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Imbedding in shellac. G: D. (1736) 
Infection from mosquitos. (Science, 3 July 
1880, v. 1, no. 1, p. 10, 5 cm.) 
“Mosquitos carry jilaria in their probosces, and infect 
the human subject with that much dreaded worm parasite.” 
B: P.M. (41737) 
Isenschmidt, Moritz, [Biog. sketch], see Perry, M., Mor- 
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(Bull. Brooklyn entom. soc., 1878 [v. 1], p. 8, 
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Karsch, Ferd. Zur Kenntniss der Galeodiden- 
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Karsch, Ferd. Zur Kenntniss der Tarantuli- 
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pE Lafitte, P. [Extrait de] L’euf d’hiver du 
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Specification of the peculiarly favorable opportunities 
presented by the elevated interior region of North America 
for the study of questions connected with geographical dis- 
tribution of animals and plants; describes the following 1 
n. g. and 42 n. sp.: 5 sp. of nebria, pterostichus (cryobius) 
surgens, platynus jejunus, amara (curtonotus) cylindrica, 
harpalus clandestinus, bembidium bowditchii, b. scudderi, 
hydroporus congruus, gaurodytes nanus, geodromicus ovi- 
pennis, orobanus (n. g. |staphylinidae], type : 0. simulator), 
0. simulator, scymnus nigripennis, 15 sp. of aphodius, an- 
thaxia deleta, chrysobothris carinipennis, corymbites planu- 
lus, podabrus brevipennis, melyris atra, m. flavipes, crossi- 
dius allgewahri, neoclytus ascendens, glyptoscelis longior, 
chrysomela montivagans, magdalis alutacea ; synoptic table 
of the 4 sp. of platynus subg. rhadine ; notes on other spe- 
cies; lists and distribution of the (more than 200) coleo- 
ptera collected by F: C. Bowditch at an elevation of 1800 
metres and upwards, about 30 of which species are peculiar 
to the mountain region. List of (150) coleoptera collected 
at Atlanta, Idaho (2400 M.), by L. Allgewahr. Synoptic 
table to supplement that given by Horn in Zrans. amer. en- 
tom. soc., 1870, v. 3, p. 98, for determining the N. A. species 
of nebria; synoptic tables to exhibit the relations of the 
N. A. species of nebria; geographical distribution of the 
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Lichtenstein, Jules. Résistance des puce- 
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G: D. (1745) 
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The suboesophagean commissure, which has hitherto 
been considered special to the crustacea, is found in insects 
and myriapods. A, R. (1747) 
[Locust swarms in Russia, India and Armenia.] 
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G: D. (1748) 
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London purple. (Rural new yorker, 5 June 
1880, v. 59, no. 23, p. 364, col. 3, 2 cm.) 
Experience in the use of London purple in killing beetles ; 
proportions of purple and plaster necessary to be effectual. 
J.D. P. (1750) 
[Lytta vesicatoria.] Die Entwickelungs- 
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McCracken, W. Bee enemies in Texas. 
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Among the enemies are mentioned spiders, ants, bee- 
moths, horned lizards, and toads. A.J: C. (1752) 
Macloskie, G: The proboscis of the house- 
fly. (Amer. nat., March 1880, v. 14, p. 153- 
161, 3 fig.) 
Structure, functions, and homology of the parts of the 
proboscis of musca domestica. Homologizes the ‘‘ pharynx” 
or fulcrum of the proboscis of diptera with the endocranium 
of other insects. G: D. (1753) 
Mandibles of ants worn blunt by use. (Amer. 
nat., Sept. 1879, v. 18, p. 596.) 
From Psyche advertiser, May-June 1879, p. 9. 
G: D. (1754) 
March of the army worm (The). (Boston d. 
advert., 16 June 1880, no. 22404, y. 135, no. 
145, p. [2], col. 2, 15 em.) 
Regions devastated by leucania unipuncta. 
B: P.M. (1755) 
