328 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



The recent addition to the Hst of British Lepidoptera— .4n//tro- 

 cera (Zygcsna) achillecs — is figured and described, but we cannot 

 trace anything concerning Leucania favicolor, Barr. ; we have also 

 looked in vain for Acidalia humiliata. Catocala electa was possibly 

 rejected as an alien, but some other species accepted by our author — 

 Plusia chalcitis, Esp., for instance — are certainly not native in any 

 part of the United Kingdom. 



The book is liberally supplied with indexes, and it has a table 

 showing the Systematic Arrangement of Families and Genera. It is 

 well printed and is altogether an attractive volume. 



Cornell University, Department of Entomology. Bull. 265. April 



1909. " On Certain Seed-infesting Chalcis-fiies." By Cyrus R. 



Crosby. 



Treats of the Apple-seed Chalcis {Syntomaspis drupariim), the 



Sorbus-seed Megastigmus [Megastigmus brevicaudis), the Rose-seed 



Megastigmus {M. aculeatus), the Douglas Fir-seed Chalcis (M. sperno- 



trophus), the Grape-seed Chalcis {Evoxysoma vitis), and two other 



species, infesting seeds of the Virginia Creeper and seeds of the 



Sumac respectively. There are a number of excellent figures in the 



text. 



The following have also been received : — 

 United States Department of Agriculture. Bureau of Entomology: — 

 Bulletin No. 64, part vi. : " The Greenhouse Thrips." By H. M. 



Russell. Part vii. : " New Breeding Records of the Coffee-bean 



Weevil." By E. S. Tucker. 

 Bulletin No. 66, part iv. : " The Leaf-hoppers of the Sugar Beet." 



E. D. Ball, Ph.D. Part v. : " The Semitropical Army Worm." 



By F. H. Chittenden & H. M. Russell. Part vi. : "The Hop 



Flea-beetle." By F. H. Chittenden, Sc.D. 

 Bulletin No. 68, PI. i. (Revised) : " The Pear Thrips." By Dudley 



Moulton. Part ix. : " The Peach-tree Bark-beetle." By H. F. 



Wilson. 

 Bulletin No. 75, part vi. : " The Status of Apiculture in the United 



States." By E. F. Phillips, Ph.D. Part vii. : " Bee Keeping in 



Massachusetts." By Burton N. Gates. 

 Bulletin No. 78 : " Economic Loss to the People of the United 



States through Insects that carry Disease." By L. 0. Howard. 

 Bulletin No. 80, part i. : " The Codling Moth in the Ozarks." By 



E. L. Jenne. Part ii. : " The Cigar Case-bearer." By A. G. 



Hammar. Part iii. : "Additional Observations on the Lesser 



Apple Worm." By S. W. Foster & P. R. Jones, Part iv. : " The 



Pear Thrips and its Control." By Dudley Moulton. 

 Bulletin No. 82 part i. : " The Colorado Potato Beetle in Virginia 



in 1908." By C. H. Popenhoe. 

 Technical Series, No. 12, part vii.: "The Orange Thrips." By 



Dudley Moulton. Part viii. : " Biological Studies on Three 



Species of Aphididae." By John Juan Davis. Part ix. : " A 



New Genus of Aleyrodidae." By A. L. Quaintance. 



