BIBLIOGRAPHY OF U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. 695 



John B. Smith (Secretary). Abstracts of the Proceedings of the Entomological So- 

 ciety of Washington. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 9, 1885, p. 180; No. 10, 1886, p. 200; No. 11, 1886, p. 220; No. 12, 

 1886, pp. 229-230 ; II, No. 1, 1886, p. 20 ; No. 2, 1886, p. 44. 



John B. Smith. Notes and News. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 4, 1£85, pp. 78-79. 



(1) Methods of preserving Cas&idre and irideseont insects. (2) Notes on Attacuft xplendidus 



and A. cinctus, giving the differences hetween them. (3) Notes on a peculiar appendage in 



Ctenucha fulvicollis and the relation of the A rcti'uhe and Zygamidm. (4) Miscellaneous news 



and information. 



John B. Smith. An introduction to a classification of the North American Lcpidop- 



tera. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 81-87. 



Gives a critical review of the genera of the Sphingidce and a hrief characterization of the 

 North American forms; making radical changes in tlio synonymy and system of classification 

 heretofore in use. Followed by a synoptic table of the genera. 



John B. Smith. Some new species of Hispini. 

 Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 94-95. 



Describes as new, llicrorhopala uniformis, Odontota Tlorni, O. lateritia, Gharistena bicolor, 

 and comments on allied species. 



John B. Smith. A study of the species of Cryptoblum, of North America. (Review.) 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 5, 1885, pp. 99-100. 

 John B. Smith. Cyanide versus alcohol in collecting. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 6, 1885, p. 120. 



Discusses the best material to use in killing insects of various orders. 



John B. Smith. Fourteenth report of the State entomologist on the noxious and 

 heneticial insects of the State of Illinois. (Review. ) 

 Entomologica Americana, l, No. 8, 1885, pp. 157-158. 



John B. Smith. Notes on some structural characters of the Lepidoptera. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 9, 1885, pp. 164-167. 



Kead before the Entomological Club of the Amer. Assoc. Adv. Science, Aug. 25, 1885. 



Discusses and describes the modifications of genital structure in tho Nociividm and Hornby- 

 cidce, and more particularly comments on the structure of Zygcanidre, Syntomidtv, Scuiidcr., 

 Macroglossce, and Bombycidm. An outline of a classification based partly on genital structure. 

 Tho different proportions of the legs, and the epiphysos to tho front tibia were described 

 and commented on. 



John B. Smith. Cosmosoma omphale. 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 10, 1886, pp. 181-186, Fig. 7. 



Head before the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Nov. 3, 1885. 



Describes a peculiar secondary sexual character of the cf of this species, consisting of a largo 

 cavity in the abdomen, filled with a cottony or silky substance. This substance is folded in 

 two pads and tho ventral opening is hinged in such a way that by merely lifting the abdomen, 

 tho cavities open and these pads are exposed. Detailed descriptions and drawings of the 

 parts are given. 



John B. Smith. How shall we create and foster an interest in the study of ento- 

 mology ? 



Entomologica Americana, I, No. 12, 1886, pp. 225-227. 



Discusses the present state of the science; the number of entomologists and how a greater 

 popular interest might be excited ; the needs of the students and how they may be tilled. 



John B. Smith. [Arrangement of the Sphingidce.'} 



Entomologica Americana, u, No. 1, 1886, pp. 6-7. 



Reply to Prof. C. H. Fernald's article in the same issue of the journal criticising tho author's 

 arrangement of the Sphingidai. 



John B. Smith. Studies on North American Chalcididtt with descriptions of new 

 species from Florida. (Review.) 



Entomologica Americana, II, No. 1, 1886, p. 19. 



John B. Smith. The Butterflies of tho Eastern United States. (Review.) 

 Entomologica Americana, IT, No. 2, 1886, pp. 43-44. 



