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the ground. Some trees seem to have a special attraction for them, such 

 as dog-wood, or trees covered with vines or loose bark or moss. When 

 I failed to find them in one locality I went to one or two others where 

 some sort of attraction or other made them assemble here or there. As 

 birds and b^ts (not to speak of squirrels) prey greatly on Catocalce, as the 

 numerous remains indicate, it may be variable winds direct their enemies 

 to them and cause them to change their locality. — Herman Meeske, 

 Brooklyn, N. Y. 



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Entomological Liter atuire. 



Rambles in Alpine Valleys. By J. W. Tutt, F. E. S., editor of the 

 " Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation," vice-president of the 

 City of London Entomological and Natural History Society, etc. This is 

 an illustrated work of one hundred and eighty-eight pages, published by 

 Swan, Sonnenschen & Co., London. "The book deals with the Italian 

 side of the Mont Blanc Range, a locality that deserves to be better known, 

 than it appears to be, to visitors to the Alps. No attempt has been made 

 to go deeply into scientific technicalities, but I have tried to explain as 

 simply and clearly as possible the scientific bearings of some of the many 

 facts which came under my notice during a holiday spent in that region." 

 This book treats of the beauties of Nature in its various phases : the 

 glorious mountains, the beautiful valleys, the rushing streams, and, in 

 addition, the more animate part of Nature. Many interesting facts are 

 bn)Ught out and dwelt upon in relation to the flora and fauna. The ento- 

 mologist will find much of interest about his or her favorites, and we can 

 heartily recommend Mr. Tutt's book. It breathes the spirit of Nature's 

 poetry in prose, and such books do much to stimulate the study of all 

 that is lovely in Nature. — H. S. 



I. Annales and Magazine of Natural History, sixth series, No. 

 89. — On the specimens of the genus Cutiterebra and its allies (family 

 Oestridae) in the collection of the British Museum, with descriptions of a 

 new genus and three new species, E. E. Austen (with pi. xiii). Descrip- 

 tions of new Coleoptera from New Zealand, Thos. Broun. On the Cis- 



