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uninteresting; but we think that the "keys by which the groups are 

 sorted into families, the families into genera, and the genera into 

 species," hardly promise to be of much service in the direction indicated. 



Tlie Hymenoptera-Aculeata of the British Islands. By Edward Saunders, 

 F.L.S. Demy 8vo, pp. viii, 391; plain plates 3. London: 

 L. Reeve & Co. 1896. 

 Possibly one reason why bees, wasps, and ants have not, so far, 

 attracted the serious attention of those who are interested in the 

 entomological fauna of our country is that there was no really up-to- 

 date text-book on Hymenoptera-Aculeata available. With the advent 

 of the important work now before us there is little doubt that our 

 native species will be more closely studied, and interest in them be 

 largely developed. The author deals with 374 indigenous species of 

 Aculeates, and these are placed in four sections as follows : — Hetero- 

 gyna (ants), 20 ; Fossores (sand wasps), 127 ; Diploptera (true wasps), 

 23 ; Anthophila (bees), 204. In the Introduction, which treats at 

 some length of the anatomy of Hymenoptera, there are some useful 

 hints on collecting and preparing specimens. 



We have also received the following : — 



' The Crambid^ of North America. By C. H. Fernald, A.M., Ph. D. 

 8vo, 93 pp., 10 plates. Massachusetts Agricultural College. 1896.' 



' Report of the Entomological Department of the New Jersey Agri- 

 cultural College Experiment Station. By John B. Smith, Sc.D. For 

 the year 1895. Trenton, N.J. 162 pp. The John L. Murphy Pub- 

 lishing Company. 1896.' 



' The Honey Bee : a Manual of Instruction in Apiculture. By 

 Frank Benton, M.S. 118 pp., 12 plates, and many illustrations in 

 text. Washington: Government Printing Office.' (Bulletin No. 1, 

 new series.) 



'United States Department of Agriculture. Division of Ento- 

 mology : — The San Jose Scale, its occurrences in the United States, 

 with a full account of its Life-history, and the Remedies to be used 

 against it. By L. 0. Howard & C. L. Marlatt. 80 pp. Washington : 

 Government Printing Office. 1896.' (Bulletin No. 3, new series.) 



' The Grass and Grain Joint-Worm Flies and their Allies : a con- 

 sideration of some North American Phytophagic Eurytominse. By 

 L. 0. Howard, Entomologist. 24 pp. Washington : Printing Office. 

 1896.' (Technical Series, No. 2.) 



' Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, N. Y. 

 Entomological Division : — Climbing Cutworms in Western New York. 

 By M. V. Slingerland. The University, Ithaca, N. Y. 1875.' (Bul- 

 letin, 104). Also by the same author : — ' Wireworms and Bud Moth' 

 (Bulletin, 107); and 'The Pear Psylla and the New York Plum Scale ' 

 (Bulletin, 108). 



' The Mediterranean Flour Moth {Ejjhestia kuehniella, Zell.) in 

 Europe and America. By W. G. Johnson, A.M., Assistant Entomo- 

 logist. Appendix to the Nineteenth Report of the State Entomologist 

 of Illinois. 65 pp. Springfield, 111. Ed. F. Hartman. 1896.' 



