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PSYCHE. 



[September — October iSSs- 



R[athvon, Simon Snyder]. All about in- 

 sect life. The great vitality of larvae. 

 (Lancaster [Pa.] examiner, 19 March 18S7, 



. . 44 cm.) 

 Account of how certain insects can endure severe 

 cold, but alternations of freezing and thawing are in- 

 jurious to hibernating insects. G: D. (-|6oS) 



Riley, C: Valentine. On the para.sites of 

 the hessian fly. (Proc. U. S. nat. mus., 

 i8S,5, V. 8; 14 Sept., p. 413-416; 17 Sept., 

 p. 417-422.) 



Notes upon five species 01 hymenoptera parasitic 

 upon cecido7nyia destructor, with figures of each 

 species; includes description of two new species 

 linerisus subapieriis and tetrastichiis productus). 



G: D. (4609) 



Saunier, Mrs. A. J. C. Grasshopper village. 

 (Swiss cross, Feb. 1S88, v. 3, p. 5-7, 60 



cm.) 



A popular account of grasshoppers and their habits, 

 written for young people. G: D. (4610) 



Schiner, J. Rudolf. Eigenthiimlichkeiten 

 und besonderheiten der insectenwelt. 

 (Schrif"ten d. Vereines z. verbreit. natur- 

 wiss. kenntnisse in Wien, 1869-1S70. v. 10, 

 p. 47-88.) 



Fr. tr. , by M. Dubois, entitled "Carac- 

 teres et particularitds du monde des in- 

 sectes." (Bull. Soc. linn, du nord d. 1. 

 France, 18S5, v. 7; Mar., p. 231-235; Apr., 

 p. 251-253; May, p. 264-267; June, p. 281- 

 ^84;^ July, p. 293-297: Aug., p. 310-314; 

 Sept,, p. 325-329.) 

 A popular lecture on insects, and on their habits. 



G: D. (461 1 ) 



Scudder, S : Hubbard. Dictyonenra and 



and the allied insects of the carboniferous 



epoch. (Proc. Amer. acad. arts and sci., 



Dec. 1S84 [Jan. 1885], v. 20, p. 167-173.) 



Species ot dictyonenra and allied genera, which were 



for a time regarded to be neuropterous, and some species 



l»reviously referred to the termitina, are here i-eferred to 



the orthoptera, and a synopsis of the genera with brief 



notice of each species is given ; the genera are 



titanophasma, litoneura n. g., dictyonenra, polioptenus 



n. g., breyeria, goldenhergia n. g., haplophlehiiim and 



paolia. ' G: D. (4612) 



Smith, J: B. The Colorado beetle. (Ento- 

 mologist, Apr., 18S8, V. 21, p. 117.) 



Notes on the distribution of clirysomela decemlineata 

 and aramigus fulleri. G: D. (4613) 



Trelease, W : Preliminary list of Wisconsin 

 parasitic fungi. (Trans. Wise. acad. sci- 

 ences, arts, and letters, 18S1-1883, v. 6. 

 p. 106-144.) 

 List of Wisconsin fungi that are parasitic on plants 



and animals, including insects. G: D. (4614) 



Tutt, James W. The educational value of 

 entomological collections. (Entomologist, 

 Sept. 1887, V. 20, p. 245-251. 

 General discussion of the educational value of collect- 

 ing insects, and of the value of insect-collecting as a 

 recreation, G: D. (4615) 



Underwood, Lucien Marcus. The progress 



of arachnology in America. (Amer. nat., 



Nov. 1877, v. 21, p. 963-975.) 



Review of papers that have been published on the 



arachnida of North America; synopsis of the families 



ci{ araneae; list of the principal works on the American 



araneoe. G: D. (4616) 



Wailly, Alfred. Note sur les bombyciens 

 sericig^nes de ITnde. (Bull. Soc. d'ac- 

 clim. Paris, Nov. 1S81, s. 3, v. 8, p. 695- 



708.) 



Separate, Paris, 1882. t.-p. cover, 14 p., 



21 X 15, t 17 X 9.4- 



Besides notes on other bombycidae the author gives 

 notes on the life-history oi samia gloveri, telea polyphe- 

 mus and ceratocavipa imperialis, from the United 

 States. G: D. (4617) 



Wailly, Alfred. Notes on silk-producing 

 bombyces — 1885. (Entomologist, 1S87, 

 V. 20: May, p. 127-131; June, p. 152- 



156.) . 



Notes on different species of attacus reared in cap- 

 tivity; among other species, a. cynthia, a. luna, 

 platysamia cecropia and telea polyphemus. 



G: D. (461 S) 



West, W. B. The red spider. (ist rept. 



Board state hortic. comm. Cal., 1882, p. 



20-21.) 



Habits of the red mite [ietranychus telarius], and 

 account of experiments upon it with various insecticides. 



G: D. (4619) 



Which was caught.' (Swiss cross, Jan. 



1SS7, V. I, p. 32, col. I, 7 cm.) 



Two accounts of spiders attacking bees that had been 

 entangled in their webs, the bees escaping and carrying 

 away the spiders in their flight. G: D. (4620) 



Wickscn, E. J. The "smut" fungus, fiim- 



ago salicina. (ist rept. Board State hortic. 



comm. Cal., 1882, p. 91-94, fig.) 



Figures fumago salictna and describes how it is an 



indication of the presence of scale insects {coccidae'\ 



because it grows upon their sugary secretions scattered 



on plants G: D. (4621) 



[Wilder, Burt Green.] List of scieniific 

 publications. 4 p., 24 X 16, t 17 X 9.4. 



List of SS papers on scientific subjects, including a 

 number on araneae, by B. G. Wilder, professor in 

 Cornell university; reprinted from The Cornell review 

 for April 1885. ' G: D. (4622) 



Wilder, Burt Green. A spider's engineer- 

 ing. (Pop. sci. mo.. May 1873, v. 3, p. 

 112-113, 39 cm.) 



Account of how spiders bridge chasms and streams 

 by sending out a line of silk in the wind. G: D. (4623) 



Willard, S: Wells. Migration and dis- 

 tribution of North Ameaican birds in 

 Brown and Outagamie counties. (Trans. 

 Wise. acad. sciences, arts, and letters, 

 1881-18S3, V. 6, p. 177-196.) 

 On page 193 the author gives a list of 23 insectivorous 

 birds, with notes on their times of arrival, and con- 

 siders how food-supply influences the date of migra- 

 tion of birds. G: D. (4624) 



