1918 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ' lOi 



Malloch, John" E. A preliminary Classification of Diptera exclusive of 

 Pupipara based on Larval and Pupal Characters, with keys to Imagines in certain 

 Families ; Part 1 : Bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History, 

 Vol. XII, Article III, March, 1917, pp. 161-409, plates XXVIII to LVII. This 

 is indeed an important contribution and one which will be welcomed by both 

 economic and taxonomic entomologists. The plates illustrate, chiefly, larval ana 

 pupal characters. The paper deals primarily with Illinois species. 



Melander, a. L. and Spuler, Anthony. The Dipterous Families Sepsidae 

 and Piophilidse: Bull. No. 143, April, 1917, Agric. Exp. Sta., Pullman, Wash. 

 The species discussed in this paper are commonly combined as the family Sepsidae. 

 Economically they are principally scavengers, feeding and breeding in filth, sewage, 

 etc. Descriptions of twenty new species and six new varieties are included. Four 

 are from Canada. The plate at the end illustrates modifications of femora and 

 tibiae of various species. 



Parker_, John Bernard. A Revision of the Bembicine Wasps of America, 

 north of Mexico: Proc. U.S.N.M., Vol. 53, pp. 1-55; published Feb. 10, 1917. 

 This revision is based upon a study of the specimens in the United States National 

 Museum and other important collections. A number of new species are described, 

 only one of which, however, is from Canada. Interesting biological notes are 

 given on pages 133-141. Eight plates showing structural characters are included- 



Parshl^y, H. M. Fauna of New England, 14; List of the Hemiptera- 

 Heteroptera; Occasional Papers of the Boston Society of Nat. History, VII, Aug., 

 1917. This useful list will be of special interest to Canadian hemipterists of 

 Eastern Canada, as many of the species herein recorded will undoubtedly be found 

 in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. Four hundred and nineteen species are 

 listed, definite localities and dates of collection being given. 



Quaintance^ a. L., and Baker^ A. C. A contribution to our knowledge of 

 the White Flies of the Subfamily Aleyrodinae (Aleyrodidae) : Proc. U.S.N.M., 

 Vol. 51, pp. 335-445, with plates 32-77; published January 20, 1917. This con- 

 tribution is in continuance of Parts 1 and 2 of Bull. 27, Tech. Series, U.S. Bureau 

 of Entomology. One new species is described from Canada. 



Van Duzee, Edward P. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of America, north of 

 Mexico, excepting the Aphididae, Coccidae, and Aleurodidae; University of Cali- 

 fornia Publications; Technical Bulletins; Entomology, Vol. 2, pp. 1-902, Nov. 30, 

 1917. This catalogue undertakes to give a complete enumeration of all the des- 

 cribed Hemiptera to and including the Chermidae, recorded from or known to occur 

 in America north of the southern boundary of the United States. The families 

 Aphididae, Coccidae and Aleurodidae have been omitted, largely because of the fact 

 that Mr. Van Duzee has made no careful study of these groups. The numbering 

 of the species in the catalogue has been made to correspond with that in the Check 

 List published in 1916, by the New York Entomological Society, specie> published 

 since being interpolated in the catalogue in fractional form. Mr. Van Duzee has 

 been a great help to Canadian hemipterists and we congratulate him on the com- 

 pletion of this most valuable catalogue. 



ViERiCK, H. L., with the collaboration of A. D. MacGillivray. C. T. Brues, 

 W. M. Wheeler and S. A. Eowher: State of Conn., Bull. 22, Geological and 

 Natural History Survey; Part III, the Hymenoptera, or Wasp-like insects, of 

 Connecticut. This most valuable part of the Guide to the Insects of Connecticut, 

 prepared under the direction of Dr. W. E. Britton, was received in March, 1917. 

 It is a large volume of 824 pages and 10 plates. Keys are included to families, 

 sub-families, and" species. Dr. Britton with the various authors avp to hp con- 



