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physiology and metamorphoses of insects, will find in this work the very aid that is most 

 desired. With this work and some other like Comstock's Manual, any student of ordi- 

 nary ability can begin at the very foundation of entomology and work his way upward, 

 fully as easily as has heretofore been possible in zoology. The advent of this work cer- 

 tainly marks the trend of entomological studies in America. In future, except in some 

 particular groups, we are to have less species-making and more studies of the develop- 

 . ment and transformations of those already well known in the adult stage, as well as of 

 their inter-relations with each other and with other organisms about them. "We shall not 

 study dried corpses, alone, but life in connection therewith, and the possession of pinned 

 specimens of the adults in our cabinets will only increase our desire to know more of the 

 problems of their existence F. M. W. 



Handbook of Insects Injurious to Orchard and Bush Fruit. By Eleanor A. 

 Ormerod. London : Simpkin, Marshall & Co., Sept., 1898. 8 vo., 286 pp. 



The excellent work which has been done for economic entomology by Miss Ormerod, 

 particularly in England, but also in many other parts of the world, is well known to 

 every one. Her valuable annual reports are eagerly looked for every year by all inter- 

 ested in the practical application of the study of insects for the prevention of their 

 injuries to crops. We have just received from this talented authoress another evidence 

 of her unselfish labours for the good of her countrymen. The above named volume is in 

 reality a compendium of the original observations made during the last twenty-one years 

 by Miss Ormerod and her correspondents, together with the latest results and the most 

 approved remedies for the various pests of large and small fruits. 



As in all former publications bearing Miss Ormerod's name, the arrangement of the 

 subjects, for convenience of reference, the presswork and the general get-up of the volume, 

 bear the stamp of a most careful and tasteful masterhand. The different fruit crops 

 treated of are : Apple, cherry, currant, gooseberry, medlar, nut, pear, plum, quince, rasp- 

 berry and strawberry. At the end is a list of the fruit crops infested by insects with 

 the names of the insect infestations ; the subjects are arranged alphabetically ; and after 

 the name of each tree or crop mentioned in the work the names of each of the infestations 

 to which it is liable in England are classified under subordinate headings as Bark, Blos- 

 soms, Fruit, Leaves, Shoots, Wood according to the nature of the attack. The insects 

 are given with their scientific and popular name and so far as possible are arranged to- 

 gether as to kinds, as Aphides, Beetles, Moths, etc., with the number of the page of the 

 detailed observation in the volume. In four instances where the pests are causes of much 

 mischief to several kinds of crops, the infestation appears under its own name. These 

 exceptions are Earwig, Red Spider, Root-knot Eelworm and Wasps. 



Particular mention must be made of the excellence of the illustrations which seem to 

 be perfect types of what such illustrations should be in works on insects for the use of 

 practical fruitgrowers. J. F. 



The Butterfly Book, a popular guide to a knowledge of the Butterflies of North 

 America, By W. J. Holland, D. D., Chancellor of the Western University of 

 Pennsylvania, etc., Pittsburg, Pa. One vol. 4to., pp. 382. [Price $3.00 

 postage prepaid. Copies may be procured from the Author, or William Briggs, 

 29-33 Richmond Street, West, Toronto.] 



It is with great pleasure that we announce the publication of this beautiful popular 

 book on the Butterflies of North America Hitherto the vast number of young people 

 who begin collecting insects have had their enthusiasm sorely chilled by their inability to 

 find names for their specimens and have soon given up the pursuit in despair. Now, 

 there need be no difficulty as far as the butterflies are concerned. In the handsome 

 volumn before us there are no less than forty-eight beautiful colored plates, produced by 

 a new process from photographic representations of specimens from the Author's cabinets 

 and on them are depicted over a thousand butterflies, belonging to 527 species. The 

 colors are remarkably true to nature and a child should have no difficulty in identifying 

 any specimen that he may capture from the plates alone. In the letter press brief de 



