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very high position in entomological literature. The paper is sub- 

 stantial and the printing clear, while the size is convenient. We have 

 only two parts for review, but apparently each part is paged separately 

 and complete in itself. After a general survey of classification, a key 

 to the genera is given, followed by a description of each genus, a list 

 of their several species (with synonymy), accompanied by their geo- 

 grapliical distribution. The third fascicule summarizes the Lathri- 

 diidfe, a family of tiny clavicoru beetles, of which 5 tribes are accepted, 

 containing 22 genera and 435 species ; these are elucidated by a plate 

 containing 28 species. The sixth fascicule is treated in a more sump- 

 tuous fashion, being adorned with two plates, embracing some fourteen 

 coloured figures and eight details of venation. Six genera of " Troides " 

 (Ornithoptera, &c.) are upheld, and 4G species are enumerated, of 

 which, however, little more than thirty are considered by Rippon to 

 be good species. 



G. W. K. 



E. P. Felt. (a) " Elm Leaf Beetle in New York State," Ed. 2 

 57th Bull. New York State Mus., pp. 1-43; 8 Plates 

 (1 coloured) and 2 text figures. Aug., 1902.— (/5) " 17th Rep. 

 of the State Entomologist for 1901;" 58rd Bull. New York 

 State Mus., pp. 699 — 925 ; 6 Plates and 29 text figures. Aug., 

 1902. 



These two recent bulletins maintain the high repute of the pub- 

 lications of the New York State Entomologist. The 57th (No. 262 

 of the State University) being a revision of the 20th (June, 1898). 



Although comparatively easy to control, the elm -leaf beetle 

 {Galcnicella liUeoIu) is still the cause of extensive injuries to elms 

 in cities and villages along the Hudson, and is regarded by Dr. Felt 

 as the most important natural enemy of shade-trees in New York 

 State. The causes for this condition of affairs are not hard to find, 

 as the majority, if they notice the work of this pest at all, are inclined 

 to trust in Providence and hope that its ravages will not be as severe 

 the next season." The beetle is widely distributed over Europe, and 

 is abundant and destructive in parts of Germany, France, Italy, and 

 Austria. It is supposed to have been introduced into America about 

 1834, and its extension there now is from north of Massachusetts to 

 North Carolina. It was noted in Albany about 1892, in 1897 most 

 of the European elms in the streets were completely defoliated, and it 

 is computed that fully 1000 elms were destroyed within the city limits 

 in 1898. Dr. Felt cites cases even more lamentable in other towns. 

 A coloured plate shows the metamorphoses, the other illustrations 

 consisting of photographs of damage, spraying operations, and so forth. 

 This bulletin should be as necessary to the restricted European 

 worker as to the American. 



The chief pest noticed in the 58rd Bulletin (No. 263 of the State 

 University) is the Hessian Fly {Cecido)iiijia destructor), the rest of the 

 report being taken up chiefly with a description of the Entomologic 

 Exhibit, which must have been of exceptional interest, at the Pan- 

 American Exhibition in 1901. 



G. W. K. 



