198 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Arachnidae and Mj^riapoda 110 species, 435 spec; Galls and 

 Gall insects, 734 species, 4152 specimens; the balance miscella- 

 neous and Insect Architecture. There is also an alcoholic 

 collection, principally of adolescent states, containing 2850 

 vials, and a collection of some 3000 slides of minute insects and 

 larvae mounted in Canada balsam. 2nd. Collection of Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. Containing a large lot of material 

 accumulated in the practical work of the division, and by the 

 collection of its employees. It contains about 5000 species — 

 mostly exotic — not in the Riley collection. 3rd. Collection of 

 the National Museum. This is the poorest of the lot, and 

 consists principally of the material sent in during the past three 

 years from all sources. There are about 2000 species not in 

 either of the other collections. 4th. The exhibit collection of 

 Economic Entomology prepared for the New Orleans Exhibition, 

 valuable for its economical interest. A catalogue of this has 

 been printed. This forms a good nucleus, and in charge of a 

 competent and enterprising curator it will quickly take rank as 

 one of the most important in the country. The large collection 

 of larvae forms a distinct and decided addition to its value. — 

 ' Entomologica Americana,' June, 1885. 



REVIEWS. 



Entomologica Americana. Vol. I., No. 1. Brooklyn, N. Y. 



April, 1885. 



This, the newest of entomological serials, is to be the organ 

 of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, and absorbs the 'Bulletin* 

 of that Society and ' Papilio,' both being discontinued in favour 

 of this monthly magazine, which is to be edited by Mr. John B. 

 Smith, with the assistance of a publication committee of four 

 other members. We also gather that Prof. C. V. Riley, the 

 U. S. Entomologist, is giving his support; so that "a future" 

 may be expected for 'Entomologica Americana,' notwithstanding 

 its inconvenient title. 



Among the more important articles in the first number is one 

 headed, " Synonymical Notes," by Dr. George H. Horn, who 

 takes for his subject certain species of Coleoptera, described by 



