1892.] "Entomological news. 21 



List of Lepidoptera of Boreal America, by John B. Smith, as- 

 sisted by Henry Skinner, M.D., Geo. D. Hulst, Ph. D., C. H. Fernald, 

 Ph. D., C. V. Riley, Ph. D. Philadelphia, Amer. Ent. Soc. 1891, 124 pp., 

 6020 species listed. 



Contributions towards a Monograph of the Noctuid^ of Tem- 

 perate North America. — Revision of the species of Mamestra, by John 

 B. Smith (from Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xiv, pp. 197-276, pi. viii-xi), Wash- 

 ington, 1891 (for new species, see post). 



Descriptions of new Cynipid^ in the Collection of the Illi- 

 nois State Laboratory of Natural History, by C. P. Gillette, 1891 ; 

 I plate (see post). 



Journal of the Institute of Jamaica, I, i, Kingston, November, 

 1891. — Notes on the transformations of some Jamaica Lepidoptera, by T. 

 D. A. Cockerell. 



NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN INSECTS DESCRIBED 

 IN THE PRECEDING LITERATURE. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Calospasta histrionica Horn, Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. xxix, p. 100, San 

 Diego, Cal. C. tnorrisoni, p. 102, So. California. 



Biiprestis jimenezi Duges, La Naturaleza, 2d series, II, p. 7, fig. 10, 

 Jalapa. 



Melatiophila nigra Duges, 1. c, p. 8, fig. 11, Tupataro (Guanajuato). 



Acmcsodera moesta Duges, 1. c, p. 11, fig. 17, Guanajuato. A.juctmda 

 p. 14, fig. 20, Acapulco. A. sinaloensis, p. 14, fig. 21, Motage, Sinalva. 



Chrysobothris sobrina Duges, 1. c, p. 19. Guanajuato. C. armata, p. 

 19, fig. 29, Chiapas. C. ignota, p. 20, fig. 30, Tupataro, Guanajuato. 



Agrilus albofasciattis Duges, 1. c, p. 23, fig. 35, Guanajuato. A. de 

 Borrei, p. 24, fig. 36, id. A. Sallei, p. 24, fig. 37, id. A. metallescens, 

 p. 26, fig. 39, id. A. parvus, p. 26, fig. 60, id. A. bimaculatus. p. 26, fig. 

 40, id. A. fossulatus, p. 27, fig. 41, id. A. sextnaculatus, p. 27, fig. 42, 

 id. A. rubrovittatus, p. 28, fig. 44, id. A. caliginosus, p. 29, fig. 46, 

 Tupataro. A. igneosignatus, p. 29, fig. 47, id. A. cupreomaculatus, p. 

 30, fig. 48, id. A. tupatarensis, p. 31, fig. 59, id. A. consobrinus, p. 32, 

 fig. 51, id. A. Kerrematisi, p. 32, fig. 52, id. A. purpureus, p. 31, fig. 

 53, Guanajuato. A. tarrascus, p. 33, fig. 54, Michoacan. A. alemani, 

 P- 33, fig- 55. Guanajuato. A. nanus, p. 33, fig. 56, Tupataro. A. car- 

 mineus, p. 34, fig. 57, id. A. novus, p. 34, fig. 58, id. A. chlorus, p. 35, 

 fig- 59, id. 



