COiVTElVTS. 



Class Hexapoda, Order HYMENOPTERA. 

 Descriptions of new Hymenoptera from Japan, By W. H. Ashmead. ..... 65 



The Philanthidae of New Mexico. By H. L. Viereck & T. D. A. Cockkrei.i, . . 84 



Class Hexapoda, Order COLEOPTERA. 



Caterpillars attacked by Histers By W. T. Davis. 88 



Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA. 

 Life History of Culex varipalpus. By H. G. Dvar 90 



Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTERA. 

 Sound produced by a Japanese Saturnian caterpillar. By A. S. Packard. ... 92 

 Remarks on the catalogue of Noctuidae of the British Museum. By J. B. Smith. . 93 

 New Lepidoptera from the United States. By H. G. Dyar 105 



Class Hexapoda, Order ORTHOPTERA. 



A new Forficulid from the Philippines. By A. N. Caudell 108 



Cla s Arachnida, Order ARANEIDA. 



New genera and species of Nearctic spiders By N. Banks. 109 



Sabkinsrdom Arthropoda, GENERAL. 



The Types of Genera. By H. G. Dyar & A. N. Caudell 120 



Editorial 123 



Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society 124 



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