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mento 1 a las especies argentinas de Coelioxys. 96, iv. 145-66. 

 Sladen, F. W. L. — Further notes on the latimanus group of the bee 

 genus Megachile. 4, li, 85. Urbahns, T. D.— Life history observa- 

 tions on four recently described parasites of Bruchophagus fune- 

 lius. 59, xvi, 165-73. 



Banks, N. — New Psammocharidae and Philanthidae. 4, li, 81-5. 

 Brues, C. T. — Notes and descriptions of N. Am. Serphidae. 6, 

 xxvii. 1-19. Cushman, R. A.— New genera and sps. of ichneumon 

 flies. 10, xxi. 112-20. Gahan, A. B.— Notes on sorne genera and 

 sps. of chalcid-flies belonging to the Aphelininae, with description 

 of a n. sp. 50, Iv, 403-7. Muesebeck, C. F. W. — Three new sps. of 

 Braconidae. 4, li, 113-16. 



Class Book of Economic Entomology. With Special Reference to 

 the Economic Insects of the Northern United States and Canada. By 

 William Lochhead, B.A., M.S. (Cornell), Professor of Biology in 

 Macdonald College of McGill University, etc. With 257 illustrations. 

 P. Blakiston's Son and Co., 1012 Walnut St., Philadelphia. Price 

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This book is another addition to the increasing number of works 

 on this subject, its make-up is admirable and there is a large amount 

 of valuable information condensed into its 436 pages. Part One is 

 devoted to the structure, growth and economics of insects, and includes 

 the external anatomy, special organs of sense, internal anatomy, embry- 

 ology, development, metamorphosis, insects in relation to birds and 

 plants, relation to the transmission of disease, behavior toward stimuli, 

 to temperature and humidity, distribution and methods of study. Part 

 Two is one of great usefulness as it consists of tables for the identi- 

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 — cereal crops, indian corn, clover and alfalfa, stored grains, roots, 

 garden vegetables, fruits, shade trees, greenhouse plants, domestic 

 animals, including poultry, and also household pests. Part Three is 

 devoted to the classification and description of common insects. Part 

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 with a glossary of terms and an index. 



As a text-book and as a practical guide 'to injurious insects this is 

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OBITUARY NOTES 



William Francis de Vismes Kane, known for his Cata- 

 logue of the Lepidoptera of Ireland (1901), Handbook of the 

 Butterflies of Europe (1885) and for his writings on other 

 .C^roups of animals, archaeolpg-y. etc., died at Drumreaske 

 House, County Mona^i^han, April t8, 1918. He was born near 

 Exmouth, Devon, Eng^land, in 1840. Obituary notices are in 

 the Ent. Mo. Mag., Nov., 1918, and the Entomologist, Oct., 

 1918. 



