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DIPTERA. 

 798. — Alexander (C. P.)- — New or little known crane flies from 



Japan (Tipulidae). (Trans., 46, 1-26, 1920) 40 



799. — Cresson (E. T., Jr.). — A revision of the Nearctic Sciomyzidae 



(Acalyptratae). (Trans., 46, 27-89, 3 pis., 1920) i.oo 



ORTHOPTERA. 

 800. — Hebard (M.). — A revision of the North American species of the 

 genus Myrmecophila (Gryllidae). (Trans., 46, 91-in, 

 1920) 35 



A Year of Costa Rican Natural History 



By AMELIA SMITH CALVERT, Sometime Fellow in Biology, Bryn Mawr 



College, and 



PHILIP POWELL CALVERT, Professor of Zoology, University of Penn- 

 sylvania, Editor of Entomological News. 



Cloth, 8vo., pp. xix+577- Frontispiece (of 14 species of insects in colors), 

 137 black and white illustrations, 5 maps. $3.00. 



Written in non-technical language but recording many new observations. 

 Notes on 250 species of insects (Orthoptera, Odonata, Neuroptera, Coleoptera, 

 Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, Diptera, Hemiptera), 56 figured; on Arachnids 

 and other animals; on 230 species of plants (60 reproduced from photographs), 

 on human life and manners, volcanoes, earthquakes and Costa Rica in general. 

 Appendices on temperature and weather records, bibliographies on Costa Rica. 



"The book is as interesting to the general reader as to the specialist." — 

 The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine (London). 



"It is mainly an account of the plant and animal life of the country. We 

 know no book of travel that is so carefully written, or so fu'l of detailed informa- 

 tion as to the haunts, habits and recognition marks of the commoner species." — 

 Nature Study Review. 



"The whole work well pays perusal, but there are some specially interesting 

 chapters for the student of nature, among these being 'Juan Vinas — The Water- 

 falls'" — Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. 



For sale by 

 The American Entomological Society, 1900 Race St., Philadelphia, Pa. 



