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Identification of Insects (^Images) for Snbscribers. 



Specimens will be named under the following conditions: ist, The number of speci- 

 mens to be unlimited for each sending ; 2d, The sender to pay all expenses of transporta- 

 tion and the insects to become the property of the American Entomological Society ; 

 3d, Each specimen must have a number attached so that the identification may be an- 

 nounced accordingly. Twelve names, if possible, will appear in each issue of News 

 acc.-^rding to number. Address packages to Entomological News, Academy Natural 

 Sciences, Logan Square, Philadelphia, Pa. 



H. Meeske. — I, Cicindela i6-punctata; 2, Cicindela vulgaris, var. ; 3, 

 Macrodactylus subspinosa; 4, Cicindela pusiUa, var. cyanellus; 5, Epi- 

 tragus canaliculatiis; 6, Necrophorus marginatus; 7, Chrysochus auratus; 

 8, Trox sonorce; 9, Hippodamia convergens; 10, Chrysomela scalaris. 



E. Wilkinson. — 2, Carpophilus palilpennis; 4, Sphcerophthahna or- 

 chis; 5, Bombus pennsylvanicus (^•, 6, Orthosoma brimneutn; 7, Necro- 

 phorus americanus; 8. Solpugidae (belongs fo); 9, Allorhina nitidaf 10, 

 Eleodes longicollis; 11, Hipp ome las ccelatus; 12, Psiloptera dilaticollis. 



Ch.\s. Fuchs. — I, Eleodes hispilabris; 2, E. carbonana, smooth var.; 

 3, E. quadricollis $ ; 4, E. obsoleta, var. ; 5, E. carbonaria, var. soror; 

 6, E. extricata; 7, Discogenia marginata; 8, Eleodes cordata; 9, E. con- 

 sobrina; 10, E. cordata; 11, E. parvico lis; 12, E. obscura. 



G. D. B. — I, Catocala concumbens; 2, Ctenucha virginica; 3, Micro- 

 ccelia obliterata; 4, Heliophila unipuncta; 5, Hadena sputatrix; 6, Ag- 

 rotis messoria? 7, Plusia contexta; 8, Eustrotia carneola; 9, Hypena sp. ; 

 10, Tetrads croc allata; 11, Pyrophila pyramidoides; 12, Metanema quer- 

 civoraria. 



From Haddonfield, N. J., wingless females of a Geometrid moth, per- 

 haps genus Anisopteryx. 



Entomological Iviteratiare. 



Bulletin from the Laboratories of Natural History of the 

 State University of Iowa, vol. ii, No. i, contains the continuation of 

 the monograph entitled, "The Pselaphida; of North America, by E. 

 Brendel, M.D., and H. F. Wickham (concluded), Sjipp., 3 plates, 63 figs. 

 Full description* with synoptic tables of the species are given. 



The Entomologist, November, 1890. — Additions to the British List 

 of Deltoids, Pyralids and Crambi since 1859 (with plates), by Richard 

 South. The sexes of Lepidoptera, by T. D. A. Cockerell. Contribu- 

 tions to the Chemistry of Insect Colors, by F. H. Perry Coste. Entomo- 

 logical notes, captures, etc. Doings of Societies. 



The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, November. 1890. — How 

 do Coccids produce cavities in Plants? by W. M. Maskell. Notes on the 

 Lepidoptera of Digne (Basses Alpes), by A. H. Jones. Entomological 



