RECENT LITERATURE. 141 



Culicinfe we find Janthinosoma, Psorophora, Grabhamia, Stegomyia, 

 Culex, UranotcBnia, Wyeomyia, and .Edes recorded. To these the author 

 adds some new genera split off from the unwieldy genus Culex. For 

 Ciilex serratus, Theobald, he proposes the genus Protoculex ; in another, 

 Culiseta, he includes Culex incidens ; this comes in Neven-Lemaire's 

 genus Theobaidia, so some modification must be made for the others he 

 includes, or the genus must sink. C. dyari, Coquillett, is taken as the 

 type of a genus Culicella ; C. sylvestris, Theob., the type of Ecculex ; and 

 Meigen's cantans the type of Culicada, a most necessary separation. 

 The common North and South American and West Indian Culex 

 tcBniorhynchus, Wied., he places in a genus Culicelsa. 



The work is so sound and excelleut that it should prove one of the 

 greatest advances in recent years. It is unfortunate that the author 

 lays such stress on the male genitalia, as males are often so difficult to 

 obtain. 



Report on the Mosquitoes occurriny tcithin the State of New Jersey, their 

 Habits, Life-History, &c. By John B. Smith, Sc.D. Pp. 482 + 

 133 figs, and 4 maps. Trenton, New Jersey (1904). 



This is a large and valuable work, dealing with mosquitoes gener- 

 ally, and especially with those of New Jersey State. The work is 

 divided into four parts. The first deals with Mosquito Characteristics 

 and Habits ; the second, Checks and Remedies ; the third, Classifica- 

 tion and Descriptions ; the fourth. Local Problems and Surveys. The 

 genera dealt with are true Anopheles, Janthinosoma, Psorophora, Culex, 

 Uranot(enia, Wyeomyia, and ^Edes. No genera related to Culex are 

 given, Grabhamia not being employed, nor Tmiiorhynchus. 



The illustrations, like the text, are excellent, and there is much 

 valuable matter regarding the destruction of Culicid larvae. 



A Monograph of the Anopheles Mosquitoes of India. By S. P. James, 

 M.B., I.M.S., and W. Glen Liston, M.D., I.M.S. Pp. 123 + 

 30 plates. Calcutta (1904). 

 This work deals with most of the known Indian Anopheles. It is 

 excellently got up as far as binding and plates go, and has evidently 

 been issued after much painstaking research. The book is divided into 

 two parts. The first deals with " General Matter," the second is 

 "Systematic." Part of the former is excellent, the latter shows a 

 superficial knowledge. The information is not up to date, so the work 

 loses much of its value ; for instance, the primitive classification given 

 on page 5 is now considerably altered \vide ' Genera Insectorum.' 

 Family Culicidse). Some pages (19 to 21) are devoted to showing the 

 invalid nature of scale-structure ; they need no further notice, as they 

 show such want of knowledge that one is really surprised at reading 

 them. 



Chapter II. deals with collecting, mounting, examining, and the 

 identification of Anopheles larvse. The authors give a table for identi- 

 fying species, partly based on the colour banding of the palpi. This is 

 no more uniform in Indian Anophelinfe than it is in any others, 



