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Among the many valuable publications whicli have been received during 

 the past year, and which are of interest to Canadian students, mention may 

 be made of the following : — 



Banks, Nathan. Catalogue of the Neuropteroid Insects (except Odo- 

 nata) of the United States. Philadelphia : Transactions, American Entomo- 

 logical Society, 1907. This valuable catalogue of neuropteroid insects was 

 not received in time to be mentioned in last year's Record. The name of 

 the author is sufficient to guarantee the usefulness of this list. Altogether 

 there are nearly 900 species included in the catalogue, arranged under 210 

 genera. 



Bethune, C. J. S. Bibliography of Canadian Entomology for the year 

 1907. Ottawa : Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada, Third Series — 

 1908-1909, Volume II., Section IV.; separate received December 15, 1908. 

 This paper, which is annually presented to the Royal Society of Canada by 

 the Rev. Prof. Bethune, is a most useful publication. In the above biblio- 

 graphy, 125 references are made to contributions which have appeared during 

 1907, all of which are of value to Canadian students. With each reference 

 a short explanatory statement is made. We are very grateful to the author 

 for this annual publication. To many, it is the only source of reference to 

 articles which have appeared during the year on Canadian Entomology. 



BuscK, August. A Generic Revision of American Moths of the Family 

 OEcophoridge, with Descriptions of New Species. Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum, 

 Vol. XXXV., pp. 187-207; published Oct. 31, 1908. The results of Mr. 

 Busck's work on Microlepidoptera are always of much value. In this paper 

 the genera of the above family are treated of. As very little study had 

 previously been given to the North American species, this contribution will 

 be of great service to students of Tineid moths. Mr. Busck states that there 

 are now 121 described species of this family represented in North America. 



Bradley, J. Chester. The Evaniidae, Ensign-flies, an Archiac Family 

 of Hymenoptera. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, Vol. XXXIV., No. 2, April-May- 

 June, 1908; pp. 101-194, 11 plates. This contribution deals with the North 

 American species of Evaniidse, insects which are usually not well represented 

 in collections. References to species occurring in Canada are given and many 

 new forms described. This paper will prove of much use to hymenopterists. 

 The Ensign-flies, which are so named because they carry the abdomen aloft 

 like a flag, are parasitic. 



Caudell, Andrew Nelson. Notes on some Western Orthoptera, with 

 the Description of one New Species. Proc. U.S. Nat. Museum, Vol. 

 XXXIV, pages 71-81 ; published April 17, 1908. As this paper includes 

 notes on species collected in western Canada in 1906, it will prove of value 

 to those of our entomologists who study orthoptera. 27 different species are 

 recorded, from British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan. 



Fernald, C. H. The Genera of the Tortricidse and their Types. 

 Amherst, Mass. ; published by the author, June, 1908. Professor Fernald is 

 to be congratulated on this most valuable piece of work. Over 300 generic 

 names are reviewed. In the Canadian Entomologist, Sept. 1908, Mr. Kear- 

 fott says : "This work is the first of its kind that has ever been published 

 in the Microlepidoptera. As its title implies, it takes up one by one every 

 Tortricid genus known to the author, from the tenth edition of Linnaeus 

 down to the present day, and fixes and names the type species in each genus." 



Harrington, W. Hague. Fauna Ottawensis : Hymenoptera — Super- 

 family III. — Vespoidea; The Ottawa Naturalist, July, 1908. This contnbu- 



