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exotischen Kaefer in Wort und Bild. 7. u. 8. Lieferung. Verlag von 

 Ernst Heyne in Leipzig, 1897, 4 colored pis.— Keen, J. H. Three in- 

 teresting Staphylinidse from Queen Charlotte Islands, figs., 4. — Pic , M. 

 First Supplement to my list of Anthicidae-addenda, 35. — S chaufuss, 

 C. Bark-beetle studies— i, 24. 



Diptera. — Becker, T. Dipterological studies — v, 1 pi., 24. — 

 Dahl, F. PuHciphora, a new flea-like genus of flies, 22. — Towns- 

 end, C. H. T. Diptera from the Mesilla Valley of the Rio Grande in 

 New Mexico — i, 5. 



Lepidoptera. — Bacot, A. On the development and probable origin 

 of certain ocellated spots in the larvae of Lasiocampa quercus and Odo- 

 nestis potatoria, 21. — B o w e 1 1 , E. W. W. On the scales of European 

 Zygaenides, 1 pi., 21. — Bull, J. The fluctuation in numbers of seden- 

 tary species of Lepidoptera with some criticisms suggested by the list 

 recently issued by the Protection Committee, 21.— Chretien, P. The 

 first stages of Tortrix grotiana; Le Naturaliste, Paris, Nov. 15. '97. — 

 Davis, W. T. Notes on Staten Island butterflies, Proceedings of the 

 Natural Science Association of Staten Island, vi, 11. New Brighton, N. 

 Y., Nov. 13, '97. — Donitz, W. Preservation of larvae in gelatine, 24, 

 Sitzungsberichte. — Diiberg. North American and Asiatic species of 

 Argynnis, 24, Sitzungsberichte. — Dyar, H. G. The larvae of two 

 Saturnians; Note on larvae of Gynczphora grcenlandica and G. rossii; 

 Note on Cydosiinae, 5. — Elwes, H. J. and Ed wards, J. A revision 

 of the Oriental Hesperidae, 10 pis. (4 in colors). Transactions. Zoological 

 Society of London, xiv, 4, Oct., '97. — French, G. H. Preparatory 

 stages of Pyrgns tessellata, 4. — Grote, A. R. On the value of larval 

 characters, 21. — Hampson, G. F. On the classification of the Chry- 

 sauginae, a subfamily of moths of the family Pyralidae,* figs.; On the 

 classification of the Thyrididae — a family of the Lepidoptera Pha'laenae, 

 figs., Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1897, part iii, Oct. 

 1, '97. — Hanham, A. W. A list of Manitoba moths, 4. — Hogg, J. 

 The so-called jumping bean of Mexico, 3 pis., 48. — Langdale, A. 

 Strange pairing of butterflies, 47. — Lyman, H. H., and Winn, A. 

 F. Notes on Grapta interrogationis Fabr., 4. — Nagel, W. A. On 

 the taste organ of butterflies, figs., 22. — P o u 1 1 o n , E. B. See General 

 Works. — Prout, L. B. On the genus Oporabia (cont.); The Geometrid 

 family Amphidasydae, 21. — Scudder, S. H. Dates of issue of some 

 of Boisduval's works, 5. — Soule, C. G. Notes on unusual food-plants, 

 etc., 5. — Stevenson, C. Vanessa milberti, 4. — Ule, E. Symbiosis 

 between an Asclepias and a butterfly (transl. from Berichte der deutschen 

 botanischen Gesell. xv), Journal of Botany. London, Nov., '97. 



Hymeuoptera. — Cocker ell, T. D. A. On the generic position 

 of some bees hitherto referred to Panargus and Calliopsis* 4. — F e r - 

 ton, C. Habits of gastrilegid Hymenoptera, Feuille des jeunes Natu- 

 ralistes. Paris, Nov. 1, '97. — For el, Dr. A. Ants' nests 2 pis. (trans- 

 lated from Neujahrsblatt Naturforsch. Gesell. Zurich, 1893), 48 ; On the 



