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The authors are to be congratulated on the fact that they have produced the 

 present commendable fascicle under such trying conditions and that they are pro- 

 ceeding with the other parts of the monograph as rapidly as possible. It is hoped that 

 American investigators will assist in this valuable work as far as possible by purchas- 

 ing parts of the monogi-aph already issued, since it is understood the expense of 

 publication is now, in part at least, falling upon the authors. 



F. C. Blshopp. 



April 1, 1916. 



Reports on Scale Insects, by J. H. Comstock. Cornell University, 

 Bulletin 372, p. 603. 1916. 



This is a reprint of the epoch-making papers on the Coccidae published originally 

 in the reports of the Entomologist of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 and in the Second Report of the Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station. 

 These contributions to knowledge are so well known that a review is unnecessary. 

 They are indispensible to any student working on the Coccidaj and it is by all means 

 desirable that they should be in a readily available form. The publication also 

 serves to emphasize the practical value and importance of one of the earUer contribu- 

 tions by a beloved teacher and investigator in both economic and systematic ento- 

 mology {Advertisement). 



Typical Flies, a Photographic Atlas of Diptera, Including Aphaniptera, 

 by E. K. Pearce. Cambridge University Press, p. 1-48. 1915. 



This small volume contains over 150 very satisfactory process reproductions of 

 typical flies and is designed to encourage the beginner in the study of a group worthy 

 of much more attention than has been given it Ijy entomologists, though the last few 

 years has witnessed a gratifying increase in dipterological studies. Each figure is 

 accompanied by more than the usual elucidatory matter and there is an excellent 

 index. The volume, a very good substitute for a small collection of representative 

 species, may be procured through G. P. Putnam's Sons for SI. 50 (Advertisement). 



Minnesota State Entomologists' Reports, Index, by 0. J. Wenzel. 

 Circular No. 38, p. 1-40. 1916. 



This detailed index, preceded by a list of the reports and bulletins and with an 

 appendix listing the other publications of the State Entomologist and the Division of 

 Entomology, Universitj^ of Minnesota, will greatly facilitate reference to this excel- 

 lent series of pubhcations begun over twenty years ago by Otto Lugger and con- 

 tinued in a highlj^ successful manner by the present incumbent. Entomologists 

 may obtain this circular on application (Advertisement). 



Current Notes 



Conducted by the Associate Editor 

 Mr. J. P. Ivy is the State Apiary Inspector of Arizona. 



Mr. D. L. Van Dine, Bureau of Entomology, has gone to Mound, La., to resume his 

 work on malaria mosquitoes. 



Mr. F. C. Bishopp, Bureau of Entomologj', who underwent a surgical operation in 

 February, is now on active duty. 



