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lar list of the parasites, arrauged according to 

 their hosts, and finally brief remarks on tech- 

 nique and a short bibliography. 



The author recognizes the orders Gregarinx, 

 Ssemosporidia, Coccidia, Acystosporidia, and 

 Myxosporidia, while the Sarcosporidia, Amcebo- 

 sporidia and Serosporidia are given in an 'An- 

 hang. ' 



In discussing the Gragarinse Leger's classifi- 

 cation is adopted. The chapter on Hxmo- 

 sporidia is based almost entirely upon Labbe's 

 writings ; in this order the author recognizes 

 only one family the Drepanididse. In the clas- 

 sification of the Coccidia^ A. Schneider is fol- 

 lowed. Labbe's (1894) order Gymnosporidia 

 appears as the Acystosporidia, and in it are 

 placed the malarial parasites, the parasite of 

 Texas fever and allied forms. In the chapter 

 on the Myxosporidia Thelohan is followed. 



While the general discussion of the groups is 

 interesting, and the numerous illustrations give 

 the reader unacquainted with these forms a very 

 good idea of the Sporozoa, it is necessary to 

 exercise considerable care in accepting the 

 nomenclature adopted by the author, and fur- 

 ther, not to assume that the numerous species 

 mentioned by him in his compendium represent 

 a complete list of the known forms. The 

 reader should, therefore, be warned that this 

 work is more fitted for use in obtaining a 

 knowledge of the morphology and biology than 

 of the classification of the Sporozoa. The generic 

 and specific names adopted in many cases, and 

 the authorities to which the binomials have 

 been attributed, do not seem to have been de- 

 termined by any particular principle. Pyro- 

 soma Smith, for instance, is rejected as name of 

 the parasite of Texas fever, on the grounds that 

 it is preoccupied, while Apiosoma Wandolleck, 

 (which is also preoccupied) is adopted, and the 

 name Piroplasma is overlooked. The parasite 

 of malaria is given as Hsemamceba laverani, al- 

 though neither this generic nor this specific 

 name can stand. Balbiania gigantea is quietly 

 included in Sarcocystis tenella, notwithstanding 

 the lack of grounds for so doing, while quite a 

 number of other Sarcosporidia which have been 

 described and named as belonging to three dif- 

 ferent genera are mentioned as ^Sarcocystis 

 spec, inc.' 



It is possibly unfair to criticise these details 

 adversely, yet, as the author includes the zo- 

 ologists among the persons for whom his work 

 is written, he should have had more regard for 

 zoological customs. On the whole, von Wasie- 

 lewski's Sporozoenkunde will be a welcome 

 guide to those who^ desire to study this group, 

 but who are unable to consult the original 

 papers. Ch. Wardbll Stiles. 



Report of the Government Entomologist for the 

 Year 1895, Cape of Good Hope, Department of 

 Agriculture. By C. P. Lotjnsbury. 

 This little volume illustrates three interesting 

 points : First, that the Government of Cape 

 Colony is an enterprising one, and will not al- 

 low itself to fall behind other governments in 

 matters which afiect the welfare of the agricul- 

 tural community ; second, that in appointing 

 an entomologist it was considered to be for the 

 best interests of the Colony that an American, 

 trained in recent American methods in the war- 

 fare against insects, should be chosen ; and 

 third, that this American has in so short a time 

 familiarized himself with the needs of the 

 Colony in his own special line of work, and has 

 presented as his first report a most excellent ac- 

 count of the species which are attracting par- 

 ticular attention at the present time in that 

 country. The report is largely general and 

 much attention is paid to the subject of the im- 

 portation of injurious insects and of the desira- 

 bility of legislation to check importation and 

 spread. The species especially considered are 

 certain scale insects, the peach maggot, codling 

 moth, pear slug, the apple and quince borer and 

 the so-called American blight, which is the 

 name generally used in English colonies for the 

 wooly root-louse of the apple, Schizoneura 

 lanigera. The Government of Cape Colony is 

 to be congratulated upon its appointment. 



L. O. H. 



Tenth Annual Report of the New York State 

 Entomologist. By J. A. Lintner, Ph.D. 

 It is always a pleasure to receive a new re- 

 port from Dr. Lintner. The full and careful 

 articles which the reports of this writer always 

 contain are models in style and treatment for 

 the younger generation of economic entomolo- 



