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biitions are of much interest and will undoubtedly assist in a better knowledge 

 of the species. Descriptions of all the Nova Scotia species are given, with keys 

 to assist in more ready identification. The economic species are discussed ai 

 greater length. 



Rau, Phil, and Kau, Nellie. AVasp Studies Afield. Introduction by W. M. 

 Wheeler. Princeton University Press; price $2.00. This volume of 368 pages 

 contains most interesting information on the liabits of wasps that build their nests 

 in burrows. The chapter headings are : Some Bembicene Wasps ; Behaviour of 

 Wasps belonging to the Family Pomphilida? ; Some Fly-catching Wasps ; The Bee- 

 killing Wasps: Some Mud-daubing Wasps; The Hunters of Small Orthoptera; 

 The Hunters of Large Orthoptera ; The Sand-loving Ammophila ; Some Social 

 Wasps — Experiments on the Homing of PoU.s(rs; pnllipex: The Mining and other 

 Wasps of the Family Eumenidjv ; General Considerations. 



SwAiNE, J. M. Canadian Bark-beetles, Part II, a preliminary classification 

 Avith an account of the habits and means of control. Bull. No. 14, Ent. Br., 

 Dept. Agriculture, Ottawa, issued Sept. 6, 1918. This bulletin was prepared with 

 the object of assisting students and practical foresters in determining the bark- 

 beetles of Canadian forests. Part I discusses "The Beetles and Their Habits": 

 Part II "Bark-beetle Injuries and the Means of Control"; Part III "Structural 

 Characters of the Bark-beetles " ; and Part IV " Classification — A preliminary 

 Arrangement of the C^anadian Bark-beetles.'' Thirty-one plates and several figures 

 in the text add great value to the publication. This, the most important publication 

 <m these insects, Avill be invaluable to entomologists generally. 



Washruen, F. L. Injurious Insects and Useful Birds. Philadelphia and 

 London: J. B. Lippincott Co., 411 illustrations in text and 4 coloured plates. 

 Price $2.00. This volume, although prepared particularly for high schools and 

 agricultural colleges, Avill be a useful work of reference for amateur entomologists, 

 gardeners, and farmers generally. Chapters I to YI deal with losses due to insects 

 and rodents, etc. ; chapters YII to XYIII discuss insects affecting various crops. 

 C^hapter XIX, " Our Insect Friends," XX, " The Relation of Birds to Agriculture," 

 and XXI, "' Some Four-footed Pests of the Farm," complete the volume. 



WiLSOx, H. F., and Yickeky, R. A. A species list of the Aphididse of the 

 World and their Recorded Food Plants. Reprinted from the Transactions of the 

 Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letteis, Vol. XIX, part I; issued Nov. 

 1918, pp. 22-355. This is divided into two ])arts ; Part I — A species list of the 

 Aphididse of the world with their recorded food ])lants ; Part II — A list of Aphid 

 food plants and the A})hids said to attack them. Students of aphids will find 

 this publication of great value. It is indeed an imjvortant contribution. 



NOTES OF CAPTURES. 



Lepidopti:i{A. 



(Arranged according to Barnes and McDunnough's Cliec^k List of the Lepidoptera 



of North America.) 

 I'ieridae. 



35. Pieris napi pseudonapi B. & McD. Blairmore, Alta., June, (K, Bowman), 

 46. AuthocJinris mra juUa Edw. Blairmore, Alta., June. (K. Bowman). 

 64. Eun/mu.s chrisilnn qiganiea Stkr. Mile 214, 332, H. B. Rv., Man., Julv, 

 1917, (J. B. Wall'is). 



