Section IV., 1909. [135] Trans. R. S. C. 



IX. — Bihliography of Canadian EntowoJogy for the Year 1908. 

 Contributed by Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, D.C.L. 



(Read by title, May 25, 1909.) 

 Aldricii, J. M. 



Meigen's First Paper on Diptera. (Gives some account of Mtiçen's 

 publications at the beginning o)' the last century and the recent reprint 

 of an early paper in which the nomenclature is entirely different from 

 that which he subsequently employed and which has been ever since in 

 general use. Prof. Aldrich gives strong reasons for the rejection of the 

 names in the earlier paper). Canadian Entomologist, xl, 370-373, 

 October; 432, November 1908. 



Aldrich, J. M. and Darlington, P. S. 



The Dipterous Family Helomyzldse. (A monograph of this small family 

 of Acalyptrate Muscidae, containing full descriptions of the genera and 

 species, several of which are new. A number of examples are credited 

 to Canada.) Transactions, American Entomological Society, Philadel- 

 phia, xxxiv, 67 — 100 (2 plates), March 1908. 



Banks, Nathan. 



Neuropteroid Insects — Notes and Descriptions. (Contains descriptions 

 of a number of new species belonging to several families included in this 

 group, of which the following are from Canada : Perla illustris, Montreal ; 

 Meleoma vertically, Vancouver Island ; Limnephilus iifidus, Wellington, 

 B.C.; L. Canadensis, Laval Co., P.Q. ; L. occidentalis, Wellington, B.C.) 

 Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, Philadelphia, xxxiv, 255 — 267 (3 plates), 

 September 1908. 



Beaulieu, Germain. 



Le Monde des Petits Etres. (A popular work on the common insects 

 of Canada whose habits are interesting, and those which are injurious 

 or beneficial. The volume, when completed will contain about 500 pages ; 

 several parts have already been issued by the publisher ; La Librairie 

 Nationale Albert Ferland, 22 rue Notre Dame Est, Montreal). Le Natu- 

 raliste Canadien, xxxv. 170-174, November 1908. 



Bethune, C. J. S. 



Report of the Professor of Entomology and Zoology. 33rd Annual 

 Report of the Ontario Agricultural College and Experimental Farm, 

 Guelph, 1907, pp. 52-63. 



Bethune, C. J. S. 



Editoiial Notes, Reviiws, etc. Canadian Entomologist, Guelph, Ontario, 

 xl, 1908; 38th Annual Report, Entomological Society of Ontario, 

 Department of Agriculture, Toronto, 1908. 



Bethune, C. J. S. 



Obituary notices of the late Dr. James Fletcher (with portrait), Dr. 

 William H. Ashmead and Mr. John A. Balkwill.— Can. Ent. xl, 433-438, 

 December, 1908. 



