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Natural History. It comprises nearly two hundred and fifty pages of 

 very interesting matter and is illustrated by fifty text figures. The mat- 

 ter is prepared with Dr. Lintuer's usual great care and contains valuable 

 summaries of our information upon a large number of injurious insects. 

 The consideration of each species is prefaced by a synonymical and 

 bibliographical table which is of great value to the working entomolo- 

 gist. The principal articles are upon Remedies and Preventives, the 

 Larch Saw-fly {Xematus eriehsonii), the Cow Horn-fly, the Elm Leaf- 

 beetle, and the Grain Plant-louse. Short accounts are given of other 

 species, and under the head of " Insect Attacks " and " Miscellaneous 

 Observations " many interesting notes are collocated. A small section 

 of the report is devoted to Acarina and Myriapoda in which several in- 

 jurious and beneficial mites are mentioned. In an appendix a list of 

 the principal publications of the Entomologist during 1888 is given. 

 We can commend Dr. Lintner's writings for the care with which quoted 

 information is credited, and wish we could say the same regarding his 

 illustrations, which are often used with no such regard for authority or 

 source. 



The Little Red Ant.— We publish in this number a free translation of 

 an interesting article by M. A. Bellevoye on this insect. It will be in- 

 teresting in connection with our article ( Yol. II, No. 3) on the occurrence 

 of this insect in America. Mr. Bellevoye's suggested inference that 

 inasmuch as he was unable to observe that the ants carried any food 

 to their nests this might be considered a result of domestication, as 

 they always find something to feed upon in our houses, will hardly 

 hold for this side of the water, as in our experience these ants are often 

 seen carrying particles of food into cracks in walls and floors which 

 probably lead to their nests. 



Technical Entomology in Ohio.— The Ohio Agricultural Experiment Sta- 

 tion has started an innovation in the line of a series of technical bulle- 

 tins. The director explains in an obscure foot- note that the series is 

 intended to embody the technical results of the work of the station, out 

 that it is not expected that they will be of direct service to farmers in 

 general. It is hoped, rather, that they may be found useful by work- 

 ers in other stations, and thus indirectly serve the cause of agricult- 

 ure. It comprises three articles by the entomologist, Mr. C. M. Weed, 

 entitled (1) "Preparatory stages of the 20-spotted Lady-bird," (2) 

 " Studies in Pond Life," and (3) "A Partial Bibliography of Insects 

 affecting Clover." Of these articles, the one upon "Studies in Pond 

 Life" is naturally of the greatest interest and value, and a number of 

 new points are brought out. The " Larger Typha-borer" {Arzaina oh- 

 liquata G. and R.) is figured in larva, pupa, and imago, and he records 

 a number of dates of transformation, and describes the larva and pupa. 



