September— October i88S.] 



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Natural science association of Staten Island. 



[Proceedings for 10 Sept. 1887.] (Amer. 



nat., Nov. 1887, v. 21, p. 1045.) 



Notes by W. T. Davis: sonifaction in calosoma 

 calidtini; oviposition of hyperchiria to, and habits of 

 its larvae; cmereencc oi pieris rapae while the pupae 

 were pierced with a pin. G: D. (4S97) 



Ormerod, Eleanor A. The hessian flj. 



(Entomologist, Oct. 1887, v. 20, p. 262-264.) 



Extent of geographical distribution of cecidomyia 

 destructor in England, and other notes concerning the 

 species. G: D. (4S9S) 



Ormerod, Eleanor A. The hessian fly, 

 cecidomyia destructor, in Great Britain : 

 being observations and illustrations from 

 life. With means of prevention and rem- 

 edy, from the reports of the Department 

 of agriculture, U. S. A. Lond., Simpkifi, 

 Marshall d~ co., 1886. 24 p., 19X12, t 

 25X9. il. 6d. 



A notice of the discovery of cecidomyia destructor 

 in Great Britain ; description of the fly in its different 

 stages, and an account of the appearance of attacked 

 crops; some of the methods of preventing its ravages. 



G: D. (4S99) 



Osteu Sacken, C : Robert. Bemerkungen 

 liber blepharoceriden. Ein nachtrag zur 

 "Revision" dieser familie von Professor Dr. 

 Loew. (Deutsche entom. zeitschr., 1878, 

 v. 22, p. 405-416.) 



Notes on the size and form of the eyes of the blepha. 

 roceridae and the arrangement of the facets upon them ; 

 geographical distribution of the species ; critical notes 

 on Francis Walker's work on diptera; extended des- 

 cription of lipoiteura ( blepharocera ) yosemite from 

 California and comparison of it with other species of 

 the genus; synopsis of the genera oi blepharoceridae; 

 characters common to all the genera and characters in 

 which they differ, arranged according to the organs 

 characterized. G: D. (4600) 



Osten Sacken, C : Robert. Characters of 



the larvae of mycetophilidae. ( Proc. 



Entom. soc. Phil., Mar. 1862, v. i, p. 151- 



172, pi. 2.) 



Reprint [with additions]. Heidelberg, 



i886. t.-p. cover, 29 [+2] p., i pi. 24X16, 



t 17X10. 



Anatomy and habits of the mycetopliilidae in their 

 earlier stages; literature of the subject. G: D. (4601) 



Osten Sacken, C : Robert. Studies on 

 tifulidae. Part i. Review of the pub- 

 lished genera of the tipiilidae loitgipalpi. 

 (Berl. entom. zeitschr., 18S6, v. 30, p. 153- 

 18S.) 



Separate. Berlin [18S6]. t. -p. -1- p. 135- 

 188, 22X14, t 17X10. 



An addition to the author's "Monographs of Notth 

 American diptera," 1S69, v. 4 ( Smithsonion misc. 

 coll., v. 8) : characters of tipulidae lonffipalpi ; notes on 

 the synonymy, life history and external anatomy of 

 certain species oi tipulidae longipalpi; describes i^-ac/rK- 

 premna (new genus) for tipula dispellens from Texas. 



G: D. (4602) 



Osten Sacken, C : Robert. Studies on 

 tipulidae. Part 2 Review of the pub- 

 lished genera of the tipulidae brevipalpi. 

 (Berl. entom. zeitschr., 1887, v. 31, p 163- 

 242.) 



Separate, Berlin [1887], t.-p. -|-.p. 163- 

 242, 22X 14, t 17X 10. 



General characters of the tipididae; list of genera 

 published since 1867; notes on the synonymy, life- 

 history, and anatomy of certain genera and species of 

 tipulidae bevipalpi, to supplement the author's mono- 

 graph in his "Monographs of North American diptera," 

 1869, v. 4 (Smithsonian misc. coll., v. 8); analytic 

 tables of species of some of the genera; descriptions of 

 II new species of //^7///c/a^ from South America, and 

 10 new species from the old world; additions and 

 corrections to the author's "Studies on tipulidae. 

 Part 1" [Rec, 4602]. G: D. (4603) 



Osten Sacken, C : Robert. On the use of 

 the forceps oi forfictila (Can. entom., 

 April 1881, V. 13, p. 80.) 



Quotation from J: Williams' "Curious act in the 

 lesser earwig" (Zoologist, 1850, v. 8, p. 2695) of a 

 statement that forjicula uses its forceps to open its 

 wings; comments on the subject. G: D. (4604) 



Popenoe, Edwin Alonzo. Note on amphi- 

 cerus bicaudatus. (Industrialist [Manhat- 

 tan, Kans.], 14 Jan. 1888, V. 13, no. 21, p. 

 81, col. 3-4, 25 cm.) 



Amphicertis bicaudatus and anthribus cornutus 

 bred from stems oi tamarix; notes on the larvae and 

 pupae of amphicertis bicaudatus, and brief descriptions 

 of two species of eupelmidae bred from its pupae, for 

 which W : H. Ashmead proposes the names charitopus 

 magnificus and ratzbtirgia amphicerovora. 



G: D. (460S) 



Peckham, G : W. and Peckham, Elizabeth 

 Gifford. Genera of the family attidae: 

 with a partial synonymy. (Trans. Wise, 

 acad. sciences, arts, and letters, 1881-1883, 

 V. 6, p. 255-342, 4 folding tables.) 



Separate, with title "On the genera of 

 the family attidae.'" t.-p. cover, p. 257- 

 342 [+ I p. errata]. Madison, 1885. 

 23X15, t 17. 5X10.2. 



Historical notes on the nomenclature of attidae; 

 synoptic table of the genera, descriptions of each 

 genus with synonymical notes, tables of relative size 

 of parts in each genus. G: D. (4606) 



Pouchet, Georges. L'instinct chez les in- 

 sectes. (Revue d. deux mondes, i Feb. 

 1870, per. 2, V. 85, p. 6S2-703.] 



Engl, tr., by A. R. Macdonough, entitled, 

 "Instinct in insects." (Pop. sci. mo., 1873, 

 V. 3 : May, p. 12-21, June, p. 149-159.) 

 Mainly a review of Pierre Huber's "Mceurs des 

 fourmis indigenes," Paris, 1868, of E. Blanchard's 

 "Metamorphoses, mceurs et instincts des insectes," 

 Paris, 1S6S, and of C : Darwin's "De I'origine des 

 especes," trad, frang. par Mile. C. Royer, Paris, 1S69. 

 The author concludes that "The most complex instinct 

 is only an hereditary accumulation of very simple habits, 

 of which the first source has always been in the spon- 

 taneous intelligence of the individual." G: D. (4607) 



