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the works of this author, this report is an excellent hand-book of the year's 

 research in Economic Entomology in America. It is invaluable to all 

 entomologists, whether they be interested in economic or classificatory 

 work.— E. M. A. 



Canadian Entomologist — ^January', 1B90. This first number of Vol. 

 XXII contains " Ba/anhius — Its food habits," by John Hamilton, M. D., 

 with five illustrations of Balaninus nucum. The continuation of Prof. J. 

 B. Smith's " Preliminary' Catalogue of the Arctiidce of Temperate North 

 America, with Notes" [the genus Arciia.'\ " Note on the Larval Orna- 

 mentation of the North American Sphingida" ,'' by A. R. Grote. "De- 

 scriptions of Lepidopterous Larvae," {Maniestra lorea, Phycis rubifasciella, 

 Salebria cojitatella and S. celtelld). "Note on the genus Crocota and 

 Prof. J. B. Smith," by A. R. Grote; a controversial article. " Notes" and 

 "Correspondence" contain brief notes on Collecting by F. B. Caulfield. 

 " The Cotton Worm" around London, Ontario, by E. Baynes Reed, and 

 " Chrysalids {Pryrameis cardui) devoured by Caterpillars {Spilosoma 

 Isabella),'' by S. W. Denton.— E. M. A. 



The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine — January, 1890, contains 

 '■' Micropteryx larvae," by John H. Wood. " Coleoptera at Cobhane 

 Park, Kent," by J. J. Walker. " Descriptions of two new genera {Steth- 

 idea and Trichidea) and of some uncharacterized species of Galerucincr, ' ' 

 by Joseph S. Baly. The species are from the Indian fauna. "Notes on 

 the Lepidoptera of Mooltan," by N. Manders. " Icerya purchasi and its 

 insect enemies in New Zealand," by W. M. Maskell. The briefer notes in 

 this issue are on ' ' Scoparia atonialis and Scoparia augustea, ' ' by Eustace 

 R. Bankes. " Opostega salaciella," by the same author. " Habits of the 

 Honey Moth" [Galleria cereana,]hy C. G. Barrett, and " Anarlamyr- 

 tilli at flowers," and " Identity oi Phycis adornatella and P. subornatella'' 

 by the same author. " Habits of the larva of Eudorea dubitalis," by W. 

 Machin. "The Life-history of Simcelhis combinalana,'' and "On the 

 flight of Atta antarclica,'' by G. V. Hudson. " Psocidcs and Mistletoe," 

 by R. McLachlan, who says: "much and interesting could be written on 

 the denizens of an old tuft of mistletoe;" " Linmophilas Az>.rM/tt.y at sugar, " 

 by Geo. R. Porritt; and the usual notes on localities and captures in the 

 British Isles. 



A review of " Indian Museum Notes, Vol. I, No. i," which is " planned 

 much on the same lines as ' Insect Life,' and like it cannot fail to have a 

 beneficial effect," is published and Obituary Notices of Dr. Franz Low, at 

 Vienna, aged 61; J. B. G^hin, at Remiremont, aged 73; and Prof. Wn;. 

 Ramsay McNab, M. D., at Dublin, aged 45, are given. The usual ac- 

 counts of Society Meetings end the number. — E, M. A. 



Le Naturalists Canadien December, 1889. — With this issue comes 

 (paged 285-292) a separatum continuing the work on the Jassides {Jassus 

 to Pediopsis). The rest of this number is of general interest, and not 

 especially addressed to entomologists. — E. M. A. 



