915), No. 3, pp. 272-278). — Four genera, 6 

 species, and 2 varieties are here described as new. Of these Eunotus ameri- 

 canus, reared from Eriopeltis festucce at Portland, Me., and Anagrus armatus 

 nigriceps, reared from eggs of Enipoasca rosce at Corvallis, Oreg., are of eco- 

 nomic importance. 



Descriptions of new g-enera and species, with notes on parasitic Hymenop- 

 tera, A. B. Gahan (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 48 (1915), pp. 155-16S).— In this 

 paper descriptions are given of three species of Ichneumonoidea and two genera 

 and ten species of Chalcidoidea new to science, including Hyposoter inter- 

 jectus reared from Prodenia ornithogalli at Areola, Miss. ; Nepiera benevola 

 from Eurymus eurytheme at Salt Lake, Utah; Aphwreta sarcophagce from 

 Sarcophaga kellyi at Wellington, Kans. ; Liodontomerus perplexus and Tri- 

 meromicrus maculatus n. g. and n. sp., at Yuma, Ariz. ; Habrocytus medicaginis 

 Sit Glendale, Cal., and Tetrastichus venustus at Corcoran, Cal., from alfalfa 

 seed pods infested with Brucophagus funehris; Anastatus scmiflavidus from 

 Hemileuca oliviw at Koehler, N. Mex. ; Enptcromnlus sarcophagcr from S. kellyi 

 at Dodge City, Kans. ; Fmplectrus insuetus from Lorema accins at Lakeland, 

 Fla. ; Dianlinus insularis from Agromyza inaiqualis at Rio Piedras, P. R. ; and 

 Tetrastichus euplectri from Euplectrus platyhypenm at Tallulah, La. 



