46 [1536-1555] 
M., H. B. Curious facts concerning the cochi- 
neal insect in the Canary Islands. (Sci.amer., 
22 Nov. 1879, v. 4, p. 325, col. 1, 29 cm.] 
Reprint, entitled “The cochineal insect.” 
(Journ. applied sci., Jan. 1880, y. 11, p. 11, 27 
cm.) 
Mode of obtaining the eggs and rearing coccus as prac- 
tised in the Canary Islands. G: D. (1536) 
Michard, A. [Swarming of butterflies, prob- 
ably liparis salicis, at Montlucon, France. 
(Feuilles des jeunes naturalistes, Jan. 1880, p. 
39.) 
a 
G: D. (1537) 
Mivart, St. G: The forms and colours of liv- 
ing creatures. (Contemporary rey., Oct. 1879, 
p. 313-333.) 
General; contains brief allusions to insect-coloration 
and luminosity. G: D. (1538) 
{Mosquito helps to herd cattle by causing 
them to congregate and be more docile.| 
(Springfield |Mass.] d. republican, 29 Aug. 
1879, p. 8, col. 1, 3 cm.) 
G: D. (1539) 
New insect pest (A). (Springfield [Mass.] d. 
republican, 9 July 1878, p. 4, col. 3, 15 cm.) 
Brief account of anthrenus scrophulariae, its distribution 
in America, and the means used against it. G:D. (1540) 
Noel, Paul. Chasse aux lépidoptéres noctur- 
nes. (Feuille des jeunes naturalistes, 1 Dec. 
1879, p. 26.) 
The author burns short pieces of magnesium tape, from 
time to time, near a lighted lantern, suspended about 1.5 
metres from the ground. The insects are attracted from a 
distance by the bright light of the magnesium, and remain 
about the lantern. G: D. (1541) 
Piatt, J: James. The moth. (Atlantic monthly, 
Aug. 1874, v. 34, p. 167.) 
Four lines in verse. G: D. (1542) 
Riley, C: Valentine, see First, Weston, The croton bug 
as a library pest [Psycue, Rec., no. 1527]. 
Root, A. I. The A B C of bee culture: a 
cyclopedia of every thing pertaining to the 
honey bee: bees, honey, hives, implements, 
honey plants, &e., &c.: compiled from facts 
gleaned from the experience of thousands of 
bee-keepers all over our land, and afterward 
verified by practical work in our own apiary. 
Medina, Ohio, A. I. Root, 1879, 265 p. il., cl. 
$1.25. 
The author is editor of one of the leading U. S. apicul- 
tural journals, an extensive manufacturer and dealer in 
apiarian implements, a cultivator of bee-plants, and a prac- 
tical apiarist, of large experience. The book is in form of 
a dictionary. A.J: C. (1548) 
Sandal wood. (Sci. amer., 16 Aug. 1879, v. 
41, p. 97, col. 1-2, 34 em.) (New remedies, 
| Oct. 1879, vy. 8, p. 300-301, 48 cm.) 
Notes that, in India, according to Dr. Berthold See- 
mans, “‘ After felling the trees [santalum] the bark is re- 
moved at once, the trunks are cut into billets two feet [60 
cm.] in length, and these are buried in dry ground for 
about two months, during which time the white ants 
[termes] eat away all the outer wood without touching the 
heart.” G: D. (1544) 
PSYCHE. 
Saunders, W: [Portrait, full page.] 
remedies, Oct. 1877, v. 6, no. 10.) 
(New 
G: D. (1545) 
Siewers, C: Godfrey. White satin and black 
lined leaf-roller. (Valley naturalist, 1878, v. 
1, p. 6.) 
Conchilodes platinalis, and perhaps all tortricidae, are 
jumpers. B: P.M. (1546) 
Thiriat, Xavier. Phosphorescence des scolo- 
pendres [scolopendra electrica|. (Feuille des 
jeunes naturalistes, Dec. 1879, p. 26.) 
G: D. (1547) 
Treat, Mary. Notes on the slave-making ant. 
(Amer. nat., Nov. 1879, v. 15, p. 707-708.) 
Battles between formica sanguinea and f. fusca. F. 
sanguinea also attacks f. schaufussii and two species of 
aphaenogaster, but never attacks camponotus meleus and 
polyergus lucidus. G: D. (1548) 
Trelease, W: The fertilization of our native 
species of clitoria and centrosema. (Amer. nat., 
Nov, 1879, v. 13, p. 688-692, 8 fig.) 
Mentions a few insects. 
G: D. (1549) 
[Wasps’ nests ignited by spontaneous combus- 
tion.| (Lebanon [IIL] journal, 1 Noy. 1878, 7 
em.) (Psyche advertiser, Sept.Dec. 1878, 
p. 8.) 
G: D. (1550) 
[ Westwood, J: Obadiah.| Insects in the li- 
brary. (Gardener’s chronicle, 13 Sept. 1879, 
v. 12, no. 298, p. 340, col. 1-2, 31 cm.) 
Rey. of H. A. Hagen’s ‘‘ Insect pests in libraries ”’ (T.ib. 
journ., 1879, v. 4, p. 251-254) [Psycue, Rec., no. 1529], 
made before the receipt of Hagen’s supplementary paper 
entitled, ‘‘ Literature concerning injuries to books by in- 
sects ’’ (l. ¢., p. 373-374) PsycueE, Rec., no. 1530], and no- 
ticing several insects, publications, and remedies not men- 
tioned by Hagen. : (1551) 
Whistling tree (The). 
7 Feb. 1880, p. 11, 9 cm.) 
Cup-shaped galls or secretions of some insect upon a spe- 
cies of acacia tree, in Nubia and Soudan, cause, according 
to Dr. Schweinfurth, a whistling as the wind passes through 
the tree. (1552) 
Willard, W.J. Bees eaten by shrew, sorez. 
(Amer. bee journ., 1879, v. 15, p. 161.) 
Does serious damage to bees if they are left on their 
summer stands in winter. A.J: C. (1553) 
(Colonies and India, 
Wilson, A. Stephen. Insect galls buds. (Na- 
ture, 15 May 1879, v. 20, p. 55, 16 cm.) 
Crit. rev.,by W. A. Hollis. (Nature, 29 May 
1879, v. 20, p. 95, 7 em.) 
‘* All insect-galls are in reality leaf-buds, or fruit-buds 
They are not mere amorphous excrescences.”’ 
G: D. (1554) 
NECROLOGY FOR 1879. 
Haag, Georg. [Biog. note.] 
9 Feb. 1880, jahrg. 3, p. 72.) 
Dr. Haag was b. 10 Oct. 1830 at Frankfort-on-the-Main, 
where he died 20 Noy. 1879. Better known to entomolo- 
gists as Dr. Haag-Ruthenberg, Ruthenberg being the maid- 
en name of his wife. G: D. (1555) 
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