Dec, 1920 Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society 149 



Dr. Patch tells the life-history of Euvanessa antiopa, Bombits, 

 Cecldomyia strohiloides, Papilio polyxenes, Enchenopa binotata, 

 Plathemis lydia, Photinus pyralis, Dissosteira Carolina^ Meloe an- 

 gusticollis, Gryllus, Actias luna and Oiketicus abbottii. 



The Scutelleroidea of Iowa, by Prof. Dayton Stoner of the 

 University of Iowa, No. 4, Vol. VIII, of University of Iowa 

 Studies in Natural History, is a very useful manual. It brings 

 together under one cover much information widely scattered 

 through many publications. It has keys to families, subfamilies, 

 tribes, genera and species, with concise descriptions of each, 

 range, f oodplant and habits where known. It also carries 7 plates 

 of structural details and an extensive bibliography on the Ameri- 

 can species of the family. It might seem as though tables for all 

 American genera and species of the group could have been pre- 

 pared with but little more labor and the work thus made of 

 greater and wider use. It is of convenient size and well printed. 

 As an introduction to the study of the group known variously as 

 Pentatomoidea, Cimicoidea or Scutelleroidea, students starting out 

 in the study of the Hemiptera will find this work of Dr. Stoner's 

 very useful. 



