1890.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 59 



Entomological Literatuire. 



Trans. Ent. Soc. London, for the year 1889, Part I\^ "On some Le- 

 pidoptera from New Guinea," by Edward Meyrick. This paper consists 

 of sixty-seven pages, in which a number of new genera and species of 

 moths are described. " On the distribution of the Charlonia group of the 

 genus Anthocharis," by George T. Baker. "A revision of the genus Ar- 

 gynnis," by Henry J. Elwes. A new species is described under the name 

 hantmigtoni; it was taken at Taveta, near Mt. KiHmanjaro, in Africa. 

 This paper is a very interesting and important one to American students, 

 and will probably be reviewed later at some length. "Additional notes 

 on the genus Hilipus," by Francis P. Pascoe. 



From the Proceedings of the United States National Museum 

 "Annotated Catalogue of the Insects collected in 1887-88," byL. O. How- 

 ard. The insects received were the part products of the scientific results 

 of e.xplorations by the U. S. Fish Commission steamer "Albatross." The 

 Hemiptera were sent to Prof P. R. Uhler, of Baltimore, Md. ; the Orthop- 

 tera to Mr. Lawrence Bruner, of Lincoln, Neb. ; the Diptera to Prof S. 

 W. Williston, of New Haven, Conn.; the Lepidoptera to Rev. W. J. Hol- 

 land, Pittsburgh, Pa.; and the Mallophaga to Prof Herbert Osbom, of 

 Ames, Iowa." Dr. Holland describes, as new to science, Protoparce 

 calapagetisis from Charles Island, Galapagos. 



The Entomologist, February, 1890. — "New species of Lepidoptera 

 from China," by J. H. Leech. The specimens were collected near Ichang, 

 Central China, and fifty-six new species are described, all diumals. " Co- 

 leoptera at Camber during 1889." " An entomological tour on the Table- 

 land of Mount Arthur," by G. V. Hudson." "On the occurrence of 

 Hesperia lineola in Essex," by A. J. Spiller. Rhopalocera in Switzerland. 

 " On the variation of Heliophobus hispidiis at Portland," by N. M. Rich- 

 ardson. "Gas-lamp entomology," by J. Arkle. The remaining part of 

 the number consists of notes, captures, etc., and the doings of societies. 



" Rhopalocera nihonica : a description of the butterflies of Japan," 

 by H. Pryer. Part 3 for December, 1889, has arrived, completing the work. 

 Owing to the lamentable and untimely death of the author on the 17th of 

 February-, 1888, the preparation for the press of the unpublished portion 

 of the work was undertaken by James Bisset, F.L.S. The text is in Eng- 

 lish and Japanese, and colored figures, notes, description of species, time 

 of appearance and food-plants are given. 



Trans. Kansas Acad. Sc. Vol. 11, 1887-88. — "Notes on the early 

 stages of Nerice bidentata, Anisoia stigma and Calliniorpha suffusa,'' by 

 C. L. Marlatt. 



Annals and Magazine of Natural History. — " Description of 

 a new genus of Oriental Cicadidae," {Talaingd) by W. L. Distant. 

 " Description of two new species oi Acrcea from Mombasa," by H. Grose 



