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Government and of no economic importance; moreover it has become 

 a rule almost universally recognized and regarded that no original de- 

 scription should be made save in a standard scientific publication, and 

 the existence of these descriptions at once seems to carry " Insect Life " 

 beyond its prospectus and professed aims. 



At the same time we would be glad if this could be carried out and 

 made a continuance and in this way be the beginning of a new departure 

 on the part of our Government, that thus our country might become an 

 aid much more than she has been to systematic Science. Under those 

 at present connected with the Division of Entomology the new Journal 

 would be of permanent systematic, as it cannot fail to be of permanent 

 and great economic value. 



The numbers would in our opinion be in better shape if the custom 

 of the close cutting of margins prevalent in the Government printing 

 office were remedied. There is hardly room left for recutting after 

 binding. 



The work is, we believe, issued gratuitously by the Government, 

 and as such publications ought to go, as far as possible, to those most 

 interested and most to be benefitted, and as this is the desire and aim 

 of the Department, we advise our readers to make the proper application 

 which will bring them the Journal as it is issued. G. D. H. 



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Publications Received. 



Prairie Farmer. June, July and August. 



Bulletin Acad. Nat. Sci. Cordoba Arg. Rep. S. A. Vol. X, pt. 2. 



Annals Ento. See. of France. 1887. 



Annals Nat. Mus. Costa Rica. Vol. I, 1887. 



Naturae novitates. Nos. 11-15. 



Bulletin Ento. Soc. Belgium. June, July and August. 



Deutsche Ento. Zeitschrift. 1888. 



Journal Nat. Hist. Soc. Wurtemburg. 1888. 



Archives Nat. Mus. Rio Janeiro. Vol. VII, 1887. 



l8th Ann. Rep. Ento. Soc. Ontario- 1887. 



Can. Naturalist. No. 619, Vol. XX. 



Le Naturaliste Canadian. June and July, 1888. 



West American Scientist. No. 3, 1888. 



Journal N. Y. Micros. Soc. Vol. IV, No. 3. 



" Cincinnati Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol, II, No. i. 

 Trans. Conn. Acad. Arts and Sciences. Vol. VII, pt. 2. 

 Annual Rep. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 1887-8. 

 Bulletin Ohio Agr. Exper. Station. Nos. 3-4. 

 Psyche. Vol. V, Nos. 145-148. 



