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known range, but 'only such data as it is thought will be of value to students of 

 geographical entonTology, and t'o those interested in life-histories, particularly the 

 •exact dates when the various insects occur in the perfect state. iNotes on species 

 not known to have -l^een previously recorded from any of the pi*ovinces are 

 specially desired. Where districts within any of the provinces have been fairly 

 well worked over, any new additions to such local lists would he 'of value. Such 

 information we have endeavoured to present friom year to year, in additi*on to 

 brief references to literature of interest to Canadian students. 



During 1914, many interesting species were collected tihroughout Canada, 

 and in the determination of certain of these and of specimens gathered in former 

 years we have again received, much help fr'om the recognized authorities in the 

 United States and elsewhere. Our special thanks are due to Dr. L. 0. Howard 

 and his associates at Washington — Dr. Dyar, Dr. Banks, Messrs. Schwarz, Craw- 

 ford, Busck, Rohwer and Knab ; Sir George F. Hampson, of the British Museum ; 

 Prof. H. F. ^\'ickham, of Iowa Cit}^, Iowa; Mr. E, P. .Van Duzee, of Department of 

 Agriculture, University of California, Berkeley, Cal.; Dr. Henry Skinner, of 

 Philadelphia, Pa.; Col. Thos. L. Casey, of Washington, D.C.; Mr. C. W. Johnson, 

 of Boston, Mass.; Mr. Chas. Liebeck, of Philadelphia, Pa.; Prof. H. S. Hine, of 

 ■Columbus, Ohio; Mr. €has. W. Leng, of New York, N.Y.; Prof. J. M. Aldrich, 

 La Fayette, Ind. ; Dr. W. G. Dietz, of Hazleton, Pa.; Mr. J. R. de la Torre 

 Bueno, of White Plains, N.Y.; Mr. F. H. Wolley-Dod, of Midnapore, Alta., and 

 Dr. E. M. AValker, of Toronto, Ont. 



Literature. 



Casey, Thos. L. Memoirs on the Coleoptera, V; published by the New Era 

 Printing Company, Lancaster, Pa.; issued Nov. 28, 1914, pp. 387. This fifth 

 memoir consists of: Part I, Studies in Omus and Cicindela, pp. 1-24; Part II, 

 Some observations on the Carabidse, including a new sulbfamily, pp. 25 to 44 ; 

 Part III, A Revision of the Nearctic Harpalinaj, pp. 45-305; Part IV, A Review 

 of the Genus Thyce and of the North American species of Polyphylla, pp. 306- 

 354; Part IV, Miscellaneous Notes and New Species, pp. 355 to 376. In the 

 memoir 333 species are described as new, seven of which are from Canada. 



Crawford, David L. A contribution toward a monograph of the Homop- 

 terous insects of the Family Delphacidae t)f North and South America; Proc. 

 U. S. N. M., Vol. 46, pp. 557-640, with plates 44-49 ; pulblished March 4, 1914, 

 received 11 March. In this paper 35 species are descril)ed as new, and nine as 

 new varieties. None of these are from Canada. Five species are recorded from 

 the Dominion. The author states that the family Delphacidse was until quite 

 recently, in fact, by some, is still, c'onsidered as a sulbfamily of the larger group 

 Fulgoridae. By most students now, however, it is separateij from its near relatives 

 as a distinct family, chiefly on account of the large movable spur, or calcar, at 

 the base of the posterior tibiae. 



Crawford, David L. A monograph of the Jumping Plant-lice or Psyllida:' 

 of the New World, Bulletin 85, U. S. N. M., Washington, D.C., issued June 3, 

 1914, pp. 186, plates 30. In this important contriibution, 68 species are des- 

 cribed t'ls new or new varieties, four of which are from Canada.' In addition to 

 these latter, Canadian records arc given of 10 other species. Pages 5 to 16 

 are devoted to a discussion of the head, the thorax, appendages of the thorax and 

 abdomen. Brief chapters on Locomotion, Relations to other Homoptera, Collect- 

 ing and Preserving and Determinations from Immature Stages will be found 



