296 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



L. viridis, a prolonged search was made among willows and 

 other plants growing near the water for any similar gall-like 

 swellings of the twigs caused by L. sponsa. There was, however, 

 nothing to indicate that the remarkable habit referred to is 

 shared by the British insect. 



A. puella, I. elegans, E. ci/athigej'um, A^. grandis, .i£. cyanea, 

 S. sanguineum, and L. sponsa, were all taken for the last time on 

 September 12th. 



Larval water-mites (Hydrachnidfe) were observed upon P. 

 nympliula (May 9th and 16th), A. puella (May 23rd and 30th, 

 and June 13th and 20th), and E. cyathigerum (August 29th). In 

 most, if not in all, of these cases the parasites were confined 

 to the sternum of their host. 



33, Maude Terrace, Waltbamstow : Oct. 31st, 1909. 



CURRENT NOTES, 190 9. 

 By G. W. Kirkaldy. 



1. BoviNG, A. G. : "Bidrag til Kundskaben om Donaciin Lar- 

 vernes Naturhistorie " (Copenhagen^ 1906 — summary by 

 Busck, P. E. S. Washington, xi. 73-5 (August 31, 1909). 

 Coleoptera. 



2. Fernald, H. T. : "A New Treatment for Wireworms," 

 J. Econ. Ent. ii. 279-80 (August 16, 1901). 



3. Forbes, W. T. M. : " On certain Pieris Caterpillars," Psyche, 

 xvi. 69-75, figs. 1-9 (August, 1909). Lepidoptera. 



4. Gerhard, W. P. : " Additional Bibliography on Flies and 

 Mosquitos as Carriers of Disease," Ent. News. xx. 207-211 

 (May, 1909). Diptera. 



5. Kershaw, J. C. W. : " On the Metamorphoses and Anatomy 

 of the Reduviid Bug, Sijcanus croceovittatus, Dohrn," A. S. E. 

 Belg. liii. 241-9, figs, i-11 (July 2. 1909). Hemiptera. 



6. ScHARFF, R. F. : " On an Early Land connection between 

 North and South America," Amer. Nat. xliii. 513-31 

 (September, 1909). 



7. SiLVESTRi, F. : " Sguardo alio stato attuale dell' Entomo- 

 logia agraria negli Stati-Uniti del Nord America e ammaestra- 

 mentiche possono derivarne per I'Agricoltura Italiana," Boll. 

 Soc. Agr. Ital. xiv. no. 8, pp. 1-65 (April 30, 1909). [Abstract 

 in "Hawaiian Forester and Agricult." vi. 287-336 and 279-86 

 (August, 1909).] 



8. SiTowsKi, L. : " On the Inheritance of Aniline Dye," Science 

 XXX. 308 (September, 3, 1909). Lepidoptera. 



9. Van Horn, R. W. : " [Biological] Notes on some of the 

 Eucnemidse of the Eastern States," P. E. S. Washington, 

 xi. 54-61, pi. iv. and textfs. 3-4 (Aug. 31, 1909). Coleoptera. 



