28 entomological news. [January, 



Entomological Litera.tu.re. 



Under the above head it is intended to note such papers received at the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North 

 and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, or con- 

 taining descriptions of new genera, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, 

 physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating to American or exotic 

 species, will be recorded. The numbers in heavy-faced type refer to the journals, as 

 numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the 

 paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. 



4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., Dec, '97. — 5, Psyche, 

 Cambridge, Mass., Dec, '97. — IO. Nature, London, '97. — 21. The En- 

 tomologist's Record, London, Nov. 15, '97. — 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, 

 Leipsic, No. 543, Oct. 21, '97. — 24. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, 

 xlii, 1 and 2, Nov., '97. — 35. Annales de la Societe" Entomologique de 

 Belgique, xl, 9, Brussels, Nov. 15, '97. — 47. The Zoologist, London, 

 Nov. 15, '97. — 48. The International Journal of Microscopy and Natural 

 Science (3), viii, 36. London, Oct., '97. — 49. Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, 

 xx, 4. Budapest, Nov. 1, '97. 



The General Subject. — Be the, A. Comparative researches on 

 the functions of the central nervous system of Arthropods, t pi., Pfluger's 

 Archiv fur Physiologie, lxviii, 10-12. Bonn, Oct. 29, '97. — Biro, L. 

 Biological observations in New Guinea, 24. — Cocke rell, T. D. A. A 

 curious case of protective coloration, 5. — H e y m o n s , R. Remarks on 

 Verhoeff's views on the abdominal appendages of insects, 22.— Poul- 

 ton, E. B. Mimicry in butterflies and moths, 10, Nov. 4, 11. — Raf- 

 fray, A. Occurrence of blind insects in South Africa. Transactions, 

 South African Philosophical Society, ix, 1. Cape Town, 1897. — St. 

 George, v. la Valette. On sperm- and egg- formation in the silk- 

 worm {Bombyx mori), 3 pis. Archiv fiir mikroscopische Anatomie, L, 4: 

 Bonn, Nov. 15, '97. — Suffert, E. Effect of the blood monad {Baciflus 

 prodigiosus) on insects, 24, Sitzungsberichte. — V. Insects and flowers, 

 Revue Scientifique, Paris, Nov. 6, '97. 



Economic Entomology. — Anon. Asclepias curassavica as an in- 

 sectifuge, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew, 

 No. 130, Oct., '97. — Anon. Useful insect products, 10, Dec. 2. — Cha- 

 pais, J. C. Some insects to be combatted, Naturaliste Canadien, xxiv, 

 10. Chicoutimi, Queb. — C outagne, G. Summary report on the work 

 done at the Sericulture Station of Rousset-en-Provence in 1896-97. Bul- 

 letin Societe" Nationale d'Acclimatation de France, Paris, Oct., '97. — 

 D e p r e z , V. Principal insects injurious to tobacco of the Semois, figs. , 

 35. — Dubois, L. On a bacterium pathogenic for the Phylloxera and 

 for certain Acarines, Comptes Rendus, L'Academie des Sciences, Paris, 

 Nov. 15, '97. — Fletcher, J. Evidence before the Select Standing 

 Committee of the House of Commons on Agriculture and Colonization 

 Session of 1897. Printed by order of Parliament [Ottawa, Can.] ; Re- 



