274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., '05 



Entomological Literature. 



American Insects. By Vernon L. Kellogg, Professor of Entomology 



and Lecturer on Bionomics in Leland Stanford Jr. University. 



With many original illustrations by Mary Wellman. Henry Holt 



& Company, New York, 1905. 

 This is a work of 674 pages, 13 plates in color, and 812 text figures. 

 There are chapters on the structure and special physiology ; develop- 

 ment and metamorphoses ; classification ; insects and flowers ; colorand 

 pattern and the uses ; insects and disease ; collecting and rearing. Fol- 

 lowing Comstock, nineteen orders of insects are recognized, and keys 

 given for their determination. The work is written in a popular style, 

 and the author hopes to foster an interest in insect biology. The paper 

 is good and the typography all that can be desired. The colored plates 

 are as a rule excellent. Some of the figures on plate six are somewhat 

 crowded, and the text figures vary greatly in artistic excellence, as they 

 are from many sources. The half-tone cuts are usually preferable. Figs, 

 604 and 605 are quite crude. There are some unfortunate and glaring 

 errors in the determination of species, and we note the following : PI. XI, 

 fig. 3, is the Western Synchlce reakirtii, and not the common getmiia as 

 stated. PI. XIII, fig. 3, is not a Stizus, but belongs to the family Scoliidae ; 

 fig. 7 is not Xylocopa virginica, but probably arizonense . The fig. 684, 

 p. 485, is we know not what. Pelecinus polyturator ^ was correctly 

 figured in Packard's Guide in 1869. We are glad to see the interesting 

 chapter on insects and disease, as it places the subject on a higher plane 

 with the general public, and is a matter of immense importance to 

 humanity. Taking the work in its entirety, it is a valuable contribution 

 to the subject, and can't fail to be useful to the student beginner, as well 

 as to entomologists in general. The price of the work was not stated 

 by the publishers. 

 Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, with Descriptions. By 



Andrew Gray Weeks, Jr. Boston. Printed by the University 



Press, Cambridge, U. S. A. 1905. 

 This is a sumptuous work of one hundred and seventeen pages and 

 forty-five plates in color containing numerous figures. There are also 

 interesting half-tone illustrations of scenes in Bolivia. Some years ago 

 Mr. Weeks sent a collector to Bolivia, and the pages of this work are 

 devoted to describing the places visited, and making known about sixty- 

 eight new species of butterflies and illustrating them in color. We have 

 nothing but praise for this work, as the colored figines are as good as 

 any extant, and the author deserves great credit for giving the entomo- 

 logical world such a production, — H. S. 



J. A. G. Rehn and Morgan Hebard have brought back an interesting 

 and valuable series of Orthoptera from Florida. 



Mr. Fordvcp: Grinnell, Jr., was collecting Lepidoptera in Kern 

 County, California. 



