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12. Muckermann, H. : " Formica sanguinea subsp. rubicunda, 

 Em., and Xenodusa cava, Lee. ; or the Discovery of 

 Pseudogynes in a District of Xenodusa cava, Lee." (op. cit. 

 pp. 339-41; pi. xx [Hymen., Coleopt.] ). 



13. Handlirsch, Anton : " Zur Systematik der Hexapoden " 

 (Zool. Anzeiger, xxvii. pp. 733-59 (July 12th, 1904) ). 



Haeckel's " Wonders of Life " (1) is a supplementary volume 

 to " The Riddle of the Universe," dealing more particularly and 

 fully with certain biological problems and phenomena, and is a 

 work that no thoughtful entomologist can afford to lay aside 

 without study. The book is divided into four sections, viz. 

 Knowledge of Life, Nature of Life, Functions of Life, and 

 History of Life. Apart from a general consideration of certain 

 phenomena, there are many entomological notices, as, e.g., in 

 the chapter on Reproduction. Prof. Carpenter's report (2), the 

 price of which is nominal, should be in the hands of every 

 British entomologist. Some fourteen insects, belonging to five 

 orders of insects and to the Acarina, are treated of in detail. The 

 plates represent photos of Gortyna ochracea (Lep.), Chionaspis 

 salicis (Hem.), &c. 



Felt (3) furnishes a full and detailed account of the mos- 

 quitoes of New York State, considered systematically, biologically, 

 and economically ; elucidated by three hundred and thirty-one 

 separate figures. Although treating of American species, the 

 work will be indispensable to British students. 



Breddin (5) describes a number of Neo-tropical, Oriental, and 

 Sudanese ant- and termite-nest living Hemiptera, including a 

 number of immature forms. Bueno (6) extends the observations 

 of Martin * on the life-history and habits of the North American 

 Hydrometra martini, and finds that the more southern var. 

 australis of Say is a good species, figuring the male genital 

 segments of both forms. 



Green (9) describes an interesting Coccid, Antonina australis, 

 from nut-grass (Cyperus rotundas). This nut-grass has recently 

 found its way into Honolulu, where it is a terrible nuisance. 

 Green designates it "n. sp." ; at least two previous descriptions 

 have, however, appeared in print, the earliest being in Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. N.S.W. xxviii. p. 686 (April 28th, 1904). Goding and 

 Froggatt (10) have monographed the Cicadidae of the Australian 

 continent. There are one hundred and nineteen species distri- 

 buted among twenty-one genera ; four genera and forty- seven 

 species are described as new. Melampsalta, Kolenati, should be 

 replaced by Cieadetta of the same author. 



Girault (11) observed Hadronotus carinatifrons, Ashmead, 

 ovipositing in the eggs of the American Lygalid Anasa tristis ; 



* See 'Entomologist,' xxxiii. pp. 175-6 (June, 1900). 



