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THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



On Our Table. 



Annual Report of the Entomological Society of theProvince 

 of Ontario, for the year 1H79. 8vo. pp. 89. 57 illustrations. 

 Toronto, 1880. From the Society. 



Descriptions of some new Tineina^ with notes on a few old 

 species. By V. T. Chambers. 8vo. pp. 26. pi. 4. (From 

 the Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural Histor>', 

 January 1880.) From the Author. 



Ueber einige neiie oder unvollkommen gekannte Daphniden. 

 Von August Gruber und Dr. August Weismann. Hvo. pp. 57. 

 5 plates. Friburg, 1877. From the Authors. 



Studien zur Descendenz — Theorie. 1. — Ueber den Saison — 

 Dimorphismus der Schmetterlinge. Von Dr. August Weis- 

 mann. 8vo. pp. 94. 2 plates. Leipzig. 1875. From the 

 Author. 



Oenologischer Jahresbericht. Bericht iiber die Fortschritte 

 in Wissenschaft und Praxis auf dem Gesammtgebiete von 

 Rebbau, Weinbereitung und Kellerwirthschaft, erstattet unter 

 Mitwirkung von Dr. O. Saare. Von Dr. C. Weigelt. Erster 

 Jahrgang 1878. 8vo. pp. 178. Berlin, 1880. From the 

 Author. 



Note sur les Exposition.s Horticoles. Par Ch. Joly. Svo- 

 pp. 11. (Ext. du Journal de la Societe centrale d' Hor- 

 ticulture de France.) From the Author, 



The Transactions of the Academy of Science of St, Louis. 

 Vol. IV. No. 1. 8vo. pp. ;J30. 6 plates. 3 maps. St. 

 Louis, Mo. 1880. From the Academy. 



Some Thoughts and Facts concerning the Food of Man- 

 By Dr. E, L. Sturtevant. 8vo. pp. 42. (From the Report of 

 the Secretary of Conn. Board of Agriculture. 1880.) From the 

 Author, 



Vick's Floral Guide. Spring, 1880. 8vo. pp. 91. Illus- 

 trated. Rochester, N. V. From the Publisher. 



Catalogue Raisonne des Animaux. Utiles et Nuisibles de 

 la France. Par Maurice Girard. Seconde edition 8vo. 

 Fascicule I. Animaux Utiles, leurs services et leur conserva- 

 tion, pp. 181. Fascicules 11. Animaux Nuisibles, d^gats 

 qu'ils produisent, moyens de les detruire. pp. 223. Paris. 

 1879. From the Author. 



Le Phylloxera. Par Maurice Girard. 16mo. pp 120. 

 Troisieme edition. Avec graviires et carte. Paris. 1880. 

 From the Author. 



Bulletin de la Societe Centrale d' Agriculture et des co- 

 rnices Agricoles du Department de 1' Heraidt. GOi^e Ann^e, 

 8vo. pp. 334. Monlpellier, France. 1880. From the Society. 



Our Homes. By Henry Hartshorne, A. M., M. D. 16mo. 

 pp.149. Illustrated. Presley Blakiston. Philadelphia. 1880. 

 Price 50 cents. — This is one of the most valuable of the popu- 

 lar American Health Primer Series, and should be in the 

 hands, not only of every house-builder, but of every house- 

 keeper. Light, warmth, ventilation, drainage and water sup- 

 ply, are things of vital importance to general and individual 

 welfare, and Dr. Hartshorne's teachings on these subjects 

 will well reward careful attention. 



Vick's Flower and Vegetable Garden. 8vo. pp. 166. 6 

 plates. Price 50 cents. James Vick, Rochester, N. Y. — To 

 say that this work is worthy of its publisher, is tn afHrm. to 

 all who are familiar with " Vick's Illustrated Monthly," that 

 it is perfect of its kind. In addition to the plates, which are 

 exquisitely colored, there are innumerable illustrations, most 

 pages having from six to fourteen. Those who need inform- 

 ation respecting the history or character of almost any culti- 

 vated plant, will find it in these pages, with full descriptions 

 given and modes of culture explained. Noteworthy among 

 the contents are an illustrated Botanical Glossary and a Pro- 

 nouncine Vocabulary of Botanical Navies. The value of 

 this book by far transcends its price, and its usefulness is 

 equaled by its beauty. 



Extracts from Correspondence. 



[We shall publish in this Department such extracts from the 

 letters of our correspondents as contain entomological facts 

 worthy to be recorded, on account either of their scientific or 

 of their practical importance. We hope our readers will con- 

 tribute each their several mites towards the general fund ; and 

 in case they are not perfectly certain of the names of the in- 

 sects, the peculiarities of which are to be mentioned, will send 

 specimens along in order that each species may be duly 

 identified.] 



Reduction in Price of Pyrethrum.— We have 

 reduced the price of powder in eight-pound cans 

 to seventy-five cents per pound, and our next 

 crop will be principally put up in barrels and 



cans, which we anticipate reducing still further. 

 Having planted over five hundred acres last fall, 

 we expect to commence grinding about the 25th 

 of June next. We shall increase the production 

 of the plants from year to year, and will endeavor 

 to place it within the reach of all, hoping that by 

 putting up a pure article we may soon be able to 

 drive out of market the adulterated stuff which is 

 now imported, and we shall leave the consumers 

 to adulterate it themselves, as in their experi- 

 ments they may need to. — G. N. Milco. 



A Natural Insecticide. — There has been re- 

 cently discovered in Schuylkill Co. a shale which 

 decomposes easily and rapidly, and which is 

 being considerably used as a fertilizer and bug 

 killer. I am told that neither the Chinch nor 

 any other bug will attack vegetation growing in a 

 soil fertilized by this material. An analysis 

 shows it to contain sulphuric acid, iron, alum, 

 humic acid. — C. A. Green, M. D., Lancaster, Pa. 



Cotton culture and the insects affecting the 

 plant at Bahia, Brazil. — Cotton is not grown 

 at present to any considerable extent in this 

 Province and has ceased to be an article of ex- 

 portation. The cultivation is simple in the ex- 

 treme, requiring little care or attention, but owing 

 to the distance from this part of the cotton 

 producing districts, the cultivation has long since 

 ceased to be remunerative. 



The insect enemies of the cotton plant which 

 particularly attack it, consist of two species of 

 moths which in the form of worms or caterpillars 

 prey upon its leaves and stalk as also the cotton 

 pod itself. It is also attacked by a peculiar 

 species of bug, a specimen of which is forwarded, 

 and by the grasshoppers, which commit great 

 ravages on the foliage and the tender stalks. 



The "Cotton Worm" as described by Prof. 

 Riley is somewhat different from the worm found 

 in this Province, differing in color and other 

 respects, but it is no doubt of very similar char- 

 acter. 



The ravage committed by them is greater in the 

 dry or summer months, sa)f September, October, 

 November, and December. 



This Cotton Worm is believed to have been 

 always in the country, and not imported. 



Cotton has been grown in this part of Brazil 

 for as long a time as any other production, and 

 it is also found growing wild. 



The prevailing direction of the wind during 

 the months of March, April, June, and July is 

 easterly, varying from N. E. to S. E. — Richard 

 A. Edes, U. S. Consul, Bahia, Brazil. 



[Mr. Edes kindly accompanied his communica. 

 tion with specimens, upon which we will add a 

 few remarks. The worm that takes the place of 

 our Aletia is, both by the colored drawing and 

 the specimens sent, easily distinguished from 

 Aletia. The four moths are in poor condition 

 and show some variation. The species is one of 

 the smallest of the genus Anomis, and between 

 illita Git. and Hubner's figure of exacta, of which 

 Prof Grote kindly had a copy made for us. In 

 the larva the front pair of abdominal prolegs is 

 perfectly obsolete and the second pair of nearly 



