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new bat- parasite of fhe order Hemiptera, fig., 22.— T i n s 1 e y , J . 

 D . Notes on Coccidae. with descriptions of new species, figs.,* 4. 

 Coleoptera.— A n o n . Westward spread of the common asparagus 

 beetle [ CriocerU asparagt], 7. — C hittenden, F. H. See 

 Economic Entomology. - P i c, M. Description of Coleoptera 

 [^Melyrodes], Le Naturaliste, Paris. Dec. 1, '98. 



Dlptera.— B r a u e r , F. Contributions to the knowledge of 

 the Muscaria schizometopa and description of two species oi Hypo- 

 derma, 1 pi., 338, cvi, 4-7, April-July, '97. Kec'd Dec. 20. '98.— 

 (y o q u i 1 1 e 1 1 , D . W . See Economic Entomology.*— K e 1 - 

 I o g g, V . L . The mouth parts of the nematocerous Diptera, i, 

 5 — S c u d d e r , S . H . See Hemiptera. 



LepidODtera. — B a c o t, A. Notes on hybrids (2ud and 3rd crosses) 

 between Tephrosia bistortata and T. cr epuscularia, 21. —B u tier. 

 A. G. On the Pierine butterflies of the genus Catophaga,\\; 

 Notes on the genus Uuchloe Hiibner, a genus of the Pierinae, 9.— 

 (vha.pman, T. A. A note on the action of the clasps in Ere- 

 bia, 21.— C hittenden, F. H. A leaf tyer of gripe and 

 elderberry, 7.— D o d , F . H . W . Notes on some Alberta but- 

 terflies, 4— D y a r, H. G. Life-histories of North American 

 Geometridae, 5.— M e r r i f i e 1 d , F . and others. Protective 

 coloration of Lepidopterous pupa, 21. — M o o r e , F . Lepidoptera 

 Indica. Part xxxiv. London, Lovell Reeve & Co. '98. Rec'd 

 Jan 9, '99. (Vol. iii, pp. 193-216, pis. 263-270. Nymphalinae- 

 Limenitina).— R u h m e r , G. W. How does AmscMm levana 

 ab. porima O. arise in nature? Entomologische Nachrichten, Ber- 

 lin, Dec. '98. - S h e r b o I- n , C . D . and D u r r a n t, J . H . 

 On the dates of Jacob Hiibner'? "Saramluug europaischer Schmet- 

 terlinge," II.— S k i n n e r , H. A Synonymic Catalogue of the 

 North American Rhopalocera. The American Entomological Soci- 

 iety. Philadelphia: issued Dec 15, '98. Pp 100, xiv See The 

 News for January, page 21.— Smith, J. B. Descriptions of 

 new Noctuids,* 4.— S o u I e , C . G . Early Stages of Tripiogon 

 modesta, 5. 



Hymenoptera.- A s h m e a d , W . H . Classification of the horn- 

 tails and sawflies, or the sub-order Phytophaga, 7 (concl.), 4.— 

 Anglas, J. On the liistolysis and histogenesis of the digestive 

 tube of Hymenoptera during metamorphosis, Comptes Rendus, 

 Soci^t6 de Biologic, Paris, Dec. 17, '98.— A n o u. An invasion of 

 the digger wasp [Megasti'zus speciosus], 7.—C ockerell, T- 

 D . A . New and little known Hymenoptera taken by Prof. C H. T. 

 Townsend and Mr. C. M. Barber in New Mexico in 1898.* II ; Notes 

 on the nomenclature of some Hymenoptera, 9; Some synonymy, 

 [and] ^Segregates from Ferdita, 5.— M a r 1 a 1 1. C . L. Some 

 new N^atids,* 4. 



