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of the suborder Orthorrhapha Brachycera (Dipt.) on chaetotactic princi- 

 ples, id., 24.— The genus Phyllolabis O. S. (Dipt., Tipul.); a remarkable 

 case of disconnected areas in geographical distribution, id., 24.— The 

 male of Dicrafiia cervus VVied., Dr. E. Giglio-Tos, 25, No. 276, Feb. 

 18. — Two new species of Asilids from New Mexico,* B. Brown, Kansas 

 University Quarterly (A) vi. 2, Lawrence, Kans., April, '97.— Diptera from 

 the headwaters of the Gila River-ii,* C. H. T. Townsend, 5, July. — Re- 

 marks upon methods of killing Diptera, R. H. Meade, 8, July. — The 

 raspberry cane maggot {Phorbia rubivora Coq.),* M. V. Slingerland, 4, 

 July. — Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station, No. ii 

 (cont.): On a collection of Diptera from the lowlands of the Rio Nautla, 

 in the State of Vera Cruz,* C. H. T. Townsend, 11, July. 



Lepitloptera. — Icones Ornithopterorum: a monograph of the Rho- 

 palocerous genus Ornithoptera, R. H. F. Rippon, published by the author, 

 London, Part 9 rec'd May 30, '97. — [Central American] Lepidoptera 

 Heterocera, vol. ii, pp. 361-392, pis. Ixxiii-lxxv,* H. Druce, lo, pt. 

 cxxxiv, March, '97. — Biology of Russian Lepidoptera-v. Coloration and 

 ocellate spots, their origin and development (in Russian), J. Portschmsky, 

 I pi., 19. — Notes on Rhopalocera, with descriptions of new species and 

 varieties,* H. Skinner, 4, June. — Broils vulneraria again, J. A. Moffat, 

 4, June. — Hydriomena furcata {Hypsipetes sordidata) : its synonymy, 

 variation, geographical distribution and life-history, L. B. Prout, 21, 

 May 15. — On the geographical distribution and post-glacial derivation of 

 the Pdlaearctic and Nearctic alpine Rhopalocera faunas, W. H. Bath, 9, 

 June.— Notes on the synonymy of Noctuid moths, A. G. Butler, 9, June. 

 — Rapport present^ a la Chambre de Commerce dc Lyon par la com- 

 mission Administrative [de la] Laboratoire d'Etudes de la Sole, Lyon, 

 '97 Contains: Study of the cocoon of Bombyx niori from the point of 

 view of the industrial qualities of the silk, J. Raulin. Remarks on the 

 heredity of acquired characters, G. Contagne. Circumstances which 

 influence the industrial qualities of the cocoon of Bombyx tnori, J. Raulin. 

 Study of the industrial qualities of the same, id. Essay on classification 

 of silk-producing Lepidoptera, J. Dusuzeau and L. Sonthonnax, 23 pis. 

 Fixation of tannic and gallic acids by silk, L. Vignon. On various rearings 

 of domesticated and wild silk-worms made at Ecully near Lyons, J. Clerc, 

 On smothering cocoons and the influence of this operation on the silk, 

 D. Levrat. Application of X-rays to determine sexes of chrysalids within 

 the cocoons, J. Testenoire and D. Levrat, 2 pis. — A cave-inhabiting moth, 

 M. E. Murtfeldt, 23. — The larva oi Lycomorpha pholtis, H. G. Dyar, 6, 

 June. — List of the palaearctic species of Macrolepidoptera in which the 

 phenomenon of gynandromorphism has been observed, O. Schultz, 24. 

 — Lepidoptera Indica. By F. Moore. Part xxvii (Euthaliina, cont.). 

 London, L. Reeve & Co., '97 (rec'd June 25). — The development of the 

 wing, wing-scales and their pigments in butterflies and moths, J. W. Tutt, 

 I pi.; On Lepidopterous larvae, H. G. Dyar, 21, June 15. — Notes on some 

 species of North American Moths,* VV. Beutenmiiller, fig. Bulletin, 



