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Mountains of Alberta and British. Columbia, and this report will be invalu- 

 able in working up their captures, enriched as it is by Dr. Dyar's experience 

 and great knowledge of the forms occurring in the adjacent western States 

 of the Union- Naturally many species were added to the list of Canadian 

 Insects, and many indefinite western forms after careful study were given 

 varietal or specific rank and described. By the publication of Dr. Dyar'a 

 list several doubtful cases of identification are cleared up and future stu- 

 dents of western mountain lepidoptera will have a firm basis for their studies. 



Smith, J. B. Common Mosquitoes of New Jersey, Bull. 171, N. J. 

 Agric. Ex. Stn. — A pamphlet of 40 pages well illustrated and the matter 

 chiefly original, conveniently arranged in" Dr. Smith's usual thorough and 

 practical manner. It will be found very useful to those taking up the 

 study for the first time, and also by the advanced student on account of the 

 new matter relating to life histories. 



Felt, E. P. Mosquitoes or Culicidqe of New York State, N.T. State 

 Museum Bull. 79, pp. 165, 57 plates, 113 wood cuts. — This is a sumptuous 

 bulletin beautifully printed and profusely illustrated. The literature deal- 

 ing with mosquitoes is now very extensive, and this paper will be found 

 one of the most valuable of those dealing with this now popular study. 

 The subject is very fully dealt with, and many species are treated at length. 

 A valuable bibliography mentions all the important publications from 1847 

 down to the present time, 130 in number. As an appendix of six pages 

 is a generic revision of the Culicidse- The whole is completely and care- 

 fully indexed, a most satisfactory character of all the publications by Dr. 

 Felt and his predecessor, Dr. Lintner. 



Swezey, Otto H. A Preliminary Catalogue of the Described Species of 

 the Family Fulgoridae of North America, north of Mexico. Ohio Dept. 

 Agric. ; Div. Nursery and Orchard Inspection, Bull. No. 3. — This catalogue 

 of 48 pages contains much valuable information concerning these little 

 known homopterous insects- Not only is an attempt made to include all 

 of the described species from North America, north of Mexico, but with 

 each genus and species are given a full synonymy and bibliography, as well 

 as notes regarding localities, food plants, and life histories, as far as known. 

 The want of such a source of reference was much felt. 



The Harriman Alaska Expedition, vols. YIII. and IX., Insects. — • 

 These volumes published in co-operation with the Washington Academy of 

 Sciences are an important contribution to American entomology. The 

 material was collected by Prof. Kincaid, of the University of the State of 

 Washington. More than 8,000 insects were collected representing 1,001 

 species, 344 of which were new to science. The identifications have been 

 made by experts through Dr. Howard at Washington. Unfortunately, 

 the price at which these volumes are published will preclude their wide dis- 

 tribution amongst the students of the different orders. The style of print- 

 ing, binding and illustration nrp of the very higliest class. 



Busck, August. Tineid Moths from British Columbia, with descrip- 

 tions of new species. Proc. U. S. N. M., vol. XXVII., pp. 745-778.— This 

 paper is based mainly on a large collection made in British Columbia, chiefly 

 at Kaslo, on Kootenai Lake, in 1903, by Dr- H. G. Dyar assisted by Messrs. 

 A. N. Caudell and R. P. Currie. There are also notes on collections re- 

 ceived by the National Museum from the States of Washington, Oregon and 

 Idaho. Notes of more or less length are given of 55 British Columbian 

 species, and among these 17 are described as new. 



