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A CHECKLIST OF THE HEMIPTERA. 



The long expected Check-list of the Hemiptera, upon which E. P. Van 

 Duzee has been working for many years, was published during the past 

 summer by the New York Entomological Society. It covers 2,971 re- 

 corded species, but omits the Aphidse, Aleurodidse, and Coccidse, and it 

 replaces two existing checklists. While pretending only to be a checklist, 

 it gives a fairly complete synonymy, full localities of species, and is ar- 

 ranged in proper order of species as they should be placed. 



It is not the province of this Bulletin to print an extended review of 

 this work (such has appeared already in many entomological periodicals). 

 It is a necessity to all those interested in the Hemiptera, and in the in- 

 terest of advancement of science the editor of the Bulletin will forward 

 it to all wishing it, at the published price, $1.50, postpaid. 



THE RHYNCHOPHORA OF EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. 



It is remarkable that, considering the great output of books on Ento- 

 mology during the last forty years and that a pluraHty of our Entomolo- 

 gists favor the beetles as objects of study, no good 'general or at all 

 comprehensive work on the subject has ever been issued in this country. 

 Even a check-list has been out of print for years. The best is the Beetles 

 of Indiana by W. S. Blatchley, formerly Indiana State Entomologist, 

 an excellent work which covers the state well and is fairly workable for 

 the country north of Florida and east of the Rockies. This book is 

 still in print, costing $6 plus postage. It omits the weevils. 



In 1910 Mr. Blatchley began work on a new volume to cover Rhyn- 

 cophora. A little later Mr. Chas. W. Leng, then President of the New 

 York Entomological Society, began work on the American Museum col- 

 lection, with a bi-weekly class of enthusiasts, with the idea of an eventual 

 Monograph on the local Rhyncophora. The two authors combined their 

 efforts, the result being the Rhyncophora of North Eastern America, pp. 

 682, published last month by the Nature Publishing Co., 1558 Park Ave., 

 Indianapolis, Ind. It includes 1,084 species, of which 83 are new. The 

 illustrations are 155, which is many more than have been previously 

 gathered together. There is a key to every genus for identification of the 

 species. Price $4 plus postage. 



There is little doubt that the book will remain the authority on the 

 subject for many years. It is a necessity to the Entomologist. Ed. 



