June, '04] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 219 



Entomological Literature. 



Harriman Alaska Expedition. Vols viii and ix. Insects, Parts one 

 and two. New York, Doubleday, Page & Company, 1904. 

 These two sumptuous volumes are parts of a series describing the 

 Harriman Expedition to Alaska. The work is edited by C. Hart Merriam. 

 The insects were collected by Prof. Trevor Kincaid of the University of 

 Washington at Seattle, who was entomologist to the expedition. The 

 material collected was sent to various specialists to be studied and reported 

 on, as follows : Arachnida, Nathan Banks ; Myriapoda, O F. Cook ; Ap- 

 terygota, J. W. Folsom ; Orthoptera, A. N. Caudell ; Aphididae, Theo. 

 Pergande ; Homoptera, \V. H. Ashmead ; Heteroptera, O. Heidemann ; 

 Odonata, R. P. Currie ; Neuropteroid Insects, Nathan Banks ; Coleop- 

 tera, E. A. Schwarz ; Metamorphoses of Alaska Coleoptera, Trevor 

 Kincaid ; Lepidoptera, H. G. Dyar ; Diptera, D. W. Coquillett ; Ten- 

 thredinoidea, Trevor Kincaid ; Sphegoidea, Trevor Kincaid ; Formicidae. 

 Theo. Pergande; Hymenoptera, \V. H. Ashmead. These volumes rep- 

 resent a fine piece of bookmaking and a splendid piece of faunal work. 

 They lay the foundation for the future in regard to Alaska insects. One 

 of the first things that attract attention is the phenomenal work done by 

 Prof. Kincaid in a comparatively short time. His studies in the meta- 

 morphoses of Coleoptera also makes a most valuable contribution to an 

 important but little investigated subject. Dr. Ashmead's paper on the 

 Hymenoptera is also an important one, two hundred and thirty-seven new 

 species being made known. Sixty-three new species of Diptera were 

 described by Mr. Coquillett. Mr. Harriman has done a noble work for 

 science in fitting out the expedition and making known so much of inter- 

 est about a comparatively little explored country. This fine work will 

 undoubtedly stimulate a great interest in the entomology of Alaska. — H. S. 



Notes and. News. 



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Mr. Kearfott's method of using a test-tube for killing Micro-Lepi- 

 doptera (described in April News) suggests to me that a description of 

 my poison-tubes may be valuable. I use what is known as a tube-vial, 

 made of clear white glass, with flat bottom, without neck and for a cork 

 "stopper. The latter is perfectly tight and handier than a screw-top. A 

 convenient size is 60 mm. in height and 23 mm. in diameter. I also 

 employ a few larger tubes, 75 mm. in height and 25 mm. in diameter, and 

 for the Tineidae a smaller tube than 23 mm. in diameter can be used. I 

 usually carry eight of these tubes into the field with me, and for conveni- 

 ence in carrying I have made what might be termed a tube-case. I make 



