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giiisbed author, well written in a plain and popular style, and will commend itself to all 

 who are interested in preserving our forests and useful shade trees from destruction by 

 insect foes. 



(A Fragment of a) Guide to Practical "Work in Elementary Entomology. An 

 outline for the use of students in the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell Univer- 

 sity, by J. Henry Comstock ; 8vo., pp. 35. 



This work is divided into two chapters, the first of which treats of the terms 

 denoting the position and direction of parts in insects, the second of the external 

 anatomy of a grasshopper, Caloptenus femur-ruhrum. A useful guide to all those 

 entering on the study of Entomology. 



Tenth Report of the State Entomologist of the Noxious and Beneficial Insects 

 OF the State of Illinois, By Cyrus Thomas, Ph. D. ; 8vo., pp. 244, illustrated 

 with two plates and 79 wood cuts ; containing articles on the army worm, Leucania 

 unipuncta ; a new Corn Insect, Diabrotlca longicornis ; the Relation of Meteoro- 

 logical Conditions to Insect Development ; Descriptive Catalogue of Larvae ; the 

 Larvffi of Butterflies and moths ; and the Hessian Fly. 



This Report contains much that is new in reference to these several subjects, and 

 is a valuable contribution to Entomological literature. 



A Bibliography of Fossil Insects. By Samuel H Scudder, 8vo., pp. 47. 



A complete list up to the present time of all known works and papers on fossil 

 insects arranged in alphabetical order. 



Synopsis of the CATOcALiE of Illinois. By G. H. French, Carbondale, 111. 



Contains references to fifty-eight species, followed by instructions for capturing 

 Catocalas, Bvo., pp. 11, with one wood-cut. 



Revised Check List of North American Birds, with a Dictionary of the Etymology, 

 Orthography, and Orthoepy of the Scientific Names. By Dr. Elliot Coues ; Ige. 

 8vo. Estes k Lauriat, Boston. 



Such a book from such a pen cannot fail to come into the hands of a great many 

 Ornithologists, and the circulation of so valuable a work will greatly tend to reader this 

 much neglected part of the science more widely studied and understood. The first part 

 of the book is devoted to notes and general explanations on Etymology, Orthography 

 and Orthoepy. The second part contains the Revised Check List proper, and on the 

 latter part of each page the names divided into syllables and marked fjr pronunciation 

 and accentuation, with copious notes on the derivation. In regard to the nomenclature, 

 the author has in many instances in this work taken a stand opposed to that of 

 some eminent Ornithologists of the present day, which is much to be regretted in 

 view of the desirability of uniformity in this matter. The printing is excellent, and 

 done on fine heavy paper, and the proofs have evidently been most carefully read, 

 altogether forming a very attractive volume and a valuable addition to the Ornitholo- 

 gist's library. 



