20 [4377-439 1 ] 



PSYCHE. 



[ Jimuary — February i? 



Wright, R. Ramsay. [On the corpuscles of 

 pebrine.'\ (Scientific and literary gossip, 

 15 Jan. 1SS4, V. 2, p. 70-71.) 



S.A. F. (4377) 



1885. 



Arthur, Joseph C : Disease of clover-leaf 

 weevil : enthomophthora fhytonomi^ Arthur. 

 (4th ann. rept. N. Y. Agric. exper. station 

 for 1885, 1S86, p. 241-265, fig. 10.) 

 p. 25S. Illustrated account of an epidemic disease, 



with description and figures of the entomophthora 



concerned. No resting spores found. 



S. A. F. (4378) 



Fyles, T: W. [Fungous disease upon the 

 cutworms.] (15th ann. rept. Ent. see. 

 Ontario 18S5, p. 22.) 



Mention of occurrence of insect disease in England* 



S. A. F. (4379) 



Lintner, Joseph Albert. [The seventeen- 

 year locust] destroyed by a fungus. (2d 

 ann. rept. N. Y. State entom., Albany, 

 1S85, p. 178-179-) 

 Qiiotation from Peck, 1S79: in 31st ann. rept. on 



New York State museum of natural history. 



S. A. F. (43S0) 



Saunders, W : On some of nature's methods 

 of subduing injurious insects. (Trans. 

 Amer. hort. soc, 1885, v. 3, p. 17S.) 

 Mention of fungus disease oi clisiocampa sylvatica 



and iigrotisfennica. S. A. F. (43S1) 



Saunders, W : Annual address of the presi- 

 dent of the Entomological society of On- 

 tario. (Can. entom., Dec. 1SS5, ^- i7>) 

 p. 237-239. 



Remarks on the general subject of insect diseases 

 with notes of recent work done. S. A. F. (43S2) 



Woodworth, C: W : Silkworm notes. 

 Silkworm diseases. (111. crop prospects, 

 Crop rept., No. 125, 1885, p. 25-26.) 

 Description of jaundice of silk-worm as occurring in 



experiment at University of Illinois. S. A. F. (4383) 



Zabiiskie, Jeremiah Lott. A caterpillar 

 fungus from New Zealand, and some related 

 species of the United States. (Journ. N. 

 Y. micros, soc, Apr. 1885, v. i, p. 89-94. 

 fig. 1-6.) 

 Cordyceps on caterpillars, white grubs, and a leca- 



nitim. S. A. F. (43S4) 



1886. 



Forbes, Stephen Alfred. [Flacherie in 

 pieris }'apae.'\ Illinois — State etitotnolo- 

 gist. Miscellaneous essay's on economic 

 entomology, Springfield, 111., 1886, p. 5-9.) 

 Elaborate description of the symptoms, anatomical 



and histological characters of the disease. 



S. A. F. (43SS) 



Forbes, Stephen Alfred. Studies on the 



contagious diseases of insects. (Bull. 111. 



State lab. nat. his., 1886, v. 2, p. 257-321, 



I pi.) 



An elaborate article giving results of observations 

 and author's experimental studies on bacterial disease 

 of pieris rapae, datana larvae, mamestra ptcta, and 

 silk worm, with brief account of epidemic of muscardine 

 in clisiocampa sylvatica. Illustrated by photographs 

 of ?«;Vroforc«5 of cabbage worm. S. A. F. (43S6) 



An additional list of titles referring to 

 American literature of insect diseases -will be 

 given in a subsequent numero. 



Alexandre, A. P. Du developpement de la 



forficale auriculaire. D'apres les notes de 



M. Lorenzo Camerano. (Bull. Soc. linn. 



du nord de la France, 18S0, v. 5, p. 55-60.) 



Discusses the time of oviposition and the form of the 



eggs o{ forpicula auricularia, tlie care of tlie eggs by 



the adult, the hatching and molting oi forficiila larvae, 



and the food of forjicula. G: D. (43S7) 



Belon, Marie Joseph. Histoire naturelle 

 des coleopteres de France. Famille des 

 lathridiens. 2me partie. (Ann. Soc. linn, 

 de Lyon, 1884, 18S5, n. s., v. 31, p. 61-212.) 



Synopsis of the genera and species oi lathridiidae of 

 France, with extended descriptions of the species, notes 

 on their synonymy and habitats; the following North 

 American species are included: corticaria grossa Lee. 

 [=f. pitbescens Hummel], c. ftilva ( ? N. A.), c. serrata, 

 c. elongata, c. delcta Mann. [:= c. foiestrnlis Linn.], 

 c. piiiuila Lee. [= melanophthalma disiijigueiida 

 Comolli]. G: D. (43SS) 



Bigot, J. M. F. [Description d'un nouveau 

 genre et d'une nouvelle esp^ce de dipt^res.] 

 (Ann. Soc. entom. France, 1884, s. 6, v. 4; 

 Bull, entom., p. 37.) 

 Describes cholomyia innequipes, a new genus and 



species of t/^.«-;Vrt£ from Mexico. G: 2>. (43S9) 



Bigot, J. M. F. Diptferes nouveaux ou pen 

 connus. 24e partie. 32. Sj-rphidi, 2e 

 partie. Especes nouvelles, no. 3. (Ann. 

 Soc. entom. France, 1884, s. 6, v. 4, p. 

 73-116.) 



Describes new species of syrphidae, .as follows : 1 

 species each of ischyrosyrphus and plotycheirus (from 

 Cal.), 17 species ni melanostoma {^t, from Mexico, 5 from 

 Cal.), 17 oi svrphus (i from Mt. Hood, Oreg., i from 

 Cal., 2 from Mexico), 10 of sphaerophoria (2 from Cal., 

 5 from Mexico), 15 of mesograpta (10 from Mexico, a 

 from Cuba), and i oi ocyptamus (from New Caledonia. 



G: D. (4390) 



Bigot, J. M. F. [Un nouveau genre de dip- 

 t^res.] (Ann. Soc. entom., France, 1884, 

 s. 6, V. 4; Bull, entom., p. 69-70.) 

 Describes ancylogaster armaiiis, a new genus and 



species oitachinidae from Mexico. G: D. (4391) 



