Sept., *o6] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 263 



Following is a selected, classified literature list of 1050-1100 titles, 

 occupying 57 pages, and an 18 page index completes the volume. 



The illustrations deserve especial mention for their clearness and clean- 

 ness ; many of them are entirely new and based on original drawings or 

 photographs. 



The book seems to us to be excellently adapted as a text-book in zoo- 

 logical courses in which the aim is to understand insects as a whole with- 

 out laying especial emphasis on the taxonomy, or the special morphology 

 or embryology of any particular group or set of structures, nor will the 

 general reader or naturalist regret placing the volume on his own shelves. 



A few errors or debatable statements have been noticed in a first read- 

 ing. On page 18, "About fifteen thousand species" of Coleoptera is 

 probably a slip of the pen for one hundred and fifty thousand ; p. 70, the 

 view "that the gonapophyses belong to the segmental series of paired 

 appendages — are homodynamous with limbs — " is accepted, although not 

 stated as an unquestioned dogma ; p. 72, the claspers ("superior append- 

 ages", of the male Odonata are termed cerci, in spite of Heymon's recent 

 paper.— P. P. C. 



The Butterflies of Montana, Bull. 30 of the Univ. of Montana 

 Biological Station, is a welcome addition to our literature. The Bulletin 

 was primarily intended by the author, Prof. M. J. Elrod, for popular use 

 for teachers and students of nature study, but it is of much value scien- 

 tifically, as accurate data are given and our knowledge of geographical dis- 

 tribution will be extended. It is illustrated by an excellent colored plate, 

 twelve plates in black and white, and one hundred and twenty-five fig- 

 ures. As a rule the figures are clear, but in a few cases, and especially 

 in the Agapetinae, they are somewhat obscure. There are no serious 

 errors, only a few trivial mistakes, which always occur in scientific publi- 

 cationsf!], such as figuring the var. subpallida for Aglais milberti. There 

 are good generic and specific descriptions, and in a number of cases the 

 original descriptions are given. The preparatory stages, when known, 

 are described. A number of articles and photographs, for the most part 

 relating to collecting in Montana, will prove interesting. The nomencla- 

 ture is that of Dyar's list. There is a good glossary and a map of Mon- 

 tana showing the localities where the specimens were collected— Carl 



R. Coolidge. 



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Notes and News. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OP THE GLOBE. 



After strenuous effort and much correspondence Messrs. A. E. Lister 

 of Scranton, and W. D. Kearfott of Montclair, N. J., arranged a collect- 

 ing trip to the mountainous wilds of Pennsylvania. On the eve of June 

 15th, the above mentioned, with H. W. and H. A. Wenzel and Dr. 



