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bers of the Society, p. ccxli-cclxv. d. Alphabetic and analytic index of 

 genera, species and subjects; index of authors and of additions to the Li- 

 brary, p. cclxvii-cceiv. 



* 184. The Popular Science Monthly, 1 vol. iv, from p, 

 257, contains the following, and Nos. 135 to 141. 



a. The Caterpillar Nuisance in Philadelphia [Replacement of Ennomo.< 

 subsignaria (exterminated by English sparrows) by Orgyia leucostigma 

 (which the sparrows will not attack)], p. 381. /;. The Grape-vine Blight 

 [Phylloxera vastatrix\ means against it], p. 381-382. c. Migrations of In- 

 sects [Statistics of swarms of locusts], p. 382. d. Inoculating the vine with 

 essence of Eucalyptus globulus a remedy for the Phylloxera; mode of appli- 

 cation, p. 511. e. Notice of Lubbock's On the Origin and Metamorphoses 

 of Insects (1874) [Intelligence of insects; habits of Cerceris ; habits of 

 ants], p. 628; of Packard's Insects of the Garden, p. 755-756. 



* 135. C. V. Riley. Length [and weight] of Thread of 

 the Silk-worm, p. 508. 



* 13(3. Richard Bliss, Jr. Professor Louis Agassiz. p. 

 608-618. 



Obituary notice. 



* 137. Dr. B. A. Gould, A Swarm of Locusts, p. 636. 

 Description of a swarm seen at Cordova, Arg. Rep. 



* 138. P. R. Uhler. Clay Wasp-Nests, p. 637-638. 

 Nests made by Polistes sp. ; manner of construction ; habits of the wasps. 



[See this Record, No. 68]. 



* 139. Anonym. The Mantis or Praying Insect, p. 710- 

 713, fig. 



Habits and figure of imago ; its names; stories about it. 



* 140. S. E. Wilber. Animal Migrations, p. 745-746. 

 The attacks of dipterous parasites the sole incentive to the mio-rations of 



locusts. 



* 141. D. L. Adair. The Uses of Bees' Wings, p. 763. 

 Structure of the wings ; their use for flight, respiration, smell and hear- 

 ing. 



* 142. The Scientific American, 2 vols, xxx and xxxi, 

 contains the following. 



Vol. xxx : a. Improved Fly Traps, pp. 26, 89, 121, 265. b. Vermin 

 Killer [a liquid mixture], p. 65 and vol. xxxi, p. 21. c. The Yama-ma'i, 

 or Oak Tree Silkworm [Description of egg (fig), larva (fig.), ima^o : 

 habits; manner of importation], p. 66, fig. d. Use of fungi in destroying 

 caterpillars (by J. L. LcConte), p. 82. e. To exterminate house insects, 



'Record made with the assistance of Mr. Samuel Henshaw. 



8 Record made with the assistance of Mr. Oeorge Dinmioek, 



