January— March 1SS5.] 



PS re HE. 



[3715-3725] ■■^•'j'' 



[Connecticut board of agriculture.] Poul- 

 try. (4th anil. rept. seer. Conn, board 

 agric, for 1S69-1S70, 1S70, p. 9-45-) 

 Cninniunicalions .ind discussion on poultry-raising; 

 includes, on p. 12-13, ^S, 23, 26, 37, 30-36, 41-44, reniarlis 

 on insects and worms injurious to fowl, and means 

 nirainst tlieni, and on the uselulness of fowl as destrovei-s 

 of insects, bv T. S. Gold, P. M. Auguv, VV: H. Brewer, 

 II. S. Collins, J. N. Blakeslce, W. A. Browning. N. 

 C'rcssv, VV: Plumb,— Hunt, 1. M. Hubbard. 



B: P. M. (3715) 



Connecticut board of agriculture — Ento- 

 mologist, 1S72 (Sidney Irving Smith). 

 Address of the state entomologi.st [with 

 discussion]. (5th ann. rept. seer. Conn, 

 hoard agric., for 1S71-72, 1S72, p. 203-234.) 

 Vote of thanks for the address, {of. cit., 

 P- 235.) 



lv;ivaii;es and usefulness and abundance and disap- 

 jicarances of and valid and invalid means against in- 

 sects; impnrtance to the farmer ot a knnwledi^c of 

 entomolngy ; special account nf sphenopkoriis scu/plih's 

 (called .9. zeaL')y s. robustits, brnrtitts obso/^tus;, leuia tri- 

 Hncata and (by J. S. Gould) cecidomyia tritici., with 

 briefer mention ot numerous otlier insects and of means 

 ;ig;ainst insects, especially the use of dust or powders 

 to kill moist-bodied insects, and the influence of para- 

 sites; discussion participated in by — Ri^^s, W. W, 

 White, S. W. Johnson, — Danit*tson, J. S. Gould, and 

 author. B, P. M. (3716) 



Connecticut board of agriculture — Secrc- 

 fiu-y. 4lh aiiniuil report . . . 1S69-70. Printed 

 l)y order of the legislature. Hartford, 1S70. 

 423 p., [9 pi.], 24 X 15, il. 



Contains a remark on means against deriuotodectes 

 oviS:, on p. 126, and articles of entomological contents 

 recorded under the following titles: — CONNECTICUT 

 iiOAKU OF A<ii<iCui.TUKE.] Poultry [Rec.,3715], p. 9-45. 

 — V'KitKU-L, A. E. The external parasites of domestic 

 animals ; their eft'ects and remedies [Ilec, 3568], p. 72-122. 

 — N'liKKiM., A. E. The internal jiarasites of domestic 

 animals; their eftects ami remedies [Rec, 3569], p. 

 iC>_'-25*). S: P. M. (3717) 



Connecticut board of agriculture — Secrc- 

 fiiry. 5th annual report ... 1S71-72. Printed 

 by <jrder of the legislature. Hartford, 1S72. 

 3% p., [i] pi., 24 X 15. 



Contains a minute (p. 10) of the election of Sidney' 

 IrviuiiT Smith to be entomologist of the Connecticut 

 iioard of agriculture, 16 Aug. 1S71, and (p. 13) nf an ap- 

 propriati'iii of $200 to him, for investigations of insects; 

 aNn remarks (p. 177, 17S, 1S2, 294) on vmcrosila Carolina 

 and cut-worms as injuring tobacco plants, and means 

 against them; and articles of entttmological contents 

 recorded under the following titles: — Connecticut 

 no.MO) OF AGKicULTUKK — Eiilomologist^ iSyz. Ad- 

 *lress of tile state entomologist [Rec, 3716J, p. 203-234, 

 235. — ViCKKiLi,, A. E. Additional observations on the 

 parasites of man and domestic animals [Kec, 3566], p. 

 3>i^.,2. li: P. lil. (371S} 



Coquillett, Daniel W: Description of noc- 

 luid larvae. (N. A. entom., Jan. 1S80, v. 

 I, p. 52.) 



Describes larvae of telesilla cincreola, cram bodes 

 iulidiformis and adipsophanrs misccZ/ns. 



B: P. M. (3710) 



Darwin, C : ■' Ueher die einrichtungeii ziir 

 befruchtung britischer iind ausliindischer 

 orchideen durch insecten, und iiber die 

 giinstigen erfolge derwechselbefruchtung". 

 Stuttgart, 1S62.'" 



Germ, tr., by H. G. Broun, of Darwin's "On the 

 various contrivances by which British and foreign 

 orchids are fertilized hy insects" . . . [Rec, 237S]. 



W: T. (3720) 



Dewitz, Hermann. Ueber das durch die 

 foramina repugnatoria entleerte sekret bci 

 glomcris. (Biolog. centralbl., June 1SS4, 

 bd. 4, p. 202-203.) 



Discusses the function of tlie adhesive secretion of 

 tiic foramina repugnatoria which, in g^loincris are un- 

 paired along the middle line of the dorsum. 



G: D. (j72i) 



Doppelrolle des stachels der honigbienen 



(Ueljer eine). Deutsch-amer. apotheker- 



zeitung, ijjan. iSSv jahrg. "jjp. 664, 46cm.) 



Engl, tr., by B: P.'Mann; entitled "The 



double role of the sting of the honey-bee." 



(Psyche, Jan. -Mar. 1885, v. 4, p. 245-24O.) 



From "/«(/. hlalter.^^ RetnarliS on the function of 



the stin^ of apis mcllifica as introducing formic .icid 



into the honey stored in cells, .ind on the prcservntive 



action of the formic acid upon honey. /?; P. J\[. (^^722) 



Emerton, James H : New England spiders 



of the family t/ieriiiiiliie. (Trans. Conn. 



acad. arts and sciences, 1SS4. v. 6, p. 1-86. 



pi. 1-24.) 



Separate. [New Haven, Conn.. 1882.] 



t.-p. cover, p. r-86. pi. 1-24. 2^ >< 15, t 



18 X 10.5. 



External anatomy of the theridii'dae, and literature of 

 New England species ; descriptions of 134. New England 

 species, with notes on localities of capture and on habits, 

 and with nuincious figures; describes S5 new species 

 belonging to the genera theyi'dium^ miJ/w/ns, steatoda^ 

 eurjfopsis, le/i'safiis, fi/iolcoinma, ceraiifie/Za, cornicula- 

 ria, lophoinina, lophocarenum, tvteiicits, ert'goiie, liny- 

 phia^ diplosiyla, bathyphauifs, hoiyphayitcs and micro- 

 ncta, and to the new genera ceratinopsis, gramnio7iota , 

 and spiropnlpus; a new genus, theridula, was made to 

 include thcridion sphacrnia Hentz and the European 

 theridion gonyffd'iter ^'wxKon. G: D. (3723) 



Fletcher, James. [Correspondence.] (Can. 

 entom., Feb. [iS Mar.] 1SS3, v. 15, p. 40.) 

 Rev. of T: W. Fylcs' "Notes on a gall mite of the 

 nettle tree" . . . (o/^. cit.. Oct. [14 Dec] 1SS2, v. 1,^, p. 

 ir>S-iC)9) [Rec, 3727]; identification, ns psyila celttdis. 

 »tii>njnay of the insect described in Fyles' article, and 

 remarks on the gall, and on the geographical distribu- 

 tion of ce/lis occidcntalis in Canada. [For a reply to 

 this revie%v, see T : W. Fyles' " The parasite r^i phyl- 

 loxera vastairi.x'''' ...{op. cit.. [26] May 1SS3 [Rec, 

 37^S]),p.S4.] B: P.M. (372^) 



F[oiirnier?], E[ug.]. [Rev. of] Darwin. 

 C: On the various contrivances by which 

 British and foreign orchids are fertilized by 

 insects, and on the good effects of inter- 

 crossing. . . . (Bull. Soc bot. de France, 

 Aug. 1862. V. 9. p. 243-246.) W: T. (3725) 



