RECENT LITERATURE. 



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locera ; and B, Netrocera. In the latter are placed all the species 

 usually referred to Hesperiida?, and all other species are included in 

 the first section. 



The Cossidaa are retained among the Bombyces, but on p. 182 the 

 position of this family immediately before the Tortricoidae in Tineae 

 inaculeatae is indicated, and this, the first subdivision of the Tineae, 

 also embraces Psychidas, " Tortricina," and a large number of families 

 of " Tineina." In Aculeataa, the second subdivision of Tineas, the 

 families are Incurvaridae, Tischeriidae, Nepticulidae, Micropterygidae, 

 and Eriocephalidae. Hepialidae, corrected to Epialidae, constitutes the 

 third subdivision of Tineae. 



Pterophoridae and Alucitidae are located between the Geometras and 

 the Pyralides, and there are some changes in the arrangement of the 

 families and genera in the latter division. Thus, for example, Scoparia 

 is included in the Botydas, and this family is interposed between the 

 Crambidas and the Phycideae. 



In addition to localities for each species, there are notes referring 

 chiefly to the time of appearance of the imago and the food-plant of 

 the larva. 



L' Apiculture par les Methodes simples, par R. Hommell, ingenieur 

 agronome, professeur d'Agriculture a Riom. 8vo, pp. 338, with 

 6 plates and 102 figures in the text. Paris : Georges Carre et 

 C. Naud. 1898. 



Judging from the elaborate manner in which the book has been 

 prepared, and the clear and explicit instructions furnished, M. Hom- 

 mell's work should prove exceedingly valuable not only to those who 

 may be contemplating the establishment of an apiary, but the experi- 

 enced bee-keeper will find a large amount of information connected 

 with all phases of the subject. 



The following papers appear in American publications : — 



Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum. Vol. xxi. Washington, 

 1898 :— 



" On some New Parasitic Insects of the Subfamily Encyrtinse." 

 By L. 0. Howard, Ph.D. Pp. 231-248. 



"On the Coleopterous Insects of Galapagos Islands." By Martin 

 L. Linell. Pp. 249-268. 



"Report of a Collection of Japanese Diptera." By D. W. Coquil- 

 lett. Pp. 301-340. 



" American Oniscoid Diplopoda of the Order Merocheta (Myria- 

 poda)." By 0. F. Cook. Pp. 451-468, plates xxix-xxxii. 



"Japanese Hymenoptera of the Family Tenthredinidaa."' By C 

 L. Marlatt, M.S. Pp. 493-506. 



