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ing on Lepidoptera], 40, Dec. i.— Smith, J. B. Contributions toward 

 a monograph of the Noctuidae of boreal North America : revision of the 

 species of Acontia Ochs.* 2.— Standtuss, M. Synopsis of experi- 

 ments in hybridization and temperature made with Lepidoptera up to the 

 end of 1898 (cont.) (transl.), 2 pis., 9.— Tutt, J. W. Cossus ore 

 Strecker at the Tilbury dock [London], 21.— Warnecke, G. On some 

 means of protection of caterpillars, 84, Nov. 22. 



HYMENOPTERA.— Ashmead, W. H. Some changes in ge- 

 neric names in the Hymenoptera, 4. — Berg, C. Notes on two species 

 of the genus Odyneriis of Tierra del Fuego, 60c.— Boiivier, E. L. 

 The return to the nest among the predatory Hymenoptera of the genus 

 Bembex, 13.— Cockerell, T. D. A. Notes on New Mexico bees^, 

 4.— Fielde, A. M. Portable ant nests, figs., 116.— Forel, A. Nests 

 of Camponotus senex Sm., and of Macrotnischa sallei Gu^rin ; A natural 

 triple formicary ; Cyrphomyrmex Wheeleri n. sp.* ; Imported ants. 06. 

 — Frey-Gessner, E. Hymenoptera Helvetiae, pp. 1 17-148, 06.— 

 Friese, H. Monograph of the bee-genera Megaciiissa, CaupoHcana 

 and Ox(sa*, i pi., 64; Monograph of the bee-genera Exoinalopsis, 

 Ptilothrix, Melitoma and Tetrapedia* , 64.— Kiiicaid, T. Tenthredi- 

 noidea* (Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expedition), 140, Nov. 24. — 

 Lauger, J. Bees' poison and bees' sting, Sitzungsberichte der deut- 

 schen . . . Vereines fiir Bohmen "Lotos" in Prag, Jahrgang, 1899. — 

 Webster, F. M. Some insects belonging to the genus /sosoina reared 

 or captured in Indiana, 141.— Wheeler, W. M. The habits of Ponera 

 and Stigmatomnta, figs., 116; See also Orthoptera. 



Notes and. News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OF THE GLOBE. 



Correction. — On last line, p. 614. the date 189S is given as the time 

 Dr. Hulst was connected with Rutgers College, whereas the year was in 

 reality 1889. 



Mr. Philip Laurext will spend several months collecting in Florida. 

 He has lately returned from a visit to Mr. O. D. Foulks, of Stockton, 

 Md., who has a fine place for gentlemen interested in quail and duck 

 shooting. Mr. Foulks is also a well-known entomologist. 



Clisiocampa fragilis. — Now that so much is being written about the 

 ravages of the eastern species of Clisiocampa, it may be worth while to 

 report that C. fragilis has been exceedingly destructive the last two sum- 

 mers in Sapello Canon, N. M., and the adjacent territory, especially defo- 

 liating the quaking aspens {Populus tremuloides). From cocoons gath- 

 ered at Beulah I bred a parasite, identified by Mr. Ashmead as Pivipla 



