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THE AxMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The Butterflies of North America— with 

 Colored Drawings and Descriptions, by 

 AVm. H. Edwards. Piiblislied by the American 

 Entomological Society, Philadelphia. — Part 4 of 

 this magiiiticeiit work has been received. It 

 contains descriptions and plates of Argynnis 

 Icto, Behr., C'olias Eurytheme, Boisd., Colias 

 Keeu-aydin, n. sp. Theda Ontario, Edwards, 

 and Limenitis Weidemeyen'i, Edwards; to- 

 gether with the continuation of the Synopsis. 

 Price $2.50. Orders should be sent to E. T. 

 Cresson, .518 S. Thirteenth St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



Annals OF Bee Culture for 18G9— Being 

 a Bee-keeper's Year Book — From D. L. Adair, 

 Editor, llawTSville, Ky. This is a very neat 

 little pamphlet of C-t pages, and treats of many 

 subjects that are of vital importance to the Bee- 

 keeper. As the editor well remarks, a publica- 

 tion of this kind is needed to collect in small and 

 convenient compass the advancements now 

 being made each year in the art of Apicul- 

 ture. We wish Mr. Adair success, and would 

 suggest that a full index of the subjects treated 

 of, would add value to the next number. Sub- 

 scriptions received by the editor. Price 50c. 



Illustrated Catalogue of Grape Vines — 

 Isidor Bush & Sons, Bnshberg, Mo. — The best 

 catalogue of the kind that we ever knew to be 

 published in the AVest. It is well illustrated 

 and full of practical information. The authors 

 have evidently endeavored to make it valuable 

 and interesting regardless of cost. They clearly 

 have no special axe to grind, and in their etforts 

 to establish a reputation as Grape growers and 

 propagators, we wish them every success. 



Good Health — A monthly Journal of 

 Physical and Mental Culture. Boston, Mass. 

 i?2.00. 



The Rural Carolinian, Charleston, S. C. — 

 A new monthly agricultural Journal of excel- 

 lent appearance. $2.00 a year. 



Missouri Dental Journal — A monthly de- 

 voted to the specialty of Dentistry. St. Louis, 

 Mo. $3.00 a year. 



Second Annual Eeport of the State 

 Board of Agriculture of Nebraska. — From 

 R. W. Furnas, President. 



The Minnesota Monthly. — D. A. Robert- 

 son, Editor and Proprietor, St. Paul, Minn. 

 $2.00 a year. 



Condition and Doings of the Boston 

 Society of Natural History. Boston, 18G9. 



Grape List of the Cliff C.we Wine Co. of 

 St. Louis, Mo., C. AV. Spaulding, President. 



A Guide to the Study of Insects — By A. 

 S. Packard, Jr., M. D., Salem, Mass. Parts 

 VII, VlII and IX of this work have been 

 received, and are equal in value to those parts 

 which have preceded them. Part VII concludes 

 the Diptera and commences the Coleoptera. 

 Part VlII coulinues the Coleoptera, and Part 

 IX contains the llemiptera and commences the 

 Orthoptera. Each Part 50 cents. We shall 

 probably notice this work at greater length 

 when once completed. 



Illinois IIortici'ltural Society. — AVe have 

 received from the Secretary, AV. C. Flagg, a 

 circular calling attention to the Fourteenth 

 Annual Meeting of this Society, which will be 

 held at the Court House in Ottawa, on Tues- 

 day, AVednesday, Thursday and Friday, De- 

 cember 14th, loth, IGth and 17th, 1869, com- 

 mencing at 9 o'clock A. M. on Tuesday. 



The Cukonicle — L'nivcrsity of Michigan. 

 $2.50 a year. 



American .Joukn'al ov HoMtEOPATiiic Ma- 

 teria Medica — Philadelphia. $2.00 a year. 



Beloit College Monthly — Beloit, AVisc. 

 $1.50 a year. 



ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



sent are frt 



Lists of iii-ftts fouii.I ill nnr particular locality are of 

 cspci-i:il intiiT-t. a- ihiowiiiLr li.L'ht upon the geograph- 

 ical ai>tiiliiin"ii oi >|i ,i.-- r.iit In make Ihcm of real 

 value, it i.> rr.|;ii>ih ihat «.• kii.iw for certain, 



from that particular locality, and if nut, from what 

 locality they do corae. 



Liocust Borer — Julian Baijly, Cedar Furl;, Mo. — 

 The prettily handed hlaclc and yellow beetle, found on 

 your Locust trees, is the common Locust Morev {Arho- 

 palnf r-'f-hi:,' . I''ner-tcr ) Itisa $ specimen, and as the 9 

 of tlii^ -iM rir. i- alisolutely iindistinguishable from the 

 § 111 I. ' , liniry, which attacks Hickory, and 

 come-' out in lunr. wc arc guided simply, in our decis- 

 ion, by the fact of your finding it on Locust in the 

 mouth of September. (See on this point our answer to 

 W. AV^ Buttertield on piige 148 of Vol. 1.) 



Cocoon found on Carpet — A. A. Ililliard, 

 Brighton, Jlh. — The cocoou found embedded in your 

 parlor carpet, was that of some unknown moth. The larva 

 was doubtless a. vegetable-feeder, and had simply crawl- 

 ed into your room and made use of the carpet to help 

 build its cocoon. All manner of material is used by 

 ditl'crent caterpillars for the external covering of their 

 cocoons, not excepting hard wood. 



Directions for makings boxes for prescr-rinif 

 insects. — If " Subscriber," St. Louis, Mo., will send 

 us his name and address we will send him printed 

 directions. 



