CXII KOYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



frcmi such distant places as Cape Town, Africa; Ilildesheim, Germany; 

 Mesilla, New Mexico; Masset, Queen Charlotte Islands. The volume 

 contains, amongst other important matter, descriptions of thirty-five 

 new genera, and 190 new species of insects, and it is illustrated with six 

 plates, one of which is be'dutifully coloured. Among its more impor- 

 tant articles arc : — 



"A Generic Eevision of the Lachneidae," by Harrison G. Dyar, 

 Washington, D.C. 



" On the History and Habits of the ' Wood-engraver ' — Ambr-jsia 

 Beetle," by A. D. Hopkins, Entomologist, "West Virginia Agricultural 

 Station. 



" The Coleoptera of Canada,"' by H. F. Wickham, Iowa City. 



" New and Little Known Bees," by T. D. A. Cockerell, N.M. Experi- 

 ment Station. 



" Some Indiana Acridida^" by W. S. Blatchley, Indianapolis. Ind. 



" New Species of Chionaspis, and Notes on previously known 

 species," by R. A. Cooley, B.S., Amherst, Mass. 



"New Species of North American Myrmelionidte," by Eolla P. 

 Currie, Washington, D.C. 



" Metallic Species of Basilodes a'and New Species of Allied Genera," 

 by R. Ottelengui, New York. 



"Descriptions of New Genera and Species of the Geometrina of 

 North America," by Geo. D, Hulst, Brooklyn, New York. 



"Notes on some Ontario Acridiida?," by E. M. Walker, Toronto. 



" Classification of the Horntails and Saw-flies, or the sub-order 

 Phytophaga," by William l\. Ashmead, Assistant Curator, Department 

 of Insects, U.S. National Museum. 



"Additions to my Synopsis of the Tachinidae," by D. W. Coquillett, 

 Washington, D.C. 



The twenty-ninth annual report of the society (published by the 

 Ontario Department of Agriculture, Toronto), printed by order of the 

 Legislative Assembly of Ontario, has just been issued. It is embellished 

 with portraits of William Hague Harrington, F.R.S.C, President of the 

 Entomological Society of Ontario, 1893-5, and John Dearness, I.P.S., 

 President of the Entomological Society of Ontario, 1895-7, and also with 

 G7 figures of insects. It contains a full account of the annual mooting, 

 reports from the officers and the various divisions ïind branches of the 

 society, the President's address, articles entitled : — 



"Some Economic Features of International Entomology," by F. 

 M. Wcl)stor. 



