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Franklin, Henry J. The Bombidae of the New World: Trans. Amer. Eat. 

 Soc. XXXVIII, pp. 177-486 (issued Jan., 1913) ; XXXIX, pp. 73-200, plates 

 I-XXII (issued July, 1913). This extremely valuable monograph, the appear- 

 ance of which has been eagerly looked forward to, is now availa;ble for students 

 of the hymenoptera. Chapters on " Characters of the Bombidse," " Geographical 

 Distribution," " Climatic Variations," " Economic Importance," " External Ana- 

 tomy," etc., precede the systematic discussion of the species. The first part treats 

 of " Species north of Mexico," and the second, " Species south of the United 

 States." In Part I, four species are described as new and one as a new subspecies ; 

 one of the new species is from Newfoundland. Thirty-seven species of Bombida? 

 occur north of the United States. 



■Grossbeck, John A. Bibliography of the published writings of Professor 

 John B. Smith. Proceedings of the Staten Island Association of Arts and 

 Sciences, Vol. IV. A copy of this bibliography has recently been received. Students 

 of Lepidoptera will welcome this list of the writings of our late friend. In this 

 order alone 141 references are given to published papers. 



Hampson, Sir George F. (Bart). Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalaenae in 

 the British Museum,, Vol. XII, Noctuidse, 1913, 626 pp., plates cxcii-ccxxi, 

 received 18th March, 1913. In this volume the subfamily Catocalinse (in part) is 

 classified; 63 genera embracing 643 species are presented; these are characterized 

 as follows : " Vein 5 of the hind wing is fully developed and arises from close to 

 the lower angle of the cell; the eyes are smooth and not overhung by ' cilia'; the 

 mid tibiae .are always spined, and the fore and hind tibiae may also be similarly 

 armed." This volume is of much value to North American students, including as 

 it does many species known in American literature under the genus Catocala. 

 Records of 109 species from North America are given, 35 of which are from Canada. 

 The beautiful plates which accompany the volume are excellent in every way. 



Hewitt, C. Gordon. Bibliography of Canadian Entomology for 1911 : Ottawa; 

 Trans. Eoyal Soc. of Can., Third Series— 1912, Vol. VI, Section IV. This use- 

 ful annual publication, which is now compiled by Dr. Hewitt, will be found of 

 much interest especially to Canadian workers. References to 116 papers are given. 

 A new addition is the subject index which appears at the beginning. 



Howard, L. 0., Dyar, H. G. and Knab, F. The Mosquitoes of North and 

 Central America and the West Indies: Washington, D. C, published by the Car- 

 negie Institution of Washington. Volume One: A general consideration of Mos- 

 quitoes, Their Habits and Their Relations to the Human Species; issued Jan. 21, 

 1913. Volume Two: Plates; issued Feb. 24, 1913. It is impossible in the space 

 available here to more than simply note the appearance of the first two volumes of 

 this monumental work on mosquitoes. Volume One consists of 520 pages. Im- 

 mediately following the introduction, the " Early accounts of Mosquitoes " are dis- 

 cussed, followed by chapters on the structure of the adult, the larva, etc. Exten- 

 sive chapters on collecting, etc., the relation of mosquitoes to man, economic loss 

 from mosquitoes, examples of mosquito control, etc., contain most valuable 

 and exceedingly interesting matter. The arrangement of the text, the illustrations, 

 etc., are excellent in every way. Volume Two consists entirely of plates, to the 

 number of 150. Plate 1 shows a diagram of culicid larvae; plates 2-40 illustrate 

 the male genitalia of 270 species; plate 41 shows the wings of 22 species of ano- 

 phelines; plates 42-85 illustrate mature larvae; plates 86-129, details of larvae; 



