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Ormerod, Eleanor A. Parasites of the 

 ''liessian fly" {cecidomvia destructor^ Sa;'}. 

 (Entomologist, Dec. 1SS7, v. 20, p. 317- 



318.) 



From the parasites of cectdomyio destructor in Eng- 

 land being^ Russian, the author concludes tliat England 

 probably received its cecidomyiu froni the east. 



G: D. (4709) 



Peckham, G: W. rt/z^/Peckham, Elizabeth 

 Gifford. On duration of memory in 

 wasps. (Amer. nat., Nov. 1SS7. v. 21, p. 

 103S-1040.) 



Separate. 1SS7. p. 103S-1040. 24X15, 

 t i8Xio.2. 



Kesults of e.^periments to find how long specimens 



of vespa macnlata remembered the location of tlieir 



nests. G: D. (4710) 



Peckham, Elizabetli (Gifford), -vife of G: W., see 



FEt IvHAM, G : \V. 



stokes, Alfred C. An old Dutch micro- 

 scopist and what he did. H. Some of 

 his discoveries. (Swiss cross, July 1S8S, v. 

 ■I- p. 1-3- 70cm.) 



Figures magnified foot of spider, and scales of some 

 insects: describes these and other things seen by 

 Leeuwenhoek. (S: D. (471 1) 



Tracy, Mary E. New Jersey butterflies. 

 (Swiss cross, July 1S88, v. 4, p. 31, 4 cm.) 

 List of diurnal lepidoptera seen in April iSSS, in 



Plainfield, X. J. G: D. (4712) 



VON Varendoiff, O. Ein kiiferfangim win- 

 ter auf dem eise. (Societas entom., 1888, 

 V. 3 : I May, p. 20. 31 cm. : 15 May, p. 28, 

 22 cm.) 

 Mode of collecting beetles on the ice. 



G: D. (4713) 



Venus, C. Eduard. Ueber varietaten-zucht. 



(Corresp.-blatt d. Entom. ver. '-Iris" zu 



Dresden, July 18S8, v. i, no. 5. p. 209- 



210.) 



Negative results of experiments upon heterophagic 

 variation of lepidoptera; success in producing varia- 

 tion in viinessa itrlicae bv rearing in increased temper- 

 ature. " ^ G: D. (4714) 



Veroii, E. Ueber parthenogenesis bei 

 bombvx mori. (Zool. anzeigei. 14 Mav 

 1888," V. II, p. 263-264.) 

 Denies that parthenogensis is possible in bombyx 



mori. G: D. (4715) 



Voeltzko'w, Alfred. Vorlaufige mitthei- 

 lung iiber die entwicklitng im ei von 

 musca vomitoria. (Zool. anzeiger. 7 May 

 1888, V. II, p. 235-236.) 

 Brief outline of the development o{ niiisea vomitoria 



in the egg. G: D. (4716) 



Waters, G: Franklin. Peculiar cocoons. 

 (Swiss cross, Jime, 1S88, \-. 3. p. 190. 14 

 cm.) 

 Fiifures a peculiar cocoon of attains f^romelhea. 



G: D. (4717) 



Waters, G: Franklin. [Sense of taste in 

 birds.] (Proc. Bost. soc. nat. hist.. Oct. 

 1SS3, V. 22, p. 433-434.) 



.\bstract, by C: Copineau. entitled, 

 "Remarques sur le sens du gout chez les 

 oiseaux." (Bull. Soc. linn du nord de la 

 France, Feb. 1887, v. 7, p. 219-221.) ► 



A sparrow hawk \tinunculus sparveritis^ is stated to 

 have eaten earth worms [luinhririis] and to have devel- 

 oped a taste for caterpillars. G: D. (471S) 



Webb, Sydney. The elucidation of causes 

 of variation. (Entomologist, Mar. 1888, 

 V. 21, P.S7-89.) 



Urges entomologists to keep more complete accounts 

 of meteorology, soil and subsoil, in localities where 

 varieties are taken. G: D. (4719) 



Weir, J: Jenner. On melanism. (Ento- 

 mologist, Apr. 18S7, V. 20, p. 85-87. 

 Defends Lord Walsingham's [T : DeGrey's] view 

 that "dark coloration of" lepidoptera from both aigh 

 latitudes and altitudes was of service to them, because 

 in such localities 'they require rapidly to take advantage 

 of transient gleams of sunshine.' " G: D. (4720) 



Weniger, J. Adolphe. On the sexes of 



lepidopterous larvae. (Entomologist. 



Apr. 1887, v. 20, p. 87-88, 2 fig.) 



Describes a mode of distinguishing males from 



females in the later larval stages of some species of 



attactis (e. g., a. cecropia) ; comments on this method 



by E : B. Poultc.n follow (p. S8-89). G: />. (4721) 



White. W: The eff"ect of meteorological 

 conditions upon insect-life. (Entomolo- 

 gist. Sept. 1888, V. 21, p. 217-220.) 



Discusses probable effect of the cold, moist weather 

 of July, iSSS, in the production of melanic lepidoptera. 



G: D. (4722) 



Winston, Eugenia. Wasp and cricket. 

 (Swiss cross, Feb. 1888, v. 3, p. 63, 8 cm.) 



Mode in which a wasp drew a cricket into a hole in 

 the ground. G: D. (4723) 



Wood-Mason. James. Some account of the 

 'palan b_\'Oo' or 'teindoung bo' {farafonyx 

 oryzalis), a lepidopterous insect-pest of the 

 rice-plant in Burma, which in the cater- 

 pillar state breathes water by means of 

 tracheal gills. Calcutta, gov't, 1885. t.-p. 

 -f 12 p.. I pi. 25 X 16, t. 16 X io,cl.'^ 

 Describes and figures the larva, pupa and cocoon of 

 parapony.x oryzalis a new species oi pyralidoe infesting 

 rice [oryza) in Burma; the larva is aquatic and breathes 

 with tracheal gills, the position and nature of which are 

 described. G: D. (4724) 



W^ood-worth, C : [ W : ] Leucantmn /iisfi- 

 diim [!]. (Amer. florist, t Dec. 1886, v. 

 2. p. 149, col. I, 26 cm.) 



Brief account of the habits of leeanium hesperidunt 

 [corr.] and of the use of kerosene emulsion for its des- 

 truction. G: D. (4725) 



