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and the Yucca Moth. The work throughout is admirably illustrated with 
seventy-five wood cuts, most of which have been drawn from nature by 
Mr. Riley himself. We heartily commend this excellent report to all 
those interested in Entomology, and we feel assured that the valuable 
series of reports which have from time to time been issued by this pains- 
taking observer, have done very much in the way of instructing the 
readers in this important branch of natural history, while the practical 
_remedies suggested for the various insect pests have no doubt been the 
means of greatly lessening the yearly loss:occasioned by them. 
Third Annual Report on the Noxious Insects of the State of Llinois. 
By Wo. LE Baron, M. D., State Entomologist. 
Dr. Le Baron is doing good work also in Illinois. His third report 
contains 76 pages 8vo., and is illustrated with occasional wood-cuts. It 
is divided into two parts; the first part treats of insects injurious to the 
Apple and the Cotton Wood, to which is appended a chapter on the 
transportation of useful insect parasites. Among apple insects the history 
of the codling worm is minutely detailed and interesting tabular state- 
ments given of the results of using bandages on the trees as traps for the 
worms. The second part is devoted to “Outlines of Entomology,” in 
which reference is made to the structure of insects both internal and 
external—their metamorphoses, instincts, their classification and division 
into orders. The extensive circulation of such yearly reports as these 
two we have referred to cannot fail to increase the interest already felt in 
Entomology among a large class of intelligent agriculturists, 
Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences—Nos. 2 and 3.— 
No. 2 opens with an excellent paper on new species of Fungi, by Charles 
H. Peck, in which appear descriptions of 132 new species, a most 
valuable contribution to our knowledge in this department of natural 
history. Erom the fertile pen of our esteemed friend, Aug. R. Grote, 
there follow: ‘“ Contributions to a Knowledge of North American 
Moths,” and ‘“ A Study of North American Noctuidæ.” In the former 
paper the author makes some suggestions in reference to classification, 
and in both are contained many descriptions of new species, which are 
illustrated by two lithographic plates ; full catalogues are also given of the 
species in many families, with recent corrections as to names. In these 
papers are evidences of much and careful stndy ; Mr. Grote well deserves. 
the hearty thanks of all American Lepidopterists for his zealous labours. 
