J:imi;iry— M;irch iS-SS-J 



PSITIIE. 



[3763-3774] -'G3 



Schilde, Joliannes. Fruhlingsbeobachtungen 

 liber die natiiiimmanente erzeugiing der flii- 

 gelpracht iind anpassung von schnietter- 

 fingen. (Entom. nachrichten, Mav 1S84, 

 jahig. 10, p. 141-147.) 



Se'parate. [Berlin, 18S4.] 7 p., 23 X 14, 

 t 16 X 9.5. 



The nuttior ari^ues ngainst the views held by Darwin, 

 Weisinann, and Lubbock in regard to tlie origin of cer- 

 tain types of coloration in buttertiies' wintjs. 



~G:D (3762) 



Scudder, S : Hubbard. The pine moth of 

 Nantucket, rctinia frtistrana. (M..\ss.\- 



CHUSETTS SOCIETY FOR THE PROMOTION 



OF AGRICULTURE. Publications.) Boston, 

 A. Williams i& CO., 1SS3. t.-p. cover, 20 

 [+ 2] p., I col. pi., 24 X 15, t 17 X 10. 



Notite. (Nation [N. Y.], 19 Apr. 1SS3, 

 no. 929, V. 36, p. 341, 5 cm.^ 

 Habits and description oi reiitiia fnistrana, ^ new 

 species, which attacks piniis rigida in Nantucket, 

 Mass.; description and colored ti^ures of the larva, 

 pupa and imago, and of twigs oi piuus attacked by tills 

 insect; notes on other species of retinia. Appended [p. 

 iS-2j] is a notice of and extr.ict from ( : H : Comstock's 

 •'llepnrtof the entomologist" (Rept.'[U. S.] Conimiss. 

 Hgric. for 1S79, iSSo), p. 233 23S. G: D. (3763) 



Sograff, N. Ztir enibrjologie der chiiopo- 

 deii. Vorlaufige mittheilung. (Z*)ol. an- 

 zeiger, 6 Nov. 1S82, jahrg. 5, p. 5S2-5S5-) 

 Researches on the embryoloi;y of chilopoda, chiefly 



based on two species of ^i'(j/////K.c. G: D. {3764) 



South, Richard. On the urticating hairs of 

 some lepidoptera. (Entomologist, Jan. 

 1885, V. iS, p. 3-6.) 



Notes on tlie iirtic;ttion produced by larvae, cocoons, 

 and possibly by the iniagos of certain lepidoptera, 

 amoug which Ujuiris aurijlua, bo77tbyx ruhi and species 

 of cnethocampa are especially mentioned; discusses 

 causes of tlie urtication ; quotes from T. P. Bigg-With- 

 er's "Pioneering; in Brazil," in regard to stinging cater- 

 pillars in Brazil. G: D. (3765) 



Speziesfrage (ZurJ. (Entom nachrichten. 

 15 Nov. 1S81, jahrg. 7, p. 321-323.) 

 Extract (from the Correspondejizhlait der Irmitschia, 

 iSSi, no, 10) of tlie report of a lecture, delivered 3 July 

 iSSi, in Erfnrt, Thuringiii, by Dr. Schmcideknecht, of 

 Gumperila, on the difficultv of defining limits for species 

 and varieties, based especially on studies of bombus. 



G: D. (3766) 



Trimen, Roland. Protective resemblances in 

 insects. (Entomologist, Feb. 1SS5, v. 18, 

 P- ^5-30-) 



Part of an address on mimicry among insects includ- 

 ing spiders, delivered at the annual meeting of the 

 S'uith African phitosopliical sociutv. G: D. (3767) 



Trouessart, E. L. and Megnin, P. Stir la 



classification ties sarcoptides plumicoles. 



(Coniptes-rendus Acad. sci. France, 21 Jan. 



1SS4, V. 98, p. 155-157-) 



Modifications are proposed in the classification of the 

 analgesinae, with some notes on the synonymy of cer- 

 tain genera. G: £). (376S) 



Wallace, Alfred Russell, see BiuTibii association 



FOlt THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE— [^bth meeting^ 



— Glasgow meeting, iSyb — Section of biology. Pres- 

 ident's address [Rec, 2362]. 



Walsh, B : Dann. The grape-leaf gall-louse. 

 Daciylo^phacra vitifoliac, Fitch. (ist 

 ann. rept. acting state entom. 111., iSOS, 

 p. 21-24.) (Trans. 111. state hortic. soc. for 

 1S67, n. s., V. I, 186S; Appendix, p. 21-24.) 

 Remarks on the natural restriction of the ravages 

 of phylloxera vitifoliae to the leaves of certain species 

 and varieties nfvitis, and on the rule that a given spe- 

 cies oCap/tididae or coccidoe is generally confined to a 

 given siK'cies of plant, and invariably to a given tamily ; 

 discussion of the synonymy of dact'ylosphaera globosa, 

 the male ot \v\\ic\\\-s, phylloxera raryoeglobiiH ^x\d the 

 female is </. [///■] caryaesenten; hamnuieh^tes coruu^ 

 hormaphis ham am el id is; description of habits and ot 

 gall and insects oft/. [/>//. J caryacsenien n. sp.,- list of spe- 

 cies and galls ot daclylosphaera known to the author; 

 references to discussions of the characters of the genera 

 mentioned. B: P.M. (3769) 



[Walsh, B : Dann a?td Riley, C : Valentine.] 



The joint-worm. Isosoma /lordei, Harris. 



(Amer. entom., Apr. 1S69. v. i, p. 149-15S, 



3SS cm., fig. 113-11S; p. 185, I cm.) 



Ravages, fond-plants and indications of the attacks 



oi isosovta hordei; seasons, habits and parasites, phyto- 



pluigic variation and generic classification of and means 



against this insect; figures of male and female imago; 



figures of male and female imagos of semiotellits chalci- 



diphagits n. sp., eurytoma sp. and decatoma sp., and of 



female iniago of antigaster mirabilis; protective habits 



of variniis insects. B: P.M. (377°) 



Webster, Francis M. Notes from Illinois; 

 grain-feedi ng habits of field cricket. (Amer. 

 nat., June [20 May] 1S82, v. 16, (Riley, 

 C: V. Entomology [June 1SS2] ), 



P- 513-514- 



Reprint, entitled, " Habits of field crick- 

 ets." (Sci. amer., 17 June 18S2, v. 46, p. 

 3S3, col. 2, 13 cm. 



Notes on grylliis, epicatita pensylvanica^ diabrotica 

 Jossata and d. longicornis as destroyers '>f corn {zea 

 mays\. G: D. (3771) 



Weir, J: Jenner. Danaine butterflies not 

 subject to the attack of mites. (Entomol- 

 ogist, July 1882, V. 15, p. 160-161.) 

 Spt^cxQ'ioi da?iaidae^nd papilla pa7nmon in collections 

 seem to be distasteful to mites; quotations of other 

 authorities on the same subject. G: D. (3772) 



Weir, J : Jenner. Effect of temperature on 

 lepidoptera. (Entomologist, May 18S2, v. 

 15, p. 115-116.) 

 Sudden paralyzing of Vanessa urticae by cold. 



G.--D. (3773) 



■Weir, y: Jenner. Note on the use of naph- 

 thaline in cabinets for the protection of 

 insect collections. (Entomologist, July 

 1882, v. 15, p. 165-166.) 

 Tlie author warns Icpidopterists against using C : A. 



Blake's cones of naphthalin in tlieir collections. 



G: I> (3774) 



