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Ray Society volume for 1899. 1901. 17 colored pis.— Caspar! II, W. 

 Some remarks on the theme ' Persecution of butterflies by birds,' 40, 

 June I. — Coqilillett, D. W. Descrptions of three Lepidopterous larvae, 

 ^^. — Dogniii, P. New Heterocera from South America, 35. — Dyar, 

 H. G. Further about the type of Acrotiycta, 4, July ; life histories of North 

 American Geometridae, xxiii, 5, July ; note on the larva of Psaphidia thax- 

 terianus, 6 ; Diagnosis of a new Arctian,* 6.-*Fernald, C. H. New Py- 

 ralidae and Tortricidse from Palm Beach, Florida,* 6.— Fiske, W. F. An 

 annotated catalogue of the Butterflies of New Hampshire, 150, Technical 

 Bulletin No. i. — French, G. H. More about the red- winged Catocalae, 

 4, July. — Frings, C. Temperature experiments in the year 1900, 40, 

 May 15 to June i. — Grinnell, F., Jr. A new variety of Lyccena 

 amyntula, with other notes,* 4, July.— Grote, A. R. Some original 

 descriptions by Guenee, 4, June. — Hiuds, W. E. Notes on the life- 

 history of Alsophila pornetaria Peck. (Fall Canker-worm), i pi., figs., 4, 

 July. — Kdnig, A. Butterfly-caterpillars in water, Mittheilungen der 

 Section fiir Naturkunde, Oesterreichischen Touristen-Club, xii, Vienna, 

 1900. — Prideaiix, R. M. Some notes on sexual dimorphism observed 

 in the scaling of CoHas edusa, i pi., 21, May 15. — Schaiis, W. New 

 species of Heterocera from tropical America, ii,* 6. — Sharpe, Emily 

 M. B. A Monograph of the Genus Teracolus, part ix. London. L. 

 Reeve & Co., 1901. Rec'd. June, '01.— Soiile, C. G. Notes on the 

 mating of Attacus cecropia and others, 5, July. — Swainsoii, E. M. 

 Notes on lepidopterous larvae from Jamaica, 6. — Tiitt, J. W. Migra- 

 tion and dispersal of insects : Lepidoptera (cont.), 21, May 15 to July i. 

 —Weeks, A. C. An aberration o{ Papilio philenor, i pi., 6. — Wolley 

 Dod, F. H. Preliminary list of the Macro-lepidoptera of Alberta, N. W. 

 T. (cont.), 4, June. 



HYMENOPTERA.— Cockerell, T. D. A. Descriptions of new 

 bees collected by Mr. H. H. Smith in Brazil, ii, 1 ; new and little-known 

 bees from Nebraska,* 9, July ; variation in a bee, Nature, London, June 

 13, '01. — Emery, C. Notes on the Dorylinae,* Bulletino, Societa Ento- 

 mologica Italiano, xxxiii, i, Florence, May 31, '01. — Fox, W. J. Two 

 new Bembecine wasps,* 6. — Petruiikewitsch, A. Parthenogenesis 

 in the honey bee, 74, — Suiitb, J. B. Notes on some digger bees, ii, 

 3 pis., 6. — Wheeler, W. M. The compound and mixed nests of 

 American ants, i,* figs., 3, June; Microdon larvae in Pseudomyrnia 

 nests, fig., 6, July. 



Monograph of the Sesiidae of America, North of Mexico. By William 

 Beutenmiiller. Vol. I, pt. vi. Memoirs of the American Museum of Nat- 

 ural History, March, 1901. This great work treats of moths that are 

 usually poorly represented in collections and difficult to determine as 

 but few species were figured. Mr, Beutenmiiller has given us an exhaus- 

 tive and painstaking work, and one that must prove invaluable to all stu- 

 dents of these natural objects. The typography of the work leaves noth- 



