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Skinner, Henry (M.D.). Synonymic Catalogue of North American 

 Rhopalocera, Supplement No. 1. — A supplement to Dr. Skinner's Catalogue 

 of 1898, giving references to the literature of the subject up to the end of 

 1904. This will be found a most useful help to students of North American 

 diurnals and shows that a great deal of attention has recently been given to 

 these attractive insects. No working entomologist can do without this sup- 

 plement. Dr. Skinner's well recognized knowledge of North American di- 

 urnals makes his critical notes a valuable feature of the pamphlet, which is 

 printed in the same neat and convenient style as the original catalogue. The 

 genera, we are glad to see, appear under the same names as before, which 

 seems preferable for the present at any rate. 



Smith, J. B. (Sc.D.). Reports upon the Mosquitoes occurring within the 

 State of New Jersey, their habits, life history, etc. Trenton, N.J., 1904, pp. 

 482. — Copiously illustrated with numerous figures and plates. No index. 

 Many books and pamphlets have recently appeared upon mosquitoes and the 

 mosquito question, but none, we think, so complete or of such general utility 

 as this extensive report. The work has been done thoroughly, as all of Prof. 

 Smith's work is, and his results are presented in a readable and intelligible 

 manner, which must make the report very satisfactory to the people of the 

 State of New Jersey, who provided the necessary funds for the large amount 

 of work which was necessary in carrying out the experiments in draining 

 large marshes, making of surveys, etc., as well as for the scientific biological 

 work carried on in the laboratory. The report is well arranged. Part I. treats 

 of mosquito characteristics and habits; Part II., checks and remedies; Part 

 III., classification and descriptions; Part lY., local problems and surveys. 

 Parts I. and III. will be of greatest interest to the systematic entomologist, 

 no less than 37 species of New Jersey mosquitoes are described and fully il- 

 lustrated. The whole work shows the capability of the author in carrying 

 to a successful issue a work of great magnitude and also one demanding great 

 scientific knowledge. 



Van Duzee, E. P. List of Hemiptera taken in the Adirondack Moun- 

 tains. (20th Report of the State Entomologist of New York, pp. 546-556.) 

 Although less complete than Prof. Osborn's list of Jassidse of New York, the 

 present paper will be found to be of great value to Canadian students on 

 account of the similarity of the fauna treated of and that of vast and varying 

 areas in Canada. It is a most welcome addition to the literature of an order 

 which requires many moT:e students than so far have given their attention to 

 it. Mr. Wm. MetcalfrJtof Ottawa has shown what good work may be done 

 even in a restricted locality by an energetic collector. 



Wright, W. G., Ihe Butterflies of the West Coast of the United States. 

 (The Wittaker & Ray Companj^, San Francisco, pp. 257, 31 plates, color pho- 

 tography (940 figures). — This ha' dsome work, which has just come to hand, 

 is uniform in size, styln, paper an print with Dr. Holland's Butterfly Book, 

 and the plates are equa ly beautif in execution and are superior in the im- 

 portant feature that mai y more undersides are shown, particularly among the 

 Argynnidae and Lycieuidse, where this is of so much importance. Mr. 

 Wright's name is so well known as a collaborator of Mr. W. H. Edwards 

 that his work will be read with great interest by all the older students, al- 

 though perhaps younger men will not altogether approve of the generic classi- 

 fication adopted. This, however, is, as the author points out, not a matter of 

 very much moment so long as the specific names remain constant. He 

 naively says : "Students should bear in mind that the species is the foun- 

 dation. Genus and family names are more or less arbitrary. . . . When 

 looking up a butterfly in the index, look for the specific name rather than 



