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narrov/ spine at apex ; no ventral hump ; second to fourth ven- 

 tral segments each with a pair of transversely oval raised tuber- 

 cles. 



Hab.— Rock Creek, Mojave Desert, California. Dr. A. David- 

 son.) The only species of Andronicus hitherto known inhabits 

 the Eastern States. The present insect is really intermediate be- 

 tween Andronicus and Alcidamea, tending most, I think, toward 

 the former. It is perhaps doubtful whether the two genera should 

 be kept apart, unless one is prepared to go to the extreme of pro- 

 viding a generic name for every aberrant member of this group, 

 such as A.hesperiiis. 



Publications Received. 



"Journal ol the Cincinnati Society of Natural History," Vol. 20, No. 3. 



" The Mango in Porto Rico," U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Bureau of Plant 

 Industry. Bulletin No. 28. 



"Two New Ascomycetous Fungi parasitic on Marine Algae," by Minnie 

 Reed, Univ. Cal. Botany, Vol. i, pp. 141-164. 



"Experimental Station Record," U. S. Dept. Agricult,, Vol. 14, No. 5. 



"An Experiment in Ginseng Culture," Penna. State College Agricult. 

 Exper Station No. 92. 



" Report of the Forester for 1902," U. S. Dept. Agricult. 



"Roup," Ontario Agricultural College, Bulletin 125. 



" Grasshoppers in California," by C. V. Woodworth. Bulletin No. 142, 

 Agricultural Experimental Station, University of California. 



" The Peach Worm," by W. T. Clarke. Bulletin No. 144. Agricultural 

 Experimental Station, University of California. 



" The Red Spider of Citrus Trees," by C. V. Woodworth. Bulletin No. 

 145, Agricultural Experimental Station, University of California. 



" New Method of Grafting and Budding Vines,'' by E. H. Twight. 

 Bulletin No. 146, Agricultural Experimental Station, University of Cali- 

 fornia. 



" A contribution to the Petrography of the John Day Basin," by Frank 

 C. Calkins, Department Geology, No. 5, Vol. 3, University of California. 



"The Igneous Rocks Near Pajaro," by J. A. Reid, Department Geology 

 No. 6, Vol. 3, University Cal. 



"Eucalyptus Cultivated in the United States," by A.J. McClatchie, 

 Bureau of Forestry, Bulletin No. 35, U. S. Department Agriculture. 



" Report on a Botanical Survey of the Dismal Swamp Region." Divis- 

 ion of Botany No. 6, Vol. V., U. S. Department of Agriculture. 



"Biennial Report of the President of the University of California," 

 1900-1902. 



