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vols. I and 11 relates solely to the sawftlies, and is introduced to include 
the many new genera which have recently been added in this group, 
together with the limitations of genera due to the very careful and 
extensive studies of F. W. Konow. Mr. Cameron has translated the 
descriptions of most of the new genera erected by Konow, and also por- 
tions of the latter’s synoptic tables. He gives also elaborate notes on 
the resulting synonymy and generic placing of species, and considera- 
ble additions to the list of food plants published in the first volume of 
the work. The volume ends with a very extensive and valuable bibli- 
ography of the writings on Phytophagous Hymenoptera and a com- 
plete index to the volume. Some nineteen excellent plates are included, 
which give very fair representations of most of the British galls and 
gall-makers, while other plates show the structure of the galls in mag- 
nified section. Mr. Cameron is to be congratulated on the publication 
of this volume, which closes for him the labor of a good many years and 
gives to the world a most valuable and important monograph on per- 
haps the most interesting of the Hymenoptera. The work is a publica- 
tion of the Ray Society.—C. L. M. ' 
THE BUMBLEBEE IN NEW ZEALAND. 
A recent writer in The New Zealand Farmer makes a somewhat 
extended argument to show that the accounts of the enormous increase 
of this insect in that colony are exaggerated. He does not deny the fact 
that a great deal of good has been accomplished by the introduction 
of the species in the way of fertilizing clover, but contends that it only 
takes a few bumblebees to make a considerable rumpus. 
LEEWARD ISLAND COCCID 4. 
The following is a list of the Coccide which Mr. C. L. Barber, super- 
intendent of agriculture, has personally collected upon the Leeward 
Islands: 
Aspidiotus sp. Areca rubra and Sabal. Antigua. 
Aspidiotus articnlatus. Vitis vinifera. Nevis. 
Aspidiotus aurantii Mask. Limes. Montserrat. 
Aspidiotus budleiw var. fallax Ckll. MS. (Morgan makes it =nerii). Mango, 
Terminalia, Cinnamomum. Antigua. 
Aspidiotus personatus Comst. Areca rubra and Sabal. Antigua. 
Aspidiotus punice Ckll. MS. Cocoanut husks. Dominica. 
Ceroplastes cassie Chavannes=Ckll. MS. C. burserie. Bursera gommitera, 
Antigua. 
Ceroplastes cirripediformis Comstock. Eranthemum. Antigua. 
Ceroplastes denudatus Ckll. MS. Sour sop. Antigua. 
Ceroplastes plumbaginis Ckll. MS. Plumbago alternanthera. Antigua. 
Chionaspis minor Maskell? Capsicum. Antigua. 
Ch. (minor var. ?) angustior noy.Ckll. MS. Pigeon peas. Montserrat. 
Chionaspis timidus Ckll. MS. Hibiseus (Morgan makes it=Ch. minor). Antigua. 
Diaspis ? sp. (Single white ¢ scale). Tangerine. Antigua. 
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