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on pages 16 and 17. THen f'oll'ows a systematic discussion of the species. As 

 the title would indicate only American genera are treated in the monograph.. 

 These have been arranged in six subfamilies — Liviinte, Pauropsyllinre, C'arsi- 

 darinee, Ceriacreminre, Triozinte and Psyllinae. 



Hampson', Sir George F. (Bart.) Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phal;i?nM 

 in the British Museum, Vol. XIll, Noctuidse, Sept. 1913, 609 pp. plates CCXXII- 

 CCXXXIX; received 12 Jan., 1914. The sulbject of this volume is'the classiiica- 

 tion of the remainder of the noctuid subfamily Catocalin^ and the subfamilies 

 Mominae and PhytometrinsB. The Catocalinse are represented in the volume by 

 44 genera and 379 species, making a total of 107 genera and 1,022 species for 

 the subfamily. The Momina? are represented by 11 genera and 74 species and 

 the Phytometrinse by 15 genera and 226 species. Eecords are given of 197 

 species from Xorth America, six of which are described as new. 67 Canadian 

 Locality records are included. An interesting portion of the volume is the treat- 

 ment of the sipecies known under the old name of Plusia, also the arrangement of 

 the species in the genus Zale. The excellent plates which accompany the volume 

 are indeed heautiful and of great value. 



Hewitt, C. Gordon. The House-fly, Its Structures, Haibits, Development,. 

 Relation to Disease and €onti-^ol; Cambridge; at the University Press, 1914; 382' 

 pages, 3 full page coloured plates, and 104 text figures; price 15 shillings net. 

 This is undoubtedly the most comprehensive and complete volume which has yet 

 appeared on -the house-fly. It has been prepared primarily for the use of ento- 

 nTologists, medical men and health officers. It is divided into six parts, viz. : 

 Part I, The Structure and Haibits of the House-fly ; Part II, The Breeding Haibits, 

 Life-history and Structure of the Larva; Part III, The Natural Enemies and 

 Parasites of the House-fly; Part IV, Other Species of Flies Frequenting Houses; 

 Part V, The Relation of House-flies to Disease; Part VI, Control Measures, 



Hewitt, C. Gordon. Bibliography of Canadian Entom'ology for 1912 : 

 Ottawa; Trans. Royal Soc. of Canada, Third Series— 1913, Vol. VII, Section IV. 

 References are given to 121 papers, 22 of these relate to Lepidoptera, 17 tO' 

 Hymenoptera, 11 to Diptera, etc., etc. Titles of 48 papers on subjects of economic 

 entomology are given. This annual publication indicates concisely the increasing 

 interest which is being taken in Canadian insects. 



Malloch, J. R. American Black Flies or Buffalo Gnats: U.S. Dept. Agri- 

 culture, Bureau of Entomology, Technical S'eries No. 2'6 ; pp. 70, plates 6 ; issued 

 April 6, 1914. In this paper 15 species are described as new, three of 'which 

 are from Canada. On pages 68 and 69 is given a catalogue of North and 'Central 

 American Simuliidse. Under the genus Prosimiilium, 5 species are given;; under- 

 the genus Parasimulium, 1 species, and under the genus Simulium 37 species. 

 Of the 38 species the types of 22 are in the United States National Museum. 



Morley, Claude. A Revision of the Ichneumonidae hased on the collection 

 in the British Museum (Natural History), Parts III, Tribes Pimplides and 

 Bassides: British Museum (Natural History) 1914, pp. 148, 1 plate (coloured) ; 

 received Sept. 1, 1914. Part I appeared in 1912 and Part II in 1913. In Part 

 III, 374 species are included, 49 of which are described as new. Records are- 

 given of 15 species from Canada, which are in the British Museum: ? of these are 

 described as new. 



Skinner, Henry. Studies in the Genus Thanaos: Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 

 ^^T,. -n-n. ] 95-221, Aug. 3, 1914. This paper is of much interest. These butter- 

 flies have always troubled lepidopterists. hut tbanks to Dr. Skinner we are now able- 



