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A Monograph of Oriental CicADiDyE. by VV. L. Distant. Part 3, 

 pp. 49-72. With two plates. June, 1890. Contains descriptions and fig- 

 ures of species of Cosmopsaltria and Pomponis. 



The Victorian Naturalist, July, 1890. — Notes on the Geographical 

 Distribution of some Australian Buprestidae, Pt. i, by C. French. 



Catalogue of Insects found in New Jersey, by John B. Smith. 

 From the Final Report of the State Geologist, vol. 11. This makes a 

 large volume of 486 pages and covers all the orders. The catalogue has 

 been compiled from all available sources, and names of species not actu- 

 ally recorded from the State, but supposed to be found there are inserted. 

 It is an open question whether this should have been done ; 6098 species 

 are listed, Coleoptera coming first, with 2227; Lepidoptera next, with 1140, 

 and Hymenoptera third, with 1074. The other orders have comparatively 

 fewer species recorded, not because they do not exist in the State, but 

 because they have not received the attention thej' deserve from entomolo- 

 gists. The list can't fail to be useful to both the field worker and the 

 systematist. 



Contribution Toward a Monograph of the Insects of the Le- 

 pidopterous Family Noctuid^ of Temperate North America. — 

 Revision of the species of the genus Agrotis, by John B. Smith. The 

 above is Bulletin No. 38, United States National Museum, 231 pages, 5 

 plates, 83 figures. The old genus Agrotis is divided into si.xteen genera 

 and many of these subdivided into convenient groups. Descriptions of 

 the species with habitat and notes are given and a number of new ones 

 described. 



Biologia Centrali-Americana. Part 86, June, 1890. — Arachnida- 

 Acaridea, by Otto Stoll (,pl. xv, Coleoptera, vol. ii, pt. i, by D. Sharp 

 (pi. 10), vol. iv, pt. 2, by G. C. Champion (pp. 161-184); vol. vi, pt. sup- 

 plement, by M. Jacoby (pp. 185-200) ; Hymenoptera, vol. ii, by P. Cam- 

 eron (pp. 89-96, pi. 6); Lepidoptera-Heterocera, vol. i, by H. Druce 

 (417-424) ; Diptera. vol. ii, by F. M. van der Wulp (pp. 145-176, pi. 4). 



The Colors of Anlmals, their Meaning and Use, Especially 

 Considered in the case of Insects, by Edward Bagnall Poulton, M. A., 

 F.R.S. International Scientific Series, by D. .^ppleton & Co., New York, 

 339 pages, illustrated. This is a very interesting work to the entomologist, 

 and should be in every library. Some of the subjects treated are the 

 Physical Cause of Animal Colors, Protective Resemblance, Dimorphism, 

 Warning Colors, Protective Mimicry, Sexual Coloring, etc. 



American Spiders and their Spinning-work. — A Natural History 

 of the Orbweaving Spiders of the United States with Special Regard to 

 their Industry and Habits, by Henry C. McCook, D.D., vol. ii. This fine 

 volume is handsomely illustrated with five colored plates and 401 cuts, 

 and consists of 469 pages. Dr. McCook is to be congratulated on this, 

 grand addition to spider literature. 



