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BOOK NOTICES. 



PsvcHK. ISti), \'ol. 11, Xo. (iij. July. 



IiiLEY, C. V. (p. 'iV.^). I*nj)!iti()n of the NyniplialidiU'. (Ol)sorva- 

 fious on Voncxsd (uitiojxi. "'riie i)i'inc'ipal means hy whieli the 

 chrvsalis holds on, and rises at the eritieal nn)nient, is a stout liga- 

 ment, which is, virtually, tiie shed intestinal canal; not alone the 

 linin,2:, but the Avhole or<;"an, which, as Ave knoAv, becomes subobsolete 

 ill the imago state of so many Lepidoptera. In addition to this 

 rectal ligament there are two Literal ligaments which serve as anxi- 

 Haries. These are the shed linings of the tracheae issuing from the 

 ninth or last pair of s|)iracles, whicli in the chrysalis become closed 

 or blind".) 



Pattox, AV. H. (p. 2:>1). Is this Euchaetes collaris (Fitch):-' 



TuK (*AXADiAX Entomologist. 18T9, A^ol. XI, No. (\, .June. 



Edwards, ^\. 11. (p. 101). l)escri})tion of jireparatory stages of 

 Phyciodes nycteis. ["Xt/ricift here ((N)alburgh) feeds on Actinomeris 

 squarrosa, but will eat Aster, though it prefers the other i>lant 

 decidedly"'.) 



Devereaux, AV. L. (p. 1U5.) Captures of Noctuidae at Clyde, 

 AVaync Co., N. Y. (Gives a list of 125 species observed, i)rincipally 

 at sugar, from April to October.) 



Hagex* Dr. H. (p. 110). Obnoxious Pests. — Suggestion relative 

 to their destruction. (Refers to the experiments of Dr. Bail who 

 ''has proved by numerous experiments that healthy insects brought 

 hi contact with mash and fed with it are directly infested by 

 the spores of the fungus with fatal consequence." The author 

 thinks that "beer mash or debited yeast should be api)lied either 

 with a syringe or a s])rinkler,'' and that it is important to 

 make the trial with the "Colorado grasshopper." The author's 

 idea is that we might kill large numbers of insects by spreading 

 among them the epizootic caused by the beer mash fungus or mould.) 



Kellicott, D. S. (j). 114). Observations on Nephopteryx Zimmer- 

 mani. (The author has "found the moth's galleries in both trunk 

 and branch, both above an<l beknv the whorls (usually below), some- 

 times completed girdling the stem, thus killing the portion above.'' 

 In diverse places in Oswego Co., X. Y., this borer was found and 

 '-'it is so abundant in one locality, at least, that it proves a grave 

 enemy to the young ])ines of second growth when the iirimitive 

 trees have been rejnoved by the lumberman.") 



