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from North America. In the Arctiadae, descriptions of 122 new species appear — all 

 exotic. Plates, in colours, numbered I to XLI accompany the volume. 



Heerick^ Glenn W. Insects Injurious to the Household and Annoying to 

 Man. New York, The Macmillan Company, pp. 1-470. This book which appeared 

 late in 1914, was written particularly for the housekeeper and for those who desire 

 information regarding household pests and practical methods of controlling them. 

 The work is a valuable one and will certainly prove a handy volume of reference. 

 It is profusely illustrated and is one of the Rural Science Series. 



Holland^ W. J. The Butterfly Guide; a pocket manual for the ready identi- 

 fication of the common species found in the United States and Canada. Published 

 by Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. This pocket guide is similar in form to 

 the popular bird, flower and tree guides. It consists of 237 pages and is illus- 

 trated with 295 colored figures, representing 255 species and varieties. There are 

 also five plates, in explanation of structure, venation, metamorphosis, and the 

 apparatus required for collecting, rearing and mounting specimens. This con- 

 venient little manual should have a ready sale among nature lovers generally. 



Hopkins, A. D. Contributions Toward a Monograph of the Scolytid Beetles : 

 Part II, Preliminary Classification of the Superfamily Scolytoidea. Tech. 

 Series No. 17, United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology; 

 issued January 9th, 1915. The author states in the introduction that the object of 

 this contribution is to discuss the taxonomy and present a preliminary classifi- 

 cation of the families and subfamilies of the scolytid beetles of the world. The 

 discussion and classification are based on a study of representatives of about 122 

 described and undescribed genera, and about 1,000 species of North America and 

 other countries, in the collections of the United States National Museum and other 

 institutions. 



Howard, L. C, Dyar, H. G. and Knab, F. The Mosquitoes of North and 

 Central America and the West Indies — Vol. Three, Systematic Description, Part 

 I; Washington, D.C. Published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington, pp. 

 1-523. This sumptuous volume of descriptive matter appeared in October, 1915. 

 The species of the tribes Sabethini and Culicini are described. Most of these 

 are southern in distribution. Several species are described as new. Canadian 

 records of nine species are given. Short chapters precede the descriptive matter, 

 namely: "Mosquitoes, Their Definition and Position' in the Classification of 

 Insects," " Statement of Some of the Characters used in the Tables," " Outline 

 of the Geographical Area Covered " and " Historical Sketch of the Classification 

 of Mosquitoes." 



Malloch, John R. The Chironomidre, or Midges, of Illinois, with par- 

 ticular reference to the species occurring in the Illinois River; Bulletin of the 

 Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Urbana, 111., Article VI, Vol. X, 

 May, 1915, pp. 275-538, plates XVII-XL. The opening chapters discuss 

 "Methods of Collecting," "Methods of Rearing," "Methods of Preservation," 

 " Synonymy Affecting Family Names " and " Biology and Taxonomy." Keys to 

 the subfamilies follow, with a treatment of the Ceratopogoninae, the Tanypinae and 

 the Chironominse. The distribution of the Chironomidae in the Illinois River is 

 then stated and also a summary given of Illinois genera and species in comparison 

 with those recorded for other states. Many species are described as new and a 

 number of Canadian references given. The plates illustrate structural detail. 



MoRLET, Claude. A Revision of the Ichneumonidse based on the collection 

 in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV. Tribes Joppides, Banchides 

 and Alomyides: British Museum (Natural History), 1915, pp. 167, 1 plate, 



