BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 695 



John B. Smith (Secret.iry). Abstracts of the Procoetlinys of tbo Entomological So- 

 ciety of Washiugtou. 



EntomologUa Amencana, I, No. 9, 1885, p. leo ; No. 10, 1886, p. '200 ; No. II, 1886, p. 220 ; No, 12, 

 1886, pp. 229-230 ; ll, No. 1, 1886, p. 20 ; No. 2, 1886, p. 44. 



John B. Smith. Notes and News. 



Entomologica Americana, 1, No. 4, 1S85, pp. 78-79. 



(1) Methods of preserving Casiidoe anil iridescent insects. (2) Notes on Atlacus splendkhts 

 and A. cinctiis, giving the differences between them. (3) Notes on .a pecnliai- appendage in 

 Ctenueha fulvicoll'is and the relation of the Arctiklce and Zygamidir. (4) Miscolliineons news 

 and information. 



John B. Smith. An introduction to a classification of the North American Lepidop- 

 icra. 



Entomologica America7ia, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 81-87. 



Gives a critical review of the genera of the Sphingidce and a brief characterization of the 

 North American forms; making radical changes in the .synonymy and system of classitication 

 heretofore in use. Followed by a synoptic table of the genera. 



John B. Smith. Some new species of Hisjjini. 

 Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 94-95. 



Describes as new, Microrhopala uniforviis, Odontota Horni, O. laterUia, Charistena bicolor, 

 and comments on allied species. 



John B. Smith. A stnd;/ of the species of Cryptohlum, of North America. (Review.) 

 Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 99-100. 



John B. Smith. Cyanide versus alcohol in collecting. 

 Entomologica Americana, I, No. 6, 1885, p. 120. 

 Discusses the best material to use in killing insects of various orders. 



John B. Smith. Fourteenth report of the State entomologist on the noxious and 

 beneficial insects of the State of Illinois. (Review.) 

 Entomologica Americana, i. No. 8, 1885, pp. 157-158. 



John B. Smith. Notes on some structural characters of the Lepkloptera. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 9, 1885, pp. 164-167. 



Read before the Entomological Club of the Amer. Assoc. Adv. Science, Aug. 25, 1885. 



Discusses and describes the modifications of genital structure in the Noctuidcc and Bomhy- 

 cidce, and more particularly comments on the structure of Zygcanida', Si/nfomida; iScfdidai, 

 Macroglossce, and Eombycidce. An outline of a classification based partly on genital structure. 

 The different proportions of the legs, and the epiphyses to the front tibia were described 

 and commented on. 



John B. Smith. CosmoKomo, omphale. 



• Entomologica Americana, i, No. 10, 1886, pp. 181-186, Fig. 7. 

 Read before the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Nov. 3, 1885. 



Describes a peculiar secondary sexual character of the cT of this species, consisting of a large 

 cavity in the abdomen, filled with a. cottony or silky substance. Thi.s substance is i'olded in 

 two pad.s and the ventral opening is hinged in such a way that by merely lifting the .abdomen, 

 the cavities open and these pads are exposed. Detailed descriptions and drawings of the 

 I)art8 are given. 



John B. Smith. How shall we create and foster an interest in the study of ento- 

 mology ? 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 12, 1886, ])p. 225-227. 



Discusses the present state of the science ; the nunil)er of entomologists and how a greater 

 popular interest might be excited ; the needs of the studcnis and how tliey may be filled. 



John B. Smith. [Arrangement of the Sphingidw.^ 

 Entomologica Americana, n. No. 1, 1886, pp. 6-7. 



Reply to Prof. C. H. Femald's article in the same issue of tlie journal criticising 1 lie aiitlior's 

 arrangement of the Sphingid/u. 



John B. S.MITH. Studies on North Anu;rican Clialcid Ida; with descrii)tious of now 

 species from Florida. (Review.) 



Entomologica Americana, ii, No. 1, 1886, p. 19. 



JoH.v B. Smith. The Butterflies of thc) Eastern United States. (Review.) 

 Entomologica Americana, u, No. 2, 1886, pp. 43-14. 



