1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. I3 



Cafiiis sericetis Holme, two $ examples. This fixes an American lo- 

 cality for and decides in favor of the successful colonization of this Euro- 

 pean species. It appears slender and delicate compared with the abundant 

 vistriottis. 



Cryptobium pusilhim Lee, two examples, cJ and 9 , -25 inch. long. The 

 only specimen seen by Dr. Horn, when preparing his Cryptobium paper, 

 was the type in the LeConte collection, a cT fror" the sea-shore of Long 

 Island. N. Y. The last ventral segment of the 1^ has a parallel notch 

 from apex to base, and a contiguous depression on the apex of the pre- 

 ceding, as if nature had intended to continue the slit ; the last ventral of 

 the 9 is rounded. 



Crypiobiutn higtibre Lee, three examples, unfortunately 9- Having 

 been described from Florida, it is mentioned here to record the locality. 



Quedius brunneus Mann., and Actobms nanus Horn, were taken in some 

 abundance. The Coleoptera were for a time Very much concentrated, 

 taking refuge under the trash swept up around the sandhills. The New 

 Jersey coast is rich in small Coleoptera, apparently neglected by neigh- 

 boring collectors, or at least unrecorded. John Hamilton. 



Entomological Literatuire. 



Bulletins of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural His- 

 tory, Vol. III. 



Article V. — A Descriptive Catalogue of the Phalangiince of Illinois by 

 Clarence M. Weed, M. Sc. In a pamphlet of 20 pp. the author tabulates 

 the genera Liobunmn, Oligolophus and Phalangium, describing in them 

 eight, one, and one species respectively. Three figures are given in the 

 text. L. elegans and L. politus are described as new. 



Article VI. — A partial Bibliography of the Phalangiincs of N. America, 

 by the same author, enumerates the general articles and follows with a 

 reference list of the species. Students of this little-known group, so com- 

 monly called "daddy-long-legs," will find these papers invaluable guides. 



E. M. A. 



Massachusetts Agricultural College. Bulletin No. 5, July, 1889. 

 Household Pests, by Charles H. Fernald, 10 pp. 6 wood-cuts [Dec, 1889.] 

 Carpet beetles, clothes moths ants and bacon beetles are treated of and 

 their habits and remedies described in a way that renders the author's 

 meaning clear to any reader. — E. M. A. 



Agricultural Experiment Station of Minnesota. Bulletin No. 

 8, July, 1889. The Pocky Mountain Loctcsts in Otter Tail County. Minn., 

 in 1S89. [Otto Lugger, Ph. D.] 20 pp., 9 cuts, 2 plates, 53 figures [Dec, 

 1889.] A very full inquiry- into the cause, effects and prevention of this 

 visitation for the past season. — E. JL A. 



