PSTCHE. 
Ernst, A. La enfermedad del malojo en las 
vegas del Guaire. (La opinion nacional 
[Cardcas, Venezuela], 20 Apr. 1880, afio 13, 
no. 3262, p. 2-3, 65 cm.) 
Green corn fodder crops in the plains (vegas) of La 
Guayra attacked by an insect, here described, named 
provisionally mirts matdts or chinche del matz, which 
sucks the leaves and kills the plants. B: P. Ml. (2095) 
Ernst, A. La epizootia de las moscas. (La 
opinion nacional [Cardcas, Venezuela], 
15 July 1880, afio 13, no. 3331, p. [1], col. 
4-5; 55 cm.) 
Destruction of flies by empusa muscae; description 
of the parasite. B: P. M. (2096) 
Fernald, C: H: Oviposition in the ¢ortre- 
cidae. (Amer. nat., Jan. 1881, v. 15, p. 63- 
65.) 
Separate, [Phil., 1881], p. 63-65, 23X15, 
t 18X 10.2. 
Description of eggs and larvae, habits and oviposi- 
tion of tortrix fumtferana, which is very destructive to 
leaves of abres balsamea. B: P.M. (2097) 
[Fitch (Asa), The entomological collection 
of.] (Amer. naturalist, March 1880, v. 14, 
p- 228-2269.) ’ 
Enumeration of the contents of this collection, com- 
prising 106 boxes arranged, 125000 duplicates, 148 note 
books, and other material. B: P.M. (2008) 
Forbes, Stephen Alfred. The food of the 
darters. (Amer. nat., Oct. 1880, v. 14, p. 
697-703.) 
Food of the etheostomatinae, Tabulation of the pro- 
portion of food which different groups of animals fur- 
nish to these fishes, which devour, among other insects, 
corixa, palingenia, ephemeridae, larvae of phryganidae 
and of chironomus, and pupae of agrionina and of 
chironomus. G: D. (2099) 
[Geffcken, Woldemar?] List of lepido- 
ptera from the Nelson and Churchill rivers 
and the west coast of Hudson’s bay. (Rept. 
of progress geol. sury. Can., 1878-1879, p. 
63c-64c. Montreal, 1880. 8°.) 
Nominal list of 25 butterflies and 4 moths. 
i293. 2IO0) 
Godman, F. Du Cane anvd Osbert Salvin. 
Descriptions of new species of rhopalocera 
from Central and South America. (An- 
nals and mag. nat. hist., Sep. 1878, s. 5, 
Walz, p-) 25/7-1) 
Describes callithomia panamensis, tthomta aesion, t. 
Jucunda, t. caedia,t. rhene and tithorea pinthias from 
Panama; phyctodes poltis from Mexico; ph. fulgora, 
ye sosts, ph. casstopea and adelpha sophax from Costa 
ica; together with many South American species. 
R. H. (2101) 
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Hagen, Hermann August. [Bibliotheca en- 
tomologica. | (Harvard register, April 
1880, v. I, p. 85, col. 2, 3 cm.) 
Notice that Dr. Hagen leaves the continuation of this 
work to younger hands. G: D. (2102) 
[2095—2109] 165 
Hance, H: F. On the silkworm oaks of 
northern China. (Journ. Linn. soc., Bot., 
7 May 1868, v. 10, p. 482-492.) 
Considers the rearing of ‘*mountain silk’? worms, 
and the plants which furnish their food, 
W: T. (2103) 
Houlbert,_—. Phosphorescence d’une scolo- 
pendre. (Feuille des jeunes naturalistes, 
Nov. 1879, p. 14.) 
Phosphoresence of a French species of scolopendra. 
G: D. (2104) 
Humbert, Alois, see ScuppER, S: Hubbard, Les pre- 
miers types d’insectes ... [Rec., 2122]. 
Joly, Emile, see Jory, Nicolas and Emile Jory, 
Etudes sur le prétendu crustacé ... (Rec., 2107]. 
Joly, Emile. Note sur le prétendu crustacé 
dont Latreille a fait le genre Jrosopzstoma. 
(Mém. soc. nation. des sci. nat. de Cher- 
bourg, 1872, v. 16, Ss. 2, v. 6, p. 329-336.) 
Considers prosopistoma an ephemerid. _ 
S: H. (2105) 
Joly, Emile. Sur un nouvel cas de jefine 
prolongé chez le prosopistoma punctifrons. 
(Annal. soc. entom. France, ,v. 8, trim. 2, 
Bull., p. 59-60.) Zool. Anz. (2106) 
Joly, Nicolas azd Emile Joly. Etudes sur 
le prétendu crustacé au sujet duquel Latre- 
ille a créé le genre Jrosopistoma et qui n’est 
autre chose qu’un véritable insecte hexa- 
pode. (Ann. des sci. nat., 1872, s. 5, v. 16, 
p- 1-16, pl. 13.) 
General remarks; external structure, insect charac- 
teristics, habits; résumé and conclusions; figures an- 
atomy. S: Hf. (2107) 
Kansas state board of agriculture, Tofeka, 
Kans. Quarterly report for the quarter 
ending June 30, 1880. [2d quarterly report 
for 1860.]\..).J. K. Hudson, secretary.2... 
Topeka, [20 July] 1880, _ t.-p. cover-++-119 
p- 23X15. 
ee een 22-37, 40-56, detached statements of the 
prevalence of insects upon the various crops throughout 
the state, and recommending to cut out borers from fruit 
trees as the only means against them; recommends 
hand picking of rose chafers [macrodactylus], p. 613 
chinch bugs [d/7ssus leucopterus| injure sorghum cane; 
contains also the following article :— 
PoPENOE, E. A. The web worm... . [Rec., 2060]. 
B: P.M. (2108) 
Lintner, Joseph Albert, see APPOINTMENT of state en- 
tomologist .. . [Rec., 2076]. 
[Lintner, Joseph Albert, appointed state en- 
tomologist of New York.] (Psyche, June 
[13 Aug. ] 1880, v. 3, p- 83.) (Amer. nat., 
Sep. 1880, v. 14, p. 696.) 
Announcement and commendation. 
B: P. M. (2109) 
