124 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



RECENT LITERATURE. 



Proceedings of the South London Entomological and Natural History 

 Society, 1897. Part II. Together with the President's Address. 

 Pp. i-xvi, 69-166. 



The second part of these ' Proceedings,' extending to 114 pages, 

 embraces the papers read before tbe Society during the latter part of 

 1897 and in January, 1898 ; and also the full reports of the meetings 

 throughout the session, and other matters. The papers are : — " Recent 

 Examples of the Effect on Lepidoptera of Extreme Temperature 

 applied in the Pupal Stage," by F. Merrifield ; " The Drinking Habits 

 of Butterflies and Moths," by J. W. Tutt; "The Wing and Larval 

 Characters of the Emperor Moths," by Prof. A. Redcliffe Grote ; and 

 " Notes on Hybrids of Tephrosia bistortata, Goetze, and T. crepuscularia, 

 Hb.," by J. W. Tutt. In the President's Address the usual matters 

 connected with the Society are referred to, the entomological work of 

 the year reviewed and co-operation of workers in different branches 

 of natural history advocated. We are pleased to note that the affairs 

 of the Society continue in a very satisfactory condition, and that the 

 membership is well on the way towards 200 in number. 



Economic Entomology. 



England. — Report of Observations of Injurious Insects and Farm 

 Pests during the year 1897, with Methods of Prevention and Remedy. 

 Thirty-first Report. By Eleanor A. Ormerod. Pp. i-viii, 1-160. 

 1898. London : Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Limited. 

 Many illustrations, and a portrait of Miss E. A. Ormerod. 



America.— Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey 

 Agricultural College Experiment Station. By John B. Smith. For the 

 year 1897. Pp. 96. Eight plates aud other illustrations in the text. 

 Trenton : The John L. Murphy Publishing Co. 1898. 



The Codling Moth [Carpocapsa pomonella). By M. V. Slingerland. 

 Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, New 

 York Entomological Division. Bulletin No. 142. January, 1898. 

 Pp. 69. Illustrated. 



Preliminarg Nates on the Codling Moth. By T. D. A. Cockerell. 

 Agricultural Experiment Station, Mesilla Park, N.M. Bulletin No. 25. 

 February, 1898. Pp. 22. 



The Peach Borer: Experiments with Hydraulic Cement. By John 

 B. Smith. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. Bulletin 

 No. 128. February, 1898. Pp. 28. Illustrated. 



Xnme Miscellaneous Results of the Work of the Division of Entomology. 

 Prepared under the direction of L. V. Howard. Pp. 98. Illustrated. 

 Bulletin No. 10, New Series. U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Washington. 1898. 



Recent Laws against Injurious Insects in North America, together with 

 the Laws relative to Foul Brood. Compiled by L. 0. Howard. Pp. 66. 

 Bulletin No. 13, New Series. U. S. Department of Agriculture. 

 Washington. 1898. 



