PSYCHE. 
Brandt, Eduard. Vergleichend-anatomische 
Untersuchungen iiber das Nervensystem der 
Hemipteren. Mit 1 photolithographirten Ta- 
fel. Separatabdruck aus den “Horae socie- 
tatis entomologicae rossicae.” Bd. xiv, 1879. 
St. Petersburg, 1879. t.-p. cover, 10 p., 25 X 
17, t 18 X 10.8, pl. 4, 31 X 21. 
General characters, development, and classification into 
5 types, of the nervous system of hemiptera, based on the 
study of 70 species. Literature (17 titles). Figures the 
nervous system of 11 species. G: D. (1454) 
Brandt, Eduard. Vergleichend-anatomische 
Untersuchungen iiber das Nervensystem der 
Hymenopteren. Mit 1 [4] photolithographir- 
ten Tafel[n]. Separatabdruck aus den “ Horae 
societatis entomologicae rossicae.” Bd. xiv, 
1879. St. Petersburg, 1879.  t.-p. cover, 20 p., 
25 X 17, t 18 X 10.8, pl. 7-10. 
General characters, development, and classification into 
10 types, of the nervous system of hymenoptera, based on 
the study of 260 species, of 31 larvae, and of its metamor- 
phoses in 15 species. Literature (46 titles). Figures the 
nervous system of 10 species, its metamorphoses in 2 spe- 
cies, and gives 13 figures of much enlarged separate por- 
tions. G: D. (1455) 
Brandt, Eduard. Vergleichend-anatomische 
Untersuchungen iiber das Nervensystem der 
Kifer, Coleoptera. Mit 5 photolithographirten 
Tafeln. Separatabdruck aus den “ Horae so- 
cietatis entomologicae rossicae.” Bd. xy, 1879. 
St. Petersburg, 1879. t.-p. cover, 17 p., 25 X 
17, t 18 x 10.8, pl. 10-12. 
General characters, development, and classification into 
4 types, of the nervous system of coleoptera, based upon a 
study of 235 species, of 36 species in the larval, and 12 in 
the pupal state. Literature (43 titles). Figures the ner- 
vous system of 24 species, of 3 larvae, and its metamor- 
phoses in 2 species. G: D. (1456) 
Brandt, Eduard. Vergleichend-anatomische 
Untersuchungen iiber das Nervensystem der 
Lepidopteren. Mit 1 photolithographirten Ta- 
fel. Separatabdruck aus den “ Horae socie- 
tatis entomologicae rossicae.” Bd. xy, 1879. 
St. Petersburg, 1879. t.-p. cover, 16 p., 25 x 
17, t 18 x 10.8, pl. 14, 87 X 31. 
General characters, development, classification into 4 
types, and characters in the principal families, of the ner- 
yous system of lepidoptera, based upon a study of 118 spe- 
cies, of 42 larvae, and its metamorphoses in 8 species. Lit- 
erature (81 titles). Figures the nervous system of odonestis 
tatoria J, orgyia antiqua 2, zygaena trifolii 9, hepiolus 
umuli 2, of young and of full-grown larva of cossus ligni- 
perda; its metamorphoses in vanessa urticae. 
G: D. (1457) 
Brandt, Eduard. Vergleichend-anatomische 
Untersuchungen iiber das Nervensystem der 
Zweifliigler, Diptera. Mit 4 photolithograph- 
irten Tafeln. Separatabdruck aus den “ Ho- 
rae societatis entomologicae rossicae.” Bd. 
xv, 1879. St. Petersburg, 1879. t.-p. cover, 
18 p., 25 X 17, t 18 X 10.8, pl. 15-18. 
General characters, development, characters in different 
families, and classification into 6 types, of the nervous 
system of diptera, based upon a study of 275 species, of 
29 species in the larval and of 12 in the pupal state. Fig- 
ures the nervous system of 26 species, of 5 larvae, and its 
metamorphoses in 7 species. The results are given more 
briefly in E. Brandt’s *‘ Untersuchungen iiber das Nerven- 
system der Dipteren.”’ G: D. (1458) 
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Brous, Harry A. Habits of amblychila cylin- 
driformis. (Trans. Kansas acad. sci., 1877, v. 
5, p. 11-12, fig.) 
Includes description and figure. G: D. (1459) 
Castor-oil plant [ricinus communis] (The). 
(Colonies and India, 5 April 1879, suppl., p. 2, 
21 cm.) 
Statement (1 cm.) that bombyx arrindi requires ricinus 
for food. G: D. (1460) 
Ceylon coffee blight [hemileia vastatrir| (The). 
(Colonies and India, 11 Jan. 1879, p. 13,28 cm.) 
Quotes (3.5 cm.) remarks by Joseph Dalton Hcoker upon 
the conditions furnished by cultivation of plants for the 
spread of noxious insects. [Hemileia is a fungus. ] 
G: D. (1461) 
Clothes moth (The). (Journ. applied sci., Feb. 
1879, v. 10, p. 25-26, 57 cm.) 
Habits and transformations of tinea tapetzella, t. bisell- 
iella (or t. crinella), and t. pellionella. Reprinted from The 
warehouseman. G: D. (1462) 
Edwards, W: H: [Danais archippus swarm- 
ing.]| (Can. entom., Dec. 1879, v. 11, p. 239.) 
Quotes a statement from A. H. Mundt that large num- 
bers of d. archippus remained congregated on the branches 
of a tree for some days in Sept. 1879, at Fairbury, Ill. 
B: P. M. (1463) 
Edwards, W: H: Description of a new spe- 
cies of pamphila. (Can. entom., Dec. 1879, v. 
11, p. 238-239.) 
Describes p. dion n. sp. B: P. M. (1464) 
Edwards, W:H: On the larval habits of lim- 
enitis arthemis, with its co-form proserpina, and 
also of J. disippus. From advance sheets of 
part 8, vol. 2, of Butterflies of North America. 
(Can. entom., Dec. 1879, v. 11, p. 224-228.) 
Food-plants and method of constructing the hibernacula. 
B: P. M. (1465) 
Entomological society of Ontario — Mon- 
treal branch. |6th annual general meeting, 
and report of the council.| (Can. entom., 
Dee. 1879, v. 11, p. 229-251.) 
Proceedings, election of officers, annual report. 
B: P. M. (1466) 
Freeman, F: The history of Cape Cod 
[Mass.]: the annals of Barnstable county and 
of its several towns, including the district of 
Mashpee. 2v., Bost., [1860-1864]. Each v. 803 
Peeve loeb lie <ou.o: 
Describes (v. 1, p. 524, foot-note) the French soldiers, in 
the American camp at West Point, during the Revolution, 
roasting and eating grasshoppers. This foot-note is quoted 
in Psyche advertiser, July 1879, p. 9-10. G: D. (1467) 
Grasshopper raid in Shasta. (“Yreka jour- 
nal,” 6 Aug. 1879.) (Weekly bulletin, San 
Francisco, Cal., 14 Aug. 1879, v. 24, no. 29,... 
6 cm.) 
Ravages of locusts near Shasta, Cal. 2B: P. M. (1468) 
Grasshoppers and the dairy farmers. 
(“Truckee republican,” 6 Aug. 1879,...) 
(Weekly bulletin, San Francisco, Cal., 14 Aug. 
1879, v. 24, no. 29,..., 7 cm.) 
The ravages of locusts in the mountains and valleys 
around Truckee, Cal., have obliged the ae to seek 
new pastures for their cattle. B: P. M. (1469) 
