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seven species are considered as. endemic, of which six are apterous or 

 subapterous forms of Mdanopliis. The fauna of New Mexico and that of 

 New England are compared in some detail ; there are thirty-two genera 

 ■connnon to both, with eighty-seven genera found in New Mexico, 

 and fifty-four that occur in New England but not in New Mexico. 

 Of the species, New England has a hundred and one unknown in New 

 Mexico, which in turn has two hundred and thirty not occurring in 

 New England ; twenty-two species are common to both. Only two 

 .earwigs are recorded to New Mexico, namely Sponnip/iora bniniieiiwniiis, 

 Serv., and Apteri/nida taeniata, Dohrn ; there are only eight cockroaches 

 and one is new. There are four Mantotica, but six I'haamatodea, two of 

 which are new. AcriiHodea are more numerous, and several new 

 species and two new genera are described. There are thirty-two 

 Locustodca, of which six are new ; and only thirteen crickets, of which 

 one is new ; three good plates illustrate the novelties. 



Dr. K. W. Verhoeli", in the Sii-iiiu/n-hcrirlitiit dcr (icsclhclutft 

 natiirfoischfudcr Fretmdc, Berlin, 1902, No 4, discusses the question 

 of the systematic position of Hciniiiicnis. This much-debated genus 

 was originally placed by Walker among the Mole Crickets ! whilst de 

 ■Saussure, deceived by a bad preparation, gave it a sejiarate order under 

 the name DipUxjlosmta, but later authors have considered it as a sort 

 •of detached appendix of the Forjiculan'a. As such it was regarded by 

 Dr. Sharp in the "Cambridge Natural History," and by Krauss in das 

 Tierreich. It possesses considerable affinities with the Blattodea and 

 Yerhoeff regards it as a sort of intermediate form between earwigs and 

 cockroaches, being more closely allied to the former. He finally 

 places it as a suborder of the Bermaptrva under the name Derniodcr- 

 wapteia, characterised by the following points : — Head broader 

 posteriorly than anteriorly ; eyes absent ; tibiae very compressed, 

 almost triangular ; " microthoraxsternit " without " Vorplatte," ultimate 

 segments of parameres asymmetrical ; interior copulative organs 

 consisting of one penis and two pncnuptial sacks; cerci not 

 developed into forceps, rod-like, hairy; vasa deferentia ("samenwege") 

 meeting the pmenuptial sacks posteriorly instead of anteriorly; 

 viviparous birth and parasitic habits. 



The Thirty-second Annual Report of the Kutoiii(doi/ical Socirti/ of 

 Ontario,''- 1901, has just been received, and, as usual, is full of excellent 

 and useful reading. The President has chosen for his annual address — 

 " The importance of entomological studies to the community at large." 

 Some parts of this are rather too clerical for a scientific address. 

 Dr. Fletcher has a short address on " The value of nature-study 

 and education." Papers of quite general interest, apart from some of 

 the more important Economic papers, are " The trend of insect 

 diffusion in North America," by F. M. Webster; "The painted lady 

 butterfly," by .J. Fletcher; "The North American fall webworms " 

 {with plate), by H. H. Lyman, a stupid title for a first-class paper on 

 Hi/phantria citnea and H. te.rtor, and one that should be referred to by 

 all those who are at work on tbe variation of our Spilosomas, especially 

 as to variation in spotting. " Nature-study lessons on mosquitoes," 

 by W. Lochhead, is useful as showing how general information 

 on entomological subjects is gradually reaching the masses. Dr. 

 Pletcher's suggestion of an " Entomological Record " for the year is 

 good. It is an extension of our own idea of an annual " Retrospect " 

 *Published by L. K. Cameron, Toronto, 11102. 



