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leaving the details for the published proceedings. This will do very 

 much toward relieving the congestion of the program. Perhaps the 

 most important step taken at this meeting was the organization of a 

 stock company for publishing The Journal of Economic Ento- 

 mology, a serial which is bound to have a most profound influence 

 on the development of economic work, provided it receives the hearty 

 support of entomologists throughout the country. The American 

 Association of Horticultural Inspectors held a session the evening of 

 December 27th and were in a joint session with the entomologists the 

 morning of the 28th. A summarized report of the proceedings of 

 the Horticultural Inspectors may be expected in a subsequent issue. 



Reviews 



Mosquito Life, by Evelyn Groesbeeck Mitchell. G. P. Putnam 

 Sons, 1907, p. XXII+281, illustrated. 



This popular comprehensive work on mosquitoes Is an exceedingly valuable 

 addition to the library of any one interested in this important group, since it 

 not only gives an excellent summary of the voluminous literature relating 

 to this subject, but contains numerous original observations by the late Dr. 

 Dupree and the author. It is particularly valuable because of the relatively 

 full account of southern forms and the intimate knowledge displayed of 

 conditions obtaining in that section of the country. The general structure 

 and habits of mosquitoes are rather fully discussed, the early stages receiving 

 unusually extended treatment. The chapters on malaria and yellow fever 

 are excellent summaries of our knowledge in regard thereto. Brief biological 

 notes are given on the more common species, they being grouped under the 

 following heads: Mosquitoes known to spread disease, the salt marsh mos- 

 quitoes, other swamp forms, the domesticated mosquitoes, breeders in streams 

 and ponds and the woodland breeders. The portions relating to eggs and 

 pupae are practically all new. Original keys are given for the first time for 

 the separation of a number of species in all stages, those based on the egg 

 and pupa being unique. The keys of both larvae and adults are based largely 

 upon the most obvious features and will be exceedingly useful to the amateur 

 as well as serviceable to the advanced student. A systematic list of North 

 American species is given, followed by a list of the more important works on 

 Cullcidae. These latter form an excellent introduction to more extended 

 investigations. There is also an appendix on mosquitoes and leprosy. The 

 author is to be congratulated upon having produced a popular and compre- 

 hensive summary of our present knowledge concerning mosquitoes. This 

 work will prove of great service to young students, particularly those in the 

 Southern states, and on account of the original information contained therein, 

 Is indispensable to the advanced investigator. 



