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but also to all who study the ways and doings of insects, "We may particularly 

 call attention to the chapter on Cut-worms, in which is related the natural history 

 of twelve species, some of thera new to science; the account of new Grape insects, 

 and various other species, described now for the first time. The work is illus- 

 trated by nearly 100 wood-cuts, and two full-page plates ; and bears testimony 

 throughout to the faithful and painstaking labours of the author, both in the field 

 and in the study. The Legislature of the State of Missouri deserves much credit 

 for its enlightenment in thus fostering the study of practical entomology; we 

 earnestly trust that our Canadian Government will speedily see the benefit of 

 following so good an example. 



Report on the CtiUure of the Jnnanese SUJô-inorin, Bombyx Yama-ma'i, in 

 1867-68, in England. By Alexander Wallace, M.D., Colchester, 1869. This 

 pamphlet (for which we have to tliank Mr. W. V. Andrews, the author's New 

 York agent,) contains a very full and minute account of Dr. Wallace's experiments 

 in the cultivation of this noted Japanese silk-worm. If patience and perseverance 

 can ensure success, Di'. W.'s eilbrts on;iht certainly to be rewarded by freedom 

 from failure; such, however, we gather from his Heport, has not yet been the 

 case, though he has attained some success, and has raised a few genuine speci- 

 mens. Any one interested in the culture of these creatures, or other species of 

 Bombyces, will find very many useful details as to management, food, etc., in 

 this work. 



SardioicJce's Science- Gossip: A Monthly Medium of Interchange and Gossip 

 for Students and Lovers of Nature. January to May, 1869. London : R. Hard- 

 wicke, 192 Piccadilly. (As. per annum.) An excellent and entertaining periodical, 

 handsomely illustrated ; it is largely occupied with microscopy, but entomology 

 and other branches of natural science receive a due share of attention. 

 . Le Naturaliste Canadien. Quebec, No. 5, April, 1869. 



Proceedings of the Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. xii., April, 1869, pp. 305-400. 



The American Naturalist. Salem, Mass., vol. iii., May, 1869. 



The American Entomologist. St. Louis, Mo., May, 1869. 



Tlie American Agriculturist. New York, May, 1869. 



The Canada Farmer. Toronto, April, 1869. 



The Maine Farmer. Augusta, Me., March 20, 2Y, April 3, 10, 17, 24. 



The Weelly N. Y. Sun. New York, April 7, 14, 21, 28. 



Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology. Cambridge, Mass., Nos. 1 

 to 7, 1863-69. 



The Butterflies of North America; with Colored Drawings and Descriptions. 

 By Wm. H. Edwards. Philadelphia : The American Entomological Society, Part 

 8, December, 1868. 



After a long delay, — caused, we regret to learn, by the illness and subsequent 

 death of the artist at first engaged upon the plates, — another part of this truly 

 magnificent work has been issued. It contains very beautiful and accurate figures 

 of the following species: Argynnis Monticola, Behr, taken in California; A. Hal- 

 cyone, Edwards, from Colorado; Limenitis Proserpina, Edw., taken in the Oats- 

 kill Mountains; Lycœna molacea, Edw., from Virginia, Philadelphia, and Lon- 



