134 



Field and Forest, v. 2. 



[Abstract of an article by M. W. Beyerinck, in the Bolanische Zeitnng 

 for Jan., 1877.] A valuable tax9nomic synopsis of galls, with biblio- 

 graphy. 



* 935. C: R. Dodge. Hungry Antlireni. p. 184. [Apr., 

 1877.] 



Paper labels parti}' eaten in a box in which butterflies had been eaten by 

 Anthrenus; was it from hunger or from choice ? 



* 936. Ja: S. Johnson. A new killing bottle, p. 194- 

 195, fig. 5. [May, 1877.] 



Description and figure of an oval bottle, less liable to breakage than a 

 cylindrical bottle. 



* 937. Nature. The Pliylloxera and insecticides, p. 199- 

 201. [May, 1877.] 



[Abstract of an official report to the French Academy of Sciences.] 

 Requisites to an efficient remedy for the Phylloxera; seven groups of sub- 

 stances experimentally used ; only sulphur compounds give satisfactory 

 results, and of these the sulpho-carbonates give the best results ; proper 

 method of application of the remedy. 



* 938. Ja: S. Johnson. Hints on hunting Catocala. p. 

 201-202. [May, 1877.] 



Several species of Catocala hide very closely under loose bark and can 

 only be dislodged by hard beating of the tree-trunk. 



* 939. Ja: H. Bell (in Canadian Entomologist). Good 

 words, p. 202. [May, 1877.] 



A portion of the periodical should be devoted to notices facilitating the 

 discovery, capture and preservation of the rarer species of insects. 



* 940. C. E. WoRTHiNGTON (in Canadian Entomologist). 

 Two pupae in one cocoon, p. 203. [May, 1877.] 



Two pupae of Attacus cecropia in a cocoon of one chamber. 



* 941. C: R. Dodge. Insects in Colorado, p. 205-206. 

 [June, 1877.] 



Re-iteratos the assertions cited in Rec, no. 909. 



* 942. J. R. S. (in Science Gossip). Strength of the 

 stag-beetle, p. 206. [June, 1877.] 



Lucanus cervus lifted nearly one and a half kilograms. 



* 948. G: Welles (in Nebraska Farmer). Concussion 

 theory, p. 216. [June, 1877.] 



Locust-eggs are crushed Avhen water-wheels fall on them. 



