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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Authors and societies die requested to J'orzuard their tvork-s to the editors as soott as 

 fiiiblished. The date of publication., given in brackets [], marks the time at xtjhich the 

 7<.'orh zvas received^ unless an earlier date 0/ publication is hnoivn to recorder or editor. 

 Unless otherwise slated each record is made directly from the xvork that is noticed. 



most common given 7tame^ as: 



Edward; F: Frederic; G: 



JV: Nicholas; O. 



The initials at the 



M: Mart;; 

 William. 



A colon after initial designates the 

 iamin; C: Charles; D: David; E 

 I: Isaac; J: John; K: Karl; E: Louis 

 Richard: S: Samuel: T: Thomas; W: 

 vote, arc those of the recorder. 



Corrections of errors and jiotices of omissions are solicited. 



Lubbock, J : On flowers and insects. (Lub- 

 bock, J : Scientific lectures, Lond. and N. 

 Y., Macmillan, 1S79, p. 1-30, fig. 1-30.) 

 Treats of the cross-fertilizution of nhints :rnd the 



modes by which it is accomplished; rapiuity of visits of 



wasps and bees in collecting honey ; coU)r sense in bees. 



G: D. (343t) 



A: Augustus; B:. Ben- 

 George: H: Henry; 

 Otto; P: Peter; R: 



end of each record, or 



Lubbock, J : On the habits of ants. (LuB- 



BdCK.J: Scientific lectures, Lond. and N. 



v., Macmillan, 1S79, P- 6S-96, fig. 45.) 



Treats of the metamorphoses, food, domesticated 



unhides and other insects in tiic nest, enemies and mode^ 



of warfare, industry, longevity, association with one 



another, slavery, division of labor, intelligence, engin 



eering, recollection of associates, smell, hearing, sight, 



and coniinunities of ants. G: D. C3435) 



Lubbock. J: On the habits of ants: coti- 

 tinued. (LuBBOCK, J: Scientific lectures, 

 Lond. and N. Y., Macmillan, 1S79. P' 97" 



137. fig- 4'5-Si-) 



Treats of the absence nf nficction for one anotlier, 

 iccniinition of associates, hatred of strang-ers, agriciil- 

 turaf skill (exemlipficd by pogovomyrmex barlnitus), 

 cooperation, power of coniiininication (compared witii 

 that of bees and wasps), power and mode of findiii;^' 

 their way (compared witli ttiat (»f bees and wasps), abi- 

 litv or absence of ability to ]irodnce and hear sounds, 

 and power of discriminating; colors, of ants, ending" with 

 a comparison of the advancement amontj dift'crtnt kinds 

 of ants to "the three great phases : tlie hunting;, pastoral 

 and agricultuial stages, in the history of human develop- 

 ment." G: D. (34.VJ) 



Lubbock, f : On plant:^ and insects. (Lub- 

 bock, J: Scientific lectufes, Lond. and N. 

 Y., Macmillan, 1879, p. 31-67, fig. 31-44.) 

 Treats of the use of honey by plants .-)s an attraction 

 for Hying' insects, in order to secure cross-fertih'zation, 

 and as an attraction for ants, to act as protectors for the 

 jilant; structures to keep ants out of llowers ; modifica- 

 tions of insects to imitate phmts, and thus escape ene- 

 mies; forms and colors of larvae do not depend upon 

 those of the matui-e msect, but upon larval habits; rich- 

 ness of adaptive modihcations illustrated by a brief des- 

 cription of the transformations of sitaris; protective 

 coloration of lepidopterous larvae, especially of sphin- 

 gidae. [Most of the facts in regard to the hirvae of 

 sphingidae are, according to author (p. 52), fi'om Weis- 

 mann's '*Studien zur descendenz-theorie. 11. 



G: D. (3437) 



Lubbock, }\ Scientific lectures. Lond. and 

 N. Y., Macmillan d- co., 1879. i2-|-iS8 [+ 

 adv.] p., il. ; I, pi., 23X14.5, t 17X9.S. cl., 

 $2. so. 



Notice. (Nation. i6 Oct. 1879, v. 29, 

 p. 262.) 



Rev. (Westminster rev. [Amer. ed.], 

 Oct. 1S79, p. 2S7-2SS, 48 cm.) 



Rev. (Amer. journ. sci. and arts, Nov. 

 1879, s. 3. V. iS, p. 41S.) 



Rev. bvA. R. W[allace], entitled -'Lub- 

 bock's Scientific lectures." (Nature, 7 

 Aug. 1S79, V. 20, p. ,335-336: 3Scm.) 

 Contains six lectnres, by author, witli following titles, 

 ivhich see: — I. On flowers and insects [Rec, 3434], p. 

 1-30. — 3. On plants and insects [Uec. 3437] p. 31- 

 67. — 3. On the habits of ants [Rec, 3435J, p. dS-96. 

 — 4. On the habits of ants ; continued [Kec, 3436], p. 

 97-137. — 5 and 6 ["not entomological]. G: D. C343S) 



Miiller, Hermann. Die bedeutung der hon- 

 igbiene fiir unsere blumen. [No. 1-9.] 

 (Eichstadter bienenzeitung, 1875, v. 31: 15 

 Apr., p. Si-82; 15 >Lay, p. 102-104; 31 

 May, p. 109-111; 15 June, p. 122-125; 15 

 Jul}-, p. 13S-141 ; 31 July, p. 165: 1876, V. 

 32: 31 Jan., p. 20-22; i June, p. 1 19-123; 

 15 July, p. 176-184.) 



Abstract of nos. 8-9. by H. iVIiiller, under 

 full title. (Bot. jahresbericht . . .Just, 1S76, 

 V. 4, p. 946, 7 cm.) 



A series of nine articles, as follows: i. The Spren- 

 i^el-Darwinian theory of flowers. 2. The adaptation of 

 Iiniiiim (ilbiaii to hombufi. 3. The mutual adaptations of 

 hcmhiis and flowers which it visits. 4. The gradual 

 development of the pnllen-baskets of apis. 5. Gradual 

 ctn-related increase in the care for their young, and in 

 the pollen-bearing efficiency of tetlthrediuidae, cynip- 

 idac, ichneufnoitidae and splic^idae. 6. The care o'f cer- 

 tain sphegidae ipompilifs) for tlieir young. 7. What 

 bees have inherited from lower liymenoptera, and what 

 they have acquired for themselves. 8. Statistical com- 

 liarison of the floral activity nf lower liymenoptera. 9. 

 Statistical comparison of the floral activity of the lower 

 and higher bees. //. M. (3 1.W) 



Miiller, Hermann. Die stellung der honig- 

 biene in der blumemvelt. i. (Bienen-zei- 

 tnng, 15 Jan. 1SS2, jahrg. 38, p. 22-24.) 

 Records the visits of apis iiieUifica to anemophilous 



flowers. ' W: T. (3440) 



