1148 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD. 



from siH'd.s of llic siunaf Uilius liiitti). wliic-li wore eolloL'ted at Ithaca ami 

 Taufihanuock Falls, N. Y.. are dcscTihcd as now to science. 



A key to the species of Prospaltella, with table of hosts, and descrip- 

 tions of four new species, L. (). IIowakd {Ami. iUit. Soc. Auk r.. I ( HK^S), Xo. 

 J/, i)/). 2iS/-26V/). — The species I'roKiKiltclhi (/ucrcicola reared Xvom Ahyrodvn gcla- 

 tinoHUs, P. kocbclci from A-sjiiiJiotiis loiKjispiiKi, I'. citrclUi from Alci/rudcs curo- 

 iiatus, and /'. hruiiiicii from a species of Alcyrodes are described as new to 

 science. 



Comparative ethology of the European and North American ants, W. M. 

 WiiKKLiOR (Jour. I'Hiivhol. u. Neurol., IS {0)08), pp. Ji().'i-Jf.i.'}, pla. 2, figs. 6). — 

 The author liist considers the composition of the European and North American 

 ant fauna. For America north of Mexico -150 species, subspecies, and varieties 

 belonging to 63 genera and subgenera are said to have been listed by the 

 author. As a number of forms remain to be described, it is estimated that the 

 total number will exceed 500. It is considered certain that the North American 

 ant fauna is more than twice as rich as that of Enroi)e. Fossil ants, the nidi- 

 fication of the European and North American ants, the luirasitic ants of Europe, 

 and Myrmecophiles are considered at some length. 



Honey ants, with a revision of the American Myrmecocysti, W. M. 

 WiiEKLKK {Bui. Amer. Mtis. Nat. Hist., 2Jf (1908), pp. 3J,5-397, flgs. 28).— To this 

 account is appended a bibliographical list of 49 titles. 



The ants of Casco Bay, Maine, with observations on two races of Formica 

 sanguinea Latreille, W. M. Wiiekler (BuL Amer. Mus. N<tt. Hist., 2.'f (1U08), 

 pp. 619~6-'i5). — Data are included on the habits of some of the species here listed. 



The ants of Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, I, W. M. Wheeler (Bui. 

 Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 2Jf {1908), pp. S99-'i8.j. pis. 2).— One hundretl and one 

 species, subspecies, or varieties are here considered. 



The ants of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands, W. M. Wheeler {Bui. 

 Amer. Mus. Nal. Hist.. 2) {1908). pp. Ul-loH. pis. 2. figx. '/).— "Of the G.5 

 species, subspecies, and varieties of these insects recorded. 12 have been found 

 only in St. Thomas, 4 only on Culebra, and 21 only on Porto Ilieo; 11 are com- 

 mon to Culebra and Porto Rico, .5 to St. Thomas and Porto Kico. and 12 occur 

 on all three of the islands." 



The ants of Jamaica, W. M. Wheeler {Bui. Amer. Mus. Ntit. Hist.. 2-'f 

 (1908), pp. 159-163).— ''Ot the 40 enumerated forms, 9, or nearly 25 per cent, 

 are well-known cosmopolites, and nearly half of the remainder are widely dis- 

 tril)uted through the West Indies and adjacent South and Central American 

 countries." 



The fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Rhynchota, 

 W. L. Distant {London. 1908, rol. J,, pp. XV+501, figs. 2N2).— This, the fourth 

 volume of the Rhynchota. deals with the Membracid;e, OrcopidiTe. and Jassidie. 

 In the appendix are included such species of the Pentatomidte, Coreidte, and 

 BerytidiTe as have been added to the Indian fauna since the publication in 1902 

 of volume 1 of the Rhynchota. 



A catalogue of the hemiptera of Fiji, G. W. Kirkaldy {I'roc. Linn. 8oe. 

 N. 8. Wales, 33 (1908), pt. 2. pp. 3Jio-391, pi. 1, figs. 5).— This list, based mainly 

 upon collections from 3 islands, increases the number of known Fijian hemip- 

 tera from the previous total of 40 species to 202 species. Notes are included on 

 the food plants of some of the species. 



Life histories of some Philippine Cassididae, W. Schultze {Philippine 

 Jour. Sci., A. Gen. Sci., 3 {1908), No. J,, pp. 261-211, pis. 6).— Life-history notes 

 are given on the species Prioptera sinuata. P. schult:::ei, Aspidomorpha miliuris, 

 Cassida picifrons, Metriona trivittata, and Lacoptera philippinensis. The M. 



