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viii, 4-8. Fall, H. C. — New Coleoptera chiefly from the Southwest. 

 — V, 4, xliv. 40-48 (*). Hopkins, A. D.— The dying hickory trees: 

 cause and remedy, 7, Circ. No. 144. Kerremans, C. — Monographie 

 des Buprestides, Tome V, 19-20 Livr., 577-640. Leng, C. W.— 

 Notes on Coleoptera collected in Northern Georgia — II, 6, xix, 

 209-216. "Deltometopus amoenicornis" with ants in beach stump, 

 6, xix, 261. Schmidt, A. — Neue Aphodiinen und eine synonymische 

 bemerkung, 40, xxvi, 52 (*). Smirnov, D. A — Contribution a 

 I'etude des moeurs et de la metamorphose de Bruchus affinis et 

 d'autres Bruchides (Russian), 182, xi, 169-194. Wichmann, H. — 

 Beitrag zur kenntnis des stridulationsapparates der borkenkafer, 

 193, viii, 8-10. 



HYMENOPTERA. Banks, N — Psammocharidae: classification 

 and descriptions, 6, xix, 219-237 (*). BeutenmuUer, Wm.— The No. 

 American species of Dryophanta and their galls, 153, xxx, 343-369. 

 Girault, A. A. — Notes on the Chalcidoid Trichaporus of the family 

 Eulophidae, with description of one new form from Illinois, 4, 

 xliv, 49-52 (cont.). Grossbeck, J. A. — A contribution toward the 

 life history of "Emphor bombiformis," 6, xix, 238-245. Pawlowsky, 

 E. N. — Zur kenntnis des anatomisch-histologischen baues des ge- 

 schlechtapparates der Hymenopteren. I. Das mannliche ge- 

 schlechtapparat der Bombus-arten, 182, xi, 221-234. Wheeler, W. 

 M. — Descriptions of some new fungus-growing ants from Texas, 

 with Mr. C. G. Hartman's observations on their habits, 6, xix, 

 245-255 (*). "Lasius" (Acanthohyops) claviger in Tahiti, 6, xix, 

 2G2. Additions to the ant-fauna of Jamaica, 153, xxx, 21-29- 



Insect Pests of Farm, Garden and Orchard. By E. Dwight San- 

 derson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, West Virginia University; 

 Director West Virginia Agricultural Station ; John Wiley & Sons, New 

 York; Chapman & Hall, London. Price, $3.00 net. 



The growth of economic entomology is so rapid that we may no 

 longer expect to see books covering the whole field. In the future we 

 will expect to see special works devoted to branches of the subject. 

 Prof. Sanderson's book is made up of 669 pages, an index, and 513 

 illustrations. The sources of illustrations are given and it is a proper 

 courtesy, but does anyone ever read the long lists of figures? The 

 amount of damage done by insects annually is a very real one, and 

 Prof. Sanderson places it at the nice sum of $1,272,000,000 (grand 

 total.) A grand total like that should be a splendid thing with which 

 to dazzle Congress. State Legislatures, institution officials and others, 

 tor increased appropriations and increased salaries. This sum is not 

 inconceivable, but "almost." The sequence of subjects treated is a 

 logical one and the various insect enemies of certain species of plants 



