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Authors and Societies are requested to forward their works to the Edi- 

 tor at the earliest date possible. We ask our readers to inform us of the 

 publication especially of those works which are not generally consulted by 

 entomologists. Z>, Pickman Mann. 



( Continued from page 28.) 



* 71, Town knd Glover. Manuscript notes from my Jour- 

 nal, or Illustrations of insects, Native and Foreign. Diptera or 

 Two-winged flies. Washington D C. 1874. written by Townend 

 Glover Transferred & printed, from stone by Jas. F. Ged- 

 ney. 4t<>. pg. Ill, plates I-XII, pi. A (each with a page of ex- 

 planation), pg. 120, printed only on one side of the sheet, 

 [Not published. Only 45 copies printed for gratuitous distri- 

 bution.] 



a. Introduction, p. I —I II. b. Figures of about 340 jmagos, 1G0 young, 

 30 habitations and numerous details of about 400 species, pi. I-XII. c. 

 Anatomical details of 86 genera, pi. A. d. Arrangement of Families, p. 1. 

 e. Alphabetical list of the Families and Genera of Diptera mentioned in 

 this work, with Synonyms. Habitat. Food, etc., p. 2-59. f. Alphabetical 

 List of Predaceous or Parasitic Diptera, the larvae or perfect flies of which 

 destroy oilier Insects, p. G0-C2. g. Alphabetical List of Vegetable & 

 Animal Substances &c, inhabited, injured, or destroyed Jay Diptera, p. 63- 

 78. //. Alphabetical List of Insects of other Orders either destroying Dip- 

 tera or destroyed by them. p. 79-85. i. Alphabetical List of names of Au- 

 thors, & of Authorities quoted, p. 86-89. j. Abbreviations used in this 

 work, p. 90. /.-. Alphabetical List of some of the principal Genera &c. of 

 Diptera witli derivation of names, p. 91-93. I. Alphabetical list of the spe- 

 cies of Diptera. and other Orders. Fungi &c. with dervation of names, 

 p. 94-100. m. Supplement. 1. Remedies, p. 101-111. n. Alphabetical 

 list of Insects &c. mentioned in Report on Remedies, p. 112. o. Synopti- 

 cal Tables [of divisions and families], p. 113-118. p. Definition of terms, 

 p. 118. q. Addenda, p. 119-120. r. Notes, p. 120. 



* 72. Thomas Belt. The Naturalist in Nicaragua: A 

 Narrative of a Residence at the Gold Mines of Chontales ; 

 Journeys in the Savannahs and Forests. With Observations 

 on Animals and Plants in reference to the Theory of Evolution 

 of Living Forms. With map and [about 40] illustrations. 

 London, Murray, 1874, 8vo. pg. xvi, 403. 



Habits of many insects of all orders, especially Eclton and Oecodoma spp. ; 

 insects attacking and insects defending plants and animals ; mutual adapta- 

 tions of insects and plants ; edible insects protected by mimicry and inedn 

 ble ones by display ; use of the secretions of Homoptera ; instincts and 



