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Among the books, memoirs, etc., (which have appeared during 1917) of 

 interest to Canadian students the following may be mentioned: 



Banks> Nathan. Index to the Literature of American Economic Ento- 

 mology, January 1, 1905, to December 31, 1914: American Association of Econ- 

 omic Entomologists, Melrose Highlands, Mass. This most useful volume of 323 

 pages is a continuation of the Bibliography of Economic Entomology, which was 

 published by the Bureau of Entomology, Washington, D.C. The insects and other 

 headings are arranged alphabetically; under each are placed the references by 

 author alphabetically. 



Barnes William and McDunnough, J.H. Contributions to the Natural 

 History of the Lepiaoptera of North America; Vol. IV, No. 1. A Eevision of the 

 Genus Hydridmena Hbn., Decatur, 111. : The Review Press, May 23, 1917, pp. 1-38, 

 plates I-X. The results of this study are of particular interest to Canadian 

 lepidopterists. The genus Hydriomena is one which has given much trouble and 

 we are glad to have the results of this most recent study of these moths. A 

 number of new species are described, and racial names given to several others. Four 

 of these latter are from British Columbia, and one from Manitoba. Plates I to 

 VI illustrate the various species, etc., many types being figured, and plates VII 

 to X, illustrate male genitalia. 



Bethune^ C. J. S. Bibliography of Canadian Entomology for the year 1915 : 

 Trans. Eoyal Society of Can., Vol. X, Series III, 1916, pp. 169-187; separate 

 leceived May 7. 1917. References are given to 175 papers; 71 of these relate to 

 economic entomology; 12 to general entomology; 23 to lepidoptera; 13 to hymen- 

 optera, etc. 



Chagnon, G. a preliminary List of the Insects of the Province of Quebec, 

 part III — Coleoptera ; published as a supplement to the ninth annual report of the 

 Quebec Society for the Protection of Plants; received Oct. 10, 1917. These lists 

 are very useful. The list of coleoptera comprises 278 pages. Under each species, 

 as in the two' previous lists, the various known records are published. The author 

 is to be congratulated on the completion of such a valuable list. 



FuNKHOUSER, W. D. Biology of the Membracidae of the Cayuga Lake Basin; 

 Cornell University Agric. Exp. Stn. ; Memoir 11, June, 1917. This interesting 

 memoir is the result of an extended biological study of the species found in the 

 above district. It comprises pp. 181 to 445 and is illustrated with a number of 

 £gures and plates. Sixty-one species are discussed. 



Garman, Philip. The Zygoptera, or Damsel Flies, of Illinois; Bulletin of 

 the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, Article IV,. June, 1917; pp. 411- 

 586, plates LVIII-LXXII. Following valuable chapters on morphology, life- 

 liistory and habits, and history of the Zygoptera, the classification of the species is 

 dealt with. Generic and specific keys are given and descriptions of the nymphs and 

 adults. The plates illustrate structural characters, etc. 



Hebard, Morgan. The Blattidse of North America north of the Mexican 

 boundary : Philadelphia, Pa., Memoirs of the American Ent. Soc, No. 2, re- 

 ceived Aug. 14. 1917 ; 284 pages, 10 plates. In this important contribution forty- 

 three species are recorded as established within the United States and of these ten 

 are probably introduced. Two indigenous forms and two established adventives 

 are known to occur north of the Canadian boundary. Pages 259 to 274 deal more 

 briefly with species found to be adventive but not established in portions of the 

 United States and Canada. 



