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Thysaiiura and Colleinbola. — On the apparent structure of the 

 scales of Seira buskii in relation to the scales of Lepidocyrtus curvicollis, 

 R. L. Maddox, i pK Trans. Amer. Microscop. Soc. , xviii, Buffalo, 1897. 

 — Apterygogenea fennica, O. M. Reuler, 2 pis. Acta Societatis pro Fauna 

 et Flora Fennica, xi, Helsingfors, 1895 (rec'd May 27, '97).— 'Embryo- 

 logical researches on Lepisma saccharina, R. Heymons, 2 pis. Zeitschrift 

 fiir wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Ixii, 4, Leipsic, May 11, '97. — A contribu- 

 tion to the embryology of the Insecta apterygota, R. Heymons, 17, Dec. 

 10. — The ventral tube and the cephalic glands of Smiiithurus, V. Willem 

 and H. Sabbe, Annales de la Soci^t^ Entomologique de Belgique, xli, 5, 

 Brussels, May 31, '97. — Campodea siaphylin7isV^&s>\.v;ood and its caverni- 

 colous varieties, A. Vir6, figs., 32. 



Ortlioptera. — [Central American] Orthoptera, pp. 225-256, pis. xii, 

 xiii,* H. deSaussure, 15, pt. cxxxiv, March, '97. — The species of the 

 genus Melanoplns* S. H. Scudder, Proc. Amer. Philosophical Society, 

 xxxvi, 154, Philadelphia, Jan , '97 (rec'd May 28). — On the absorbtion of 

 iron by the digestive tube of Blatta orienialis (in Russian), S. Metalni- 

 kofT, figs., 20, iv, 5, May, '96. — Notes on New England Acrididse iii, 

 Oedipodinae V, vj, A. P. Morse, o, June, July. — On the Malpighian tubules 

 of Orthoptera, L. Bordas, 11, June. — Revision of the Salomonitse, Lo- 

 custidae of the tribe C nocephalinae, C. Brongniart, figs.. Bulletin, Soci^t^ 

 Philomathique de Paris (8), viii, 2-4, 1896. Rec'd July 4, '97. — The species 

 of Anabriis and their distribution, S. H. Scudder, 5, July. 



Xeuroptera. — The constitution and development of the society of 

 Termites: observations on their habits with appendices on the parasitic 

 protozoa of Termitidae, and on the Embiidae (concl.), B. Grassi and A. 

 Sandias, Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, xl, i, London, April, 

 '97. — Golden-eye or lace-wing fly {Chrysopa), C. M. Weed, 3, June, '97. 

 — Libellula deplanata of Rambur, J. G. Needham, 4, June. — List of the 

 Neuroptera collected by Mr. E. E. Austen on the Amazons, etc., during 

 the recent expedition of Messrs. Siemens Bros. Cable S. S. "Faraday," 

 with descriptions of several new species of Odonata (Dragonflies), \V. F. 

 Kirby, 2 pis. 11, June. — List of dragonflies taken near Buffalo, N. Y., E. 

 P. Van Duzee; Additions to the Odonata of New York State, P. P. Cal- 

 vert, 6. — Preliminary studies of N. American Gomphinae, J. G. Needham, 

 4, July. — Large dragonflies considered as useful animals destroying inju- 

 rious insects, R. Martin, 10, July. 



Hemiptera. — Chermotheca Italica continens exsiccata, in situ, coc- 

 cidarum plantis precipue cultis, in Italia occurrentibus, obnoxiarum [with 

 text]. Prof. Antonio Berlese e Dr. Leonardi Gustavo, R. Scuola Superiore 

 di Agricoltura in Portici. Fascicolo ii, 1897.— Some new and little-known 

 Dorydini (Jassinae),* C. F. Baker, 4, June. — Contributions to the knowl- 

 edge of the labium of Hydrocoras, N. Leon, figs., 22, 527. — A new sub- 

 family in the Jassidae, C. F. Baker, 5, June.— Contributions to Coccidology 

 ii, T. D. A. Cockerell, 3, July. — Some new and little-known Coccidae from 

 Florida-!,* T. D. A. Cockerell-ii, Biological observations, A. L. Quain- 



