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Bull. Ainer. Mus. Nat. Hist., x, May 7, 

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BEAN, Tarleton H., and Barton A. 

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BENEDICT, James E. A revision of 

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Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. Phila., 1897, pp. 389- 

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 Of the 15 species referred to the genus 

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The ArcturidjB in the U. S. National 



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Proc. Biol. Sue. Wash., xn, Mar. 24, 1898, 

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Two new Isopods of the genus 



Idotea, from the coast of California. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xil, Mur. 24, 1898, 

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BERNARD, Felix. Anatomie de Chla- 

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BOAS, Franz. The social organization 

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BUSH, Katharine Jeannette. Re- 

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Trans. Conn. Acad. Sd., x, July, 1897, pp. 

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CANTWELL, George G. Notes on the 

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Auk, XV, No. 1, Jan., 1898, p. 49. 

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CHAPMAN, Frank M. Preliminary de- 

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Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, pp. 310, 311. 

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CHITTENDEN, Frank H. Notes on cer- 

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Bxill. Div. Ent., TI. S. Dept. Agric, No. 9 

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On the parasites of adult Coleoptera. 



Proe. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv., Jan. 12, 1898, 

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The Celery Leaf-tyer, Fhlyctcrnia 



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Weekly Florists' Peview, l, Mar. 3, 1898, pp. 

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Bull. Div. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agric, No. 10 

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