112 



* 280. G. Lincecum. Robber Ants. p. 564. 

 Evisceration of one species of ant by another, for the purpose of obtain- 

 ing the sweet contents of the stomach. 



* 281. A. M. Mayer. Experiments on the supposed Au- 

 ditory Apparatus of the Mosquito, p. 577-592, fig. 92. 



[Reprint, with a few corrections by the author, of the article cited in this 

 Record, No. 189. See also Rec, No. 55.] 



* 282. G. Lincecum. The Gossamer Spider, p. 593-596. 

 Habits of an undetermined species of Arachnidae. 



* 283. Dr. August Weiss7nan and A. S. Packard, Jr. 

 The Metamorphosis of Flies. I. p. 603-612. 



Translation of a chapter entitled " View of the Phenomena of Develop- 

 ment," from Weismann's " The Development of Diptera " (1864). "Re- 

 lates wholly to Musca vomitoria." 



* 284. Dr. Augustus Weissmann. The Metamorphosis of 

 Flies.. II. p. 661-667. 



Translation of the closing chapter in Weismann's " Die Entwickelung 

 der Dipteren " (1864). The histologic and morphologic relation between 

 the larva and pupa in Muecidae. 



* 285. C. V. Riley. Insectivorous Plants, p. 684-687. 

 Abstract of the article cited in this Record, No. 143, c. 



* 286. A. Weissmann. The Metamorphosis of Flies. III. 

 p. 713-721. 



Translation of the concluding chapter of Weismann's " Die Metamor- 

 phose der Corethra plumicoi-nis"" [etc.] (1866). The histologic and morpho- 

 logic relation between the larva and pupa in Corethra compared with that 

 in Musca [see Rec, No. 284], indicating two diametrically opposed forms 

 of insect metamorphosis. 



* 287. A. R. Gkote. On the Cotton Worm of the South- 

 ern States (Aletia argillacea Hubner). p. 722-727. 



Habits, seasons and synonymy of A. argillacea. [See Rec, No. 143, d.~\ 



* 288. J. M. Milligan. Yucca filamentosa. p. 749-752. 

 Habits of Pronuba yuccasella. 



* 289. A. R. Grote. Note on the Synonymy of Telea 

 Polyphemus, p. 753-754. 



Bibliognostic citations resp. Telea Polyphemus and Bombyx Paphia. 



Catocala relicta at Newtonville, Mass. On Sept. 20, 1875, I 

 captured at Newtonville a good specimen of Catocala relic/a d, at sugar: 

 the first that I have captured in this locality. — Roland Thaxter. 



No. 17 was issued Oct. 8, 1875. 



