238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [November, 



A Partial Catalogue of the Animals of Iowa represented in the 

 collections of the Department of Zoology and Entomology of the Iowa 

 Agricultural College. Prepared by Herbert Osborn. Ames, Iowa, 1892. 

 Hymenoptera (three families), Lepidoptera, Coleoptera. 



Peoceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences for 1890-91, I, 2, 

 Des Moines, 1892. — A new Cecidomid infesting Box Elder, C. P. Gillette. 

 Egg-laying of the Apple Curculio {Anthonomus quadrigibbus Say), id. 

 The gall-producing Cynipidfe of Iowa, id. On the Orthopterous fauna 

 of Iowa, H. Osborn. Catalogue of the Hemiptera of Iowa, id. 



Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic, Sept. 26, 1892. — On the develop- 

 ment of the eyes of the imago of Vanessa, H. Johansen. The physio- 

 logical significance of the stinging apparatus, especially in the nymphs of 

 Hymenoptera, C. Verhoeff. 



Science, New York, Oct. 14, 1892. — Some thoughts on the phylogeny 

 of the mole cricket, E. W. Doran. A wasp study, J. McN. Wright. 



Viertelsjahrschift der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in 

 Zurich, xxxvii, 2, 1892. — Researches on the digestive tract of Gryllo- 

 talpa vulgaris, J. Eberli, figs. 



Biologisches Centralblatt, Erlange^, Oct. I, 1892. — On biology 

 of wild bees, F. v. Wagner. The international relations of Lotnechusa 

 strumosa, E. Wasmann. 



Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic, Oct. 3, 1892. — New and little-known 

 laws of the biolog:>' of Hymenoptera, C. Verhoeff. 



The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, October, 

 1892. — Descriptions of some new species of African Lepidoptera, W. J. 

 Holland. Description of a new genus and species of African moths, A. 

 G. Butler. On the noctuid genera allied to Hypcetra Guen., id. Revision 

 of the noctuid genus Melipotis Hiib., with descriptions of two new spe- 

 cies, id. Liphistius and iis bearing on the classification of spiders, R. I. 

 Pocock. 



Delaware College Agricultural Experiment Station, Bulletin 

 No. xviii, Newark, Del., September, 1892. — The strawberry weevil {An- 

 thonomus muscu/us Say), M. H. Beckwith, figs. 



Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., October, 1892. — Preparatory 

 stages of Calothysanis amaturaria, D. S. Kellicott. Insects reared from 

 galls on Muhlenbergiamexicaita, F. M. Webster, fig. The elm leaf beetle 

 (Galeruca xanthomel(^na Schrank), J. B. Smith. The inhabitants of a 

 fungus, H. G. Hubbard. The life-history of Xenos, id. Note on the 

 species of Acanthia, H. Osborn. [The foregoing were read to the Ento- 

 mological Club, A. A. A. S. at Rochester, Aug. 17-19, 1892.] New N. 

 American Homoptera, E. P. Van Diizee. 



• Contains new species other than North American. t Contains new genera. 



