1"'' [3539-3550] 



rsrciiE. 



[June— July iSS). 



Sailg, J. Platyptilia dicltrodaclyla unci [/.] 

 beitrami. (Entoni. mo. iii;ig., Nov. iSSi, 

 V. iS, p. I4.3-I44-) 



Discu.sses the synonymy ciX ptatyptilja dickrodactyln 

 and />. hertramit and gives notes on the early stages of 

 /. diclirodartyla. G: D. (35.59) 



Saunders, W : Entomology for beginners. 

 The promcthea cmpcror-moth. Callosamia 

 fromethca. Drinv. (Can. entom., Dec. 

 18S3 [Feb. iSS4]/p. 231-233, fig. 10-13.) 

 Figures male and female imago, and larva and cocoon 



oi callosamia promcthca and gives notes upon them. 



G: D. (3540) 



Scudder, S : Hubbard. Tlie cai-boniferous 



hexapod insects of Great Britain. (Mem. 



liost. soc. nat. hist., 1SS3, v. 3, p. 213-224, 



pi. 17.) 



Separate. Boston, June [Oct.] 1SS3. 



t.-p. cover, p. 213-224, pi. 17, 30X23, t 22 



X16. 



Describes hrodia priscotincta and archaeoptilus in- 

 ee.na (2 new genera and .*;pucics) and liihosialis hron- 

 ^uiartii, fossil neuroi)tera; list of carboniferous hexa- 

 "JKxls (4 ncuroptera, 2 orthoptcra and 1 coleopteron) 

 from Great Britain. G: D. (3541) 



Scudder, S : Hubbard. The fossil white ants 

 of Colorado. (Proc. Anier. acad. arts and 

 sciences, 1SS3, v. 19, p. 133-145-) 

 General notes on fossil tcrmiiina and their distribu- 

 tion ; describes i new j^enus and 6 new species, viz.: 

 parMcrmcs (n. g^,), p, insi^nis^ p. ha^enii, p. fodinae, 

 kodolermes? coloradensis, cuteniws fossariniiy and e. 

 mcttdii, all from tertiary beds of Florissant, Colonulo. 



G:n. (3542) 



Siewers, C : Godfrey. Some notes on cole- 

 optera for beginners. (Can. entom., July 

 iSSo, V. 12, p. 138-139.) 

 Modes of collecting and |)rcparing eolenptera. 



O.D- (3543) 



Stanley, II : M. Throui^h the dark conti- 

 nent, or the sources of the Nile, around the 

 great lakes of equatorial Africa and down 

 the Livingstone river to the Atlantic ocean. 

 2 V. N. Y., Harper d: Brothers, 1S7S. 

 V. I, 14+522 p.; V. 2, 10+566 p.; 23X15, 

 t 17X9.7. "With 10 maps and 150 wood- 

 cuts" and 2 por. of Stanley. Cloth, $10; 

 sheep, $12; half-morocco or half-calf, $15. 

 Sold by subscription only. 



Entomological notes, brief and of a popular nature, 

 are found in v. 1, as follows : j). 72, precautions against 

 white ants {terines.^ ; p. 157 anti 462, most|uilocB [r///c.vj ; 

 p. 220-231, general remarks on insects of Musjra island, 

 in Victoria Nyanza lake. Vol. 2 contains the following : 

 p. S9-C)0, 292, 297, 3:0, 31^, and 361, mo-'iquitnes \culex\ \ p. 

 90, name of lake Niyanja Muta Nzigd means "Lake of 

 dead locusts"; p. 106, 235, 310 and 361, ants and their 

 atUicks; p. 121, honey, white-ants and grasshoppers 

 sold in the market at Nyangwc ; p. 13S, ^nyriapoda, oee- 

 llcs and ants ; general notes on the insects at llie junc- 

 tion of the Luwwa with the u]>per Livingstone river; 

 I). 202, and 310, tsets<; and olIu;r (lies; p. 361, the "jigga" 

 $ai'copsylla penetraHs\ \ p. 360, ulcerous diseases con- 

 veyed ny flies; p. 3S7 bees and their wax at Mowa on 

 llic lower Livingstone river. (i: D. (3544) 



Syme, J : Hoswcll. (.)n tlie fertilization of 



grasses. (Journ. roy. hortic soc, 17 Apr. 



■1S72, [1S73], "-s., v.* 4, p. 7-9.) 



Remarks on the maturation of the flowers of several 



genera o{ gramineat-, and on the insects which visii 



these tlowers. Dactylis glomiraiOy psannna annaria 



and glyccria finitans arc v<^ry attractive to hpidopUra^ 



as is evinced by a long list of species taken on their 



flowers. W. T. (3545) 



"Walsh, B: Dann. Fire-blight. Two new 

 ' foes of the apple and pear. (Prairie farmer. 



6 Sep. 1S62, [v. 26], n. s., v. 10, p. 147-149. 



iS9cm., 7 fig.) 



Definition of fire-blight; this disease not caused by 

 attacks of srolytus Pyri, but suspected to be caused by 

 attacks of chloroneura malefica and ch. vialiffna; fig- 

 ures of these insects and of the ncuralion of the upper 

 and lower wings of their allies; distinctive characters, 

 habits and ravages of these insects ; synoptical table to 

 distinguish the genera typlilocyha^ tinpoasca n.g.f cm- 

 poa, diloroiicnra n. g. and erytltroneura; description of 

 typhlocyba aurcay t.pallidula^ t. binotata^ empoasca viri- 

 desrcfis, i\ ronsobritta, e. oldnsa, cmpoa albicans^ chloro- 

 neura abnormis, cli. malefica, ch. maligna^ crythroncura 

 australis, e. ziczac and e. octonotata, all new species; 

 hemcrodromia sttpcrstiiiosa tound killing an erythro- 

 nciira. B: P. Af. (3546) 



["Walsh, B : Dann and Riley, C : Valentine.] 

 The apple-root plant-louse. Eriosoma 

 {pcjnp/tigns) pyr I. Fiich. (Amer. entom., 

 Jan. 1869, V. I, p. S1-S4, fig. 7072.) 

 Habits and r.-ivages, description and figures, enentics 

 and parasites of and means against schizoneura lani- 

 gera: evidences of the presence of this insect in or- 

 chards; doubts whether fr/^,?<9«/tt {schizoneura\ pyri is 

 the same as e. [.«.] lanigcra; generic difl'erences }>c- 

 tween pemphigus and eriosoma; confinement of aphidi- 

 dae \o the food-plants peculiar to each; description and 

 figure of larva, puparium and imago oi'pipixti radicttm 

 n. sp. ^: P- M. (3547) 



[Walsh, B : Dann and Riley, C : Valentine.] 

 Tlie asparagus beetle : crioccn's asparagi, 

 Linn. (Amer. entom., Feb. 1S69, v. i, p. 

 114-115. 77 cm., fig. 94; p. 144, I cm.) 

 Introduction into United Stales, natural history, 

 ravages and parasites of and means against crtoceris 

 asparagi; figure of eggs, larvae and imago of this in- 

 sect; importance of asparagus culture. 



B:P.Af. (354^) 



[Walsh, B: Dann c/?/r/ Riley, C : Valentine.] 

 The boll-worm, llth'othh arfiiigcra., Hub- 

 nor. (Amer. entom., July iS6y. v. i. p. 

 :u-2i4, 92 cm., fig. 150-151.) 



Habits, seasons, ravages and food-plants of and 

 means auainst heliothis armigera; dctxTipli* 11 and 

 fij'.ures oi all stages of this insect. B: P. M. (3549) 



[Walsh, B : Dann and Riley, C : Valentine.] 



The hellgrammite fiy. Corydah's cornu.'us. 



Linn. (Amer. entom., Dec. 1S6S. v. i. p. 



61-62, 71 cm., fig. 56-57-) 



Description of habits and figures of larva, pup:i and 

 imago of corydnlus cornutuSj- description and figure of 

 Ciius n( be/osfoma i^randft mistaken tor those of this in- 

 sect. /?■■ P. Af (3550) 



