PSYCHE. 
Ryder, J: A. A probable new species of phy- 
toptus or gall-mite. (Amer. nat., Noy. 1879, v. 
13, p. 704-7085, 1 fig.) 
G: D. (1689) 
Saunders, W: Insect powder. (Can. entom., 
March 1879, v. 11, p. 41-43.) (Amer. nat., 
Sept. 1879, v. 13, p. 572-574.) 
Powder of pyrethrum and its uses. G: D. (1690) 
DE Saussure, Henri F. Spicilegia entomolo- 
gica genavensia. 1. Genre hemimerus. [Tiré 
des Mémoires de la société de physique et 
@histoire naturelle de Geneve, tome xxvI, 
2me partie.] Geneve, 1879. t.-p. cover, 26 p., 
1 pl, 31 x 23, t 18 X 13. 
Hemimerus talpoides Walker, from Sierra Leone, has 
one more mouth-part than insects have, and therefore is 
not, as has been supposed; an orthopteron. Hemimerus 
has, according to the author: 1. a labrum, 2. two mandi- 
bles, 3. two maxillae, 4. a superior labium (endolabium), 
5. an inferior labium (ectolabium). Compares hemimerus 
with other insects ; proposes a new order, diploglossata, for 
it; figures hemimerus and its parts. G: D. (1691) 
Schneck, J. The chipping versus the Euro- 
pean sparrow. (Amer. nat., Feb. 1880, v. 14, 
p. 129-130.) 
Passer domesticus rarely devours larvae of pieris rapae ; 
spizella socialis eats them readily. ~D. (1692) 
(Name wrongly given as S. Schneck.] J. 8. 
Scudder, S: Hubbard. Notice of the butter- 
flies collected by Dr. Edward Palmer in the 
arid regions of southern Utah and northern 
Arizona during the summer of 1877. (Bull. 
U.S. geol. and geog. surv. terr., 1878, v. 4, no. 
1, p. 253-258.) 
Enumerates 41 species, with localities and dates; de- 
scribes the following 3 n. sp.: neominois dionysus, syn- 
chloe thoosa, heteropterus libya; notes on other species. 
B: P. M. (1693) 
Seasonable hints [regarding the care of bees. | 
(Rural new yorker, 12 June 1880, v. 39, no. 24, 
p. 377, col. 4, 34 em.) 
Practical remarks on the care of bees in the month of 
June. J.D. P. (1694) 
Sections of insects. (Amer. nat., Feb. 1873, 
VW.) (5, p-. 119.) 
How to prepare sections for the microscope. 
G: D, (1695) 
S[immonds], P. L. The Tusser silk-worm. 
(Journ. applied sci., Oct. 1879, v. 10, p. 153- 
154, 86 cm.) 
Discussion of the possibility of utilizing, to a greater 
extent than at present, the cocoons of the wild silk moths, 
species of altacus or antheraea, in India; notes and statis- 
tics from various sources. G: D. (1696) 
Snow, Frank H. List of coleoptera collected 
in Colorado in June, July and August, 1876, 
by the Kansas university scientific expedi- 
tion. (Trans. Kansas acad. sci., 1877, v. 5, p. 
15-20.) 
Enumerates 304 species belonging to 34 families, with 
notes. G: D. (1697) 
[1689-1707] 81 
Sograff, N. Vorliufige Mittheilungen iiber 
die Organisation der Myriapoden. (Zool. An- 
zeiger, 13 Jan. 1879, jahrg. 2, p. 16-18.) 
Brief outline of results obtained from study of the anat- 
omy of cermatia, lithobius, scolopendra, himantarium, geo- 
philus and henicops, especially of lithobius. G: D. (1698) 
Spengel, J. W. Einige neue Verbesserungen 
am Schlitten-mikrotom. (Zool. Anzeiger, 15 
Dec. 1879, jahrg. 2, p. 641-648, 4 fig.) 
G: D. (1699) 
Sprague, C:J. Insects caught by the phys- 
tanthus. (Amer. nat., Feb. 1880, v. 14, p. 128.) 
Physianthus albens captures insects. G: D. (1700) 
Sprague, H: S. Lectures for the people. 
The 8th lecture before the [Buffalo] society of 
natural sciences. Insects. (Buffalo [N. Y.] 
d. courier, 26 Feb. 1877, v. 42, no. 57.) 
A 2 1-2 column full report of a popular general lecture 
on insects. G: (1701) 
Statistics of cochineal production in the Ca- 
nary Islands. (New remedies, April 1880, v. 
9, p. 118, 6 cm.) 
From Amer. mail and export journ.; originally from 
Cronica de la industria (Madrid, Spain]. G: D. (1702) 
Stone, Octavius C. A few months in New 
Guinea. N. Y., Harper & Bros., 1879. 25 p., 
28.5 < 20.5, t (3 columns) 25 X 17.5. (Franklin 
sq. lib., no. 92.) pap., 10 c. 
Mentions (p. 11, col. 2) natives capturing and eating 
head-lice (pediculus), and discusses (p. 17, col. 3) the com- 
parative abundance of mosquitoes (culex) in different coun- 
tries, temperate and tropical. Appendix gives native names 
of some insects. G: D. (1703) 
Stroop, S.J. Oestrus hominis in Texas. (Amer. 
nat., July 1873, v. 7, p. 437.) 
The editors of Amer. nat. determine the specimen, taken 
from the shoulder of a boy, to be oestrus ovis, or a closely 
allied species. G: D. (1704) 
Taylor, J. R. Curious habit of the English 
sparrow. (Amer. nat., Nov. 1879, v. 18, p. 
706.) 
Passer domesticus captures doryphora decemlineata on 
the wing. G: D. (1705) 
Th., H. A propos de V’invasion de la vanessa 
cardui en France, dans été de 1879. (Feuille 
des jeunes naturalistes, an. 9, Oct. 1879, p. 
153.) 
Flights of v. cardui, and abundance of plusia gamma 
and of other lepidoptera in France in 1879. General notes 
on insect flights. G: D. (1706) 
Passage of specific charac- 
Thomas, Cyrus. 
(Amer. nat. 
ters from one genus to another. 
Sept. 1873, v. 7, p. 566.) 
Specimens of acrididae from Arizona ‘‘ which, in specific 
characters, including even color, agree exactly with acrolo- 
phitus hirtipes, but differ in two prominent generic charac- 
ters.”’ ; (1707) 
