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coloured. Part I appeared in 1912, Part 11, in 1913, and Part III, in 1914. In 

 Part IV, issued in March, 1915, -159 species are included, 40 of which are des- 

 -cribed as new. Pecords are given of a number of species from Canada which are 

 in the British Museum, one of which is described as new. 



Packard, The late Alpheus Spring. Monograph of the Bombycine Moths 

 of North America, Including tlieir Transformations and Origin of the Larval 

 Markings and Armature; Part 111, Families Ceratocampidse, Saturniidae, Ilemi- 

 leucidas and Brahmseida.'. Vol. XII, First Memoir, National Academy of Sciences, 

 Washington, D.C., 516 pp., 4to, 113 plates, 34 of which depicting larvae are 

 colored. Edited by T. D. A. Cockerell. This, the third part of the late Dr. 

 Packard's work on the Bombycine Moths, appeared in the first half of the year. 

 It is indeed a most valuable contribution and one wliich will be welcomed by 

 lepidopterists everywhere as the species described are not confined to North 

 America but occur in various parts of the world. The successful issue of this 

 sumptuous volume is largely due to Prof. Cockerell, who undertook to edit it. 



EiLEY, W. A., and Johannsen, 0. A. Handbook of Medical Entomology; 

 Ithaca, N.Y., The Comstock Publishing Company, 1915, pp. 1-348. This hand- 

 book will be found of much value to those of our students who are. interested in the 

 study of medical entomology. It is an outgrowth of a course of lectures along 

 the lines of insect transmission and dissemination of diseases of man, given by the 

 senior author in the Department of Entomology of Cornell University, during the 

 past six years. More especially is it an illustrated revision and elaboration of his 

 "Notes on the Relation of Insects to Disease," published in January, 1913. 



Thompson-, Millett Taylok. An Illustrated Catalogue of American Insect 

 Galls. Edited by E. P. Felt. Published and distributed by the Rhode Island 

 Hospital Trust Company. Received, 26th June, 1915. This catalogue is divided 

 into: Part I, Classification by Galls, and Part II, Classification by Genera. Both 

 of these parts treat of the Cynipidie. On pages 50 to 66 a " Supplemental List of 

 American Gall-making Insects " is given. At the end of the volume are 21 plates, 

 illustrating 247 difl'erent kinds of galls. These are from photographs and are 

 splendid reproductions. This catalogue is an important contribution. It is to be 

 regretted that only a portion of Dr. Thompson's investigation was completed at 

 the time of his death. 



Winn, A. F, and Beaulieu, Germain. A Preliminary List of the Insects 

 of the Province of Quebec: Part II, Diptera. Published as a supplement to the 

 7th Report of the Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants ; received 14th June, 

 1915. This publication of 159 pages is a welcome one and will undoubtedly be of 

 much value to Canadian students of diptera. It is indeed a very creditable con- 

 tribution. Under each genus the species known to occur in the Province of Quebec 

 are listed, the definite localities and months of capture being recorded. A short 

 introductory paragraph precedes each family. 



Collectors. 



The following is a list of the names and addresses of collectors heard from 

 during 1915 : 



Baird, Thos., High River, Alta. 

 Beaulieu, G., Ent. Branch, Dept. Agr., Ottawa. 

 Beaulne, J. I., Ent. Branch, Dept. Agr., Ottawa. 

 Bethune, Rev. Prof., O.A.C., Guelph. 

 Blackmore, E. H., Victoria, B.C. 



