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PSCYllE. 



[June— July iSS,. 



McLachlan, Robert. Measurements in des- 

 criptive entomology'. (Entom. mo. mag., 

 March J8S2, v. iS, p. 237-238.) 

 Reply to J : \V : Douglas' *'Me.i.suremcnts in descrip- 

 tive cntomolojjy" (pp. cit.y p. 336-237) ; the extent to 

 which the metric systeni is now used precludes the pro. 

 bubility tliat I*:iris or i^nglisli lines will ever become 

 genera! standards ot" measurement; the use of Paris 

 lines by British writers is especially objectionable. 



G: D. (3514) 



McLachlau, Robeit. Measurements in de- 

 scriptive entomology; a suggestion. En- 

 tom. mo. mag., Feb. 1SS2, v. iS, p. 205-207.) 

 Crit. rev., by J : W : Douglas, entitled 

 "Measurements in descriptive entomolo- 

 gy." {op. cit., Mch. 18S2, p. 236-237.) 

 Urecs British entomologists to use niillimetres as 



units in measurement of insects. G: D. (351s; 



Meade, R. H. Note on parasitic diptera. 



(Entomologist, June 1SS2, v. 15, p. 140-141.) 



Cyrtonenra stabitlati.t, which is said to live generally 



on fun;j;i, is, according to C : V. Kilcy, parasitic on the 



cotton worm, rt/tV/'rt iirgillaci'a. G: D. (351*3) 



Observations on the sagacity of the spider 

 (Amer. museum . . . Carey .... Oct. 1791, 

 V. 10, no. 4, p. 203-204, 31 cm.) 

 Treats of the habits and wcb-buiiding of spiders. 



J3: P. AI. (3517) 



Osborne, J. A. Further notes on partheno- 

 genesis in coleoptera. (Entom. mo. mag., 

 Nov. iSSi, V. 18, p. 12S-129.) 



Statistics of parthenofjenetic reproduction as observed 

 in gastrophysa yaphani and comjjai'cd witll reproduc- 

 tion from impregnated females. G: D. (351S) 



Osten Sacken, C ; Robert. Dr. F. Miiller's 

 discovery of a case of female dimorphism 

 among diptera. (Entom. mo. mag., Nov. 

 iSSo, v. 17, p. 130-132.) 



Ctit. rev. of F. Miiller's "Paltostoma torrentiuni. 

 Eine miicke mit zweigestaltigen weibchen" (Kosmos, 

 Oct. iSSo, jahrg. 4, bd. S, p. 37-42) ; paltostoma torren- 

 //«;« pcrliaps nnt a paUosto/na; geographical distribu- 

 tion of this genus and of the family btcpharoccridae 

 which differs from most otlier families of diptera in 

 having the eyes contiguous in some genera and sej>arate 

 in others, but alike, so far as known, in both sexes, in 

 tliis regard ; references to literature on hlepharoccridae, 



B: P. Af. (3519) 



Osten Sacken, C : Robert. Habits of /low- 

 liyliiis. (Entom. mo. mag., Feb. 1S81, v. 

 17, p. 2()f)-2n7.) 



Rev. of C ; V. Riley's "On the natural history of cer' 

 lain bee-flies, bomhyttidae.^^ (Amer. entom., Dec. iSSo> 

 V.3, n.s.,v. [,p. 279-3S3) [Rec. 3536]; food-aninials of 

 systofchtts^ Irioditfs -.iwtX boiitbyiitis; summary statement 

 of the mode of oviposition of bombyliu.-i, tomatia and 

 anthrax, with references to the literattu'e. 



li: I'. M. (3520) 



[Packard, Alpheus Spring.] The horned 

 corvdalus. (Amer. nat., Oct. 1S67, v. i. p, 



43'>437. fig- I-2-) 



Fig^irc and general description of lar\'a and imago of 

 coryJaius cornuius; Inw grade of its structure; habits 

 of larva; es^gs unknown; form and position of eggs of 

 siaiis; prol>ably greater abundance of sialuioe at the 

 carboniferous period than at present. B: P. M. (3521) 



Parfitt, E : Halictus cyliudrictis carnivorous. 

 (Entom. mo. mag., Dec. 1SS2, v. 19^ p. 



162-163.) 



A ny.\\tm( hiilit-tux rylindrirus captured with other 

 insects in his mouth. G: D, (3532) 



Parthenogenesis bei kiifern. (Entom. nach- 

 ricliten, 15 Jan. iSSi. jahrg. 7, p. 31-32.) 

 Abstract of J. A. Osborne's "Parthenogenesis in the 

 coleoptera" (Nature, 30 Sept. iSSo, v. 22, p. 509-510). 

 In the abstract the species is given as *^ffastropa(ha 

 raphaui." ti: V. (3523) 



Peach, n. N. On some fossil myriapods 

 from the lower old red sandstone of For- 

 farshire. (Proc. rov. phvs. soc. [Edinb.], 

 1881-1882, p. 177-1SS, pi. '2.) 

 Figures and describes kawpccari.t forfarcnsis and 

 arfhidt'Stntts [nov. gen.l macilicoli \l\. spec], appar- 

 ently the oldest myriapods known. G: D. (3524) 



Pierce, F. N. Three-winged insects. (Pract. 

 nat., June 18S3, v. i, p. 65, 15 cm.) 



Mentions several specimens of lepidoptera which 

 lack one posterior wing. G: D. (3525) 



Pike, J. \V. Preservation of fossil insects 

 and plants on Mazon Creek. (■'Vinclaiul 

 [N.J.] weekly independent". . . ) (Science 

 advocate [Atco, N.J.]. Oct. iSSi, v. 2, p. 

 57-59, 88 cm.) 

 General notes on Mazon Creek, 111., as a source of 



fossil insects and plants. G: D. (3526) 



PlOTwright. C: B. On tnimicry in fungi. 

 (Grevillea, Sept. 18S1, .v. 10. p. 1-14.) 

 Includes remarks on fungivcfrous insects .and on the 



dissemination of fungi by insect aid. W: T. (3527) 



Poisson, J. Sur deux nouvelles piantes- 

 pifeges. (Bull. soc. hot. de France, 12 Jan. 

 1877, v. 24, p. 26-31.) 



Abst., by H. Miiller, entitled "Ueber 

 zwei nene lallenpflanzen." (Bot. jahresbe- 

 richt. . .Just, 1S77, V. 5, p. 750, lOciii.') 



Abst., by Asa Gray, entitled "The be- 

 heading of flies by mcntzclia ornnlit." (Bot. 

 gazette, Oct. 1879, v. 4, p. 213-214.) 



Describes, as one of the vegetable traps, the bnrbeil 

 hairs and interspersed glandular hairs on the llower- 

 stalk of mt:utzctia. Flies, attracted by the secretion 

 of the first, insert their tongues between the barbed 

 hairs, and are unable to remove them. In their elVorts 

 to escape thev often twist their bodies from their heads. 



H- T. (352S) 



