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The offspring of the bisexual generation of certain species is exclusively 

 female ; it is judged that the offspring of the unisexual generation is the 

 bisexual one. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1196. Chambers, Vactor Tuusey. Tineina. (Can. en- 

 tom., 1877, V. 9, p. 123-127.) 



Describes Gracilaria (^Consceuni) quinquennteUa n. sp. ; I'emarks upon five 

 other species of Gracilaria. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1197. Sie-wers, C: Godfrey. Notes on larvae — Fond- 

 ness for water — Hints to beginners, (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, 

 p. 127-129.) 



Some larvae need water to drink ; habits of certain species ; methods of 

 rearing insects. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1198. Lintner, Joseph Albert. On a new species of 

 Cossus. (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 129-130.) 



Describes Cossus centerensis n. sp., from Center, N. Y. [Aug., 1877.] 

 [The name of this author is given wrongly in Rec, no. 1049, 109 7.] 



* 1199. Grote, A: Radcliffe. Notice of Mr. Butler's Re- 

 vision of the Sphingidae. (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 130- 

 133.) 



Notes, mostly synonymical, upon the work cited; describes Eusmerintluis 

 n. g. (type : Smerinthus geininatus'). [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1200. Couper, W: List of Canadian diptera. (Can. 

 entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 133-135.) 



List of 143 species, compiled from British Museum catalogs for 1848 and 

 1849. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1201. Grote, A: RadclifFe. A new Plusia allied to hoch- 

 enwarthi. (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 135-136.) 



Describes P. sackenii n. sp., from Colorado. [Aug., 1877.] 



* 1202. [Saunders, W:] Book notices. (Can. entom., 

 1877, V. 9, p. 137-138.) 



Notice of Murray's Economic entomology — Aptera ; of Riley's 9th An- 

 nual report . . . Missouri [See Rec, No. 970] ; of Hill's photograph of 

 Harpalus caliginosus. [Aug., 187 7.] 



* 1203. Moffat, J: Albert. An instance of retarded de- 

 velopment. (Can. entom., 1877, v. 9, p. 138-139.) 



An interval of over 20 months elapsed from the formation of the cocoon 

 to the emergence of the imago of \_Cimbex americana']. [Aug., 187 7.] 



* 1204. Pearson, G: W., /r. Melitaea phaeton. Can. en- 

 tom., 1877, v. 9, p. 139.) 



Melitaea phaeton very abundant at Montreal and at Ottawa, Canada, in 

 the summer of 187 7. [Aug., 187 7.] 



