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REVIEWS. 



Insect Life : devoted to the Economy and Life-Habits of Insects, 

 especially in their Relations to Agriculture. Edited by the 

 Entomologist and his Assistants, with the sanction of the 

 Commissioner of Agriculture, M.S. Department of Agri- 

 culture, Division of Entomology. Vol. I. No. 1. Wash- 

 ington : Government Printing Office, 1888. 



This magazine is called, in addition to the title as above 

 specified, ' Periodical Bulletin,' and as there is no indication of 

 price, or that it is sold by any agents, we presume it is dis- 

 tributed freel}'' among suitable readers in the United States 

 of America. Happy people ! who possess a state entomologist like 

 Mr. C. V. Riley to conduct such a magazine, and a government 

 sufficiently enlightened to support him in his active endeavours to 

 circulate knowledge of Economic Entomology among the people. 



Thirty-two pages large 8vo, well printed, with liberal illustra- 

 tions. No. 1 of 'Insect Life' promises well for the future. There 

 are six special articles on certain destructive insects, generally with 

 woodcuts, " Extracts from Correspondence" of the Department, 

 with replies, and lastly " Notes," which are of general interest. 

 We congratulate Mr. Kiley and the Department upon the issue of 

 ' Insect Life.'— J. T. C, 



Entomology for Beginners. By A. S. Packard, M.D., Ph.D. New 

 York: Henry Holt & Co., 1888. 354 pp. 8vo, 373 woodcuts. 



Dr. Packard has produced a most useful and handy little 

 work, concisely arranged, liberally illustrated and well printed. 

 He divides his subjects into eight chapters, the first three 

 respectively upon Structure, Growth and Metamorphosis and 

 Classification of Insects ; also others on Insect Architecture, 

 Injurious and Beneficial, Directions for Collecting, Preserving and 

 Rearing (it may be remarked that in the directions for setting 

 Lepidoptera, only tlie high-flat system is given). Mode of Dissect- 

 ing and Mounting for Microscopical Examination; and the 

 Entomologist's Library, wherein reference is made to about 250 

 books, standard works, and periodicals; and lastly, 17 pp. of 

 glossary of terms used in the study of Entomology. We can 

 highly recommend this work to our readers, who will doubtless, on 

 enquiry, find in England some agent for the publishers. — J. T. C. 



