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REVIEWS. 



A Nature Wooing at Ormond by the Sea. By W. S. Blatchley, State 

 Geologist of Indiana. 245 pp., 12 pi., 62 cuts, map. Indianapolis, Nature Pub. Co. 



Entomologists contemplating a winter trip south should not fail to read this 

 graphic account of collecting experiences, conditions, and the results obtained 

 during March and early April in the vicinity of Ormond, Fla. In addition to the 

 many interesting biological notes incorporated in the text there are appended lists 

 of the Odonata (18 species), Orthoptera (30 species), Heteroptera (20 species), 

 butterflies (27 species), and Coleoptera (55 species), secured. In this appendix 

 the author has unfortunately published the description of a new species {^Eritettix 

 sylvestris — Acridiidae), a practice which cannot be abandoned too soon. The 

 proper place for such publication is in the columns of the regular scientific journals 

 or other works of recognized technical character. 



In addition to the entomological notes the volume contains an account of the 

 Ormond shell mound and sufficient information of general interest to entitle it to a 

 place in the luggage of every tourist. A. P. Morse. 



Monographic des Cynipides d' Europe et d'Algerie. Par I'Abbe J. J. 

 Kieffer. Tome Premier. A. Hermann, 6 et 12, rue de la Sorbonne, Paris, 

 France. 



This important work, representing volume 7 of Andre's Species des Hymen- 

 opteres d'Europe et d'Algerie, has just been received. 



Unfortunately, not many Americans are yet familiar with this great work of 

 Andre, which was begun some years ago by Mons. Edmond Andre', and since his 

 death, is being completed by his brother, Mons. Ernest Andre, a noted hymenop- 

 terologist, who has engaged some of the best European specialists to help him out 

 in certain families: Rev. T. A. Marshall in the Braconidae, Robert du Buysson in 

 the Chrysididae, etc. 



The volume before us is written by Abbe J. J. Kieffer, better known for his 

 work in the Diptera, and treats of two subfamilies of the Cynipidae or gall-making 

 wasps — the Ibaliinae and the Cynipinae. It is a large octavo, contains 678 pages, 

 and is illustrated by 27 plates, each plate being crowded with figures showing the 

 structural characters of these wasps and the galls or deformations caused by them 

 on various trees and plants. 



The work is admirably planned. After a brief introduction Abbe' Kieffer 

 enters minutely into the general characters of the Cynipidae: the head, thorax, 

 abdomen, and their appendages are taken up in order and accurately and fully 

 defined. 



