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BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 



Authors a7id societies are requested to fortvard their ivorks to the editors as soon as 

 fublislied. The date of publication, given in brackets [], marhs the time at 7vhich the 

 -work was received, unless an earlier date of publication is knovun to recorder or editor. 

 Unless otherwise stated each record is made directly from the work that is noticed. 



A colon after initial designates the most common given name, as: A: Augustus; B: Ben- 

 jamin; C: Charles; D: David; E: Edward; F: Frederic; G: George; H: Henry; 

 I: Isaac; J: John; K: Karl; L: Louis; M: Mark; N: Nicholas; O: Otto; P: Peter; R: 

 Richard; S: Samuel; T: Thomas; W: William. The initials at the end of each record, or 

 note, are those of the recorder. 



Corrections of errors and notices of omissions are solicited. 



Ashmead, W : Harris. A revised generic 

 table of the chalcidinae. (Entom. amer., 

 Aug. 1888, V. 4, p. 87-S8.) 

 Synoptic table of the genera of clialcidinae. 



G: D. (462s) 



Ashmead , W : Harris. On the chalcideous 

 tribe chiropachides. (Can. entom., Sept. 

 188S, V. 20, p. 172-176.) 

 Table of genera, of whicli two new {Jasyglenes, 



brachycrepis) are described ; describes 3 new species. 



G: D. (4626) 



Braswell, A. List of the butterflies col- 

 lected at Chapel Hill, N. C. (Journ. Eli- 

 sha Mitchell scientific society, Jan. -June 

 1888, V. 5, p. 19-21.) 



List of 69 species and varieties of diurnal lepidop- 

 tera taken at Chapel Hill, N. C. G: D. (4627) 



Brauer, Friedrich, rt«<^Redtenbacher, Josef. 



Ein beitrag zur entwicklung des fliigelgeii- 



ders der insecten. (Zool. anzeiger, 20 



Aug. 18S8, V. ri, p. 443-447.) 



Discusses the homological relationship between 

 tracheae and and veins in the wings of insects. 



G: D. (462S) 

 Brehme, Hermann H. Arzama obliquata, G» 



and R. (Can. entom., Sept. 1888, v. 20, 



p. 180.) 



Discusses place of pupation of arzama ohliquata. 



G: £>. (4629) 



Brunner von Wattenwyl, Carl. Mono- 

 graphic der stenopelmatiden und grvllacri- 

 dcn. (Verb. K.-k. zool.-bot. gesells. in 

 Wien, 18S8, V. 38; abb., p. 247-394, pi. 

 5-9) 



Monograph of the stetiopelmatidae and gryllacridi- 

 dae; gives general remarks on characteristics of the 

 groups, external anatomy, mode of life; synopses of 

 the genera and species; describes 11 new species of 

 stetiopelmatidae from North America, belonging to the 

 genera stenopelmatus (6), schoenobates (i), •rlaphy- 

 rosoma,n.^.{\),gammarotettix,-a. g. (i), ceuthophi. 

 Ills (2) ; describes 7 new species o( gryllarridaehcUms^- 

 ing to the genera gryllacris (4), dibelona, n. g. (i), 

 neortus, n. g. (i). Q: D. (4630) 



Buffalo carpet-beetle (The). (Swiss cross, 



Sept. 188S, V. 4, p. 88-89, 18 cm.) 



Brief account of atithrenus scrophidariae and its 



ravages, with means used against it; from Boston 



Transcript. G: D. (4631) 



Burmeister, R. Einiges uber todtungsweise 



der kafer, sowie conservirung derselben. 



(Entom. zeitschr. , i Aug. 1S88, v. 2, p. 49- 



50, 43 cm. 



Modes of killing, collecting, and preserving coleop- 

 tera. " G: D. (4632) 



C, J. Smell and hearing in moths. (Na- 

 ture, 15 Nov. 1877, V. 17, p. 45, 8 cm.) 



Motlis not very sensitive to the odor of ammonia, 

 but quite so to sound. G: D. (4633) 



Cecil, H : Hearing and smell in insects. 

 (Nature, 14 Mar. 187S, v. 17, p. 381, 14 cm.) 



Considers hearing a poorly differentiated sense and 

 smell a well differentiated one in insects. 



G: D. (4634) 



Cecil, H : Hearing in insects. (Nature, 6 

 Dec. 1877, V. 17, p. 102, 4 cm.) 



Sphinx ligustri and metopsiliis elpenor both noted to 

 be quite sensitive to sound-vibrations. G: D. (4635) 



Clayes, S. L. Termites as builders. (Swiss 

 cross, Sept. 1S88, v. 4, p. 70-72, 73 cm.) 

 Popular account of the white ants and their habita- 

 tions. G: D. (4636) 



Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. Can in- 

 sects distinguish between red and yellow.' 

 (Can. entom., Sept. 1888, v. 20, p. 176- 

 17S.) 



From yellow insects and spiders frequenting pink 

 flowers the author argues the possibility that insects 

 cannot distinguish these colors. G: D. (4637) 



Cockerell, Theodore Dru Alison. Dicerca 

 prolongata. (Can. entom., Sept. 188S, v. 

 20, p. 178.) 

 States that larva of dicerca prolongata bores in 



wood of populus tremiiloides. G: D. (4638) 



Coideaux, J : Heligoland. (Naturalist, Jan. 



1SS8, p. 1-12, I photog. pi.) 



Mentions a few migratory insects, including vanessa 

 cardui. G: D. (4639) 



