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species has been found which seems to be equally common in all 
caves in that State, but Mr. Hubbard thinks that in Anophthalmus 
we may expect considerable increase in the number of species 
when all our caves shall have been explored. 
HEMIPTEROLOGICAL Stupies.—Dr. V. Signoret kindly sends us 
the first part of his “ Revision du groupe des Cydnides de la 
famille des Pentatomides,” from the Annales de la Société Ento- 
mologique de France for 1881. It contains a review of what has: 
been done in the classification of this family by former authors, a 
characterization of the family, table of genera (forty-three in 
number) and the beginning of the description of the species from 
all parts of the globe. Two plates accompany this part. 
EnTomotocy 1n Burraro, N. Y.—We are very glad to see that 
the publication of the Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural 
Sciences has beea resumed after a lapse of several years. Vol. 
Iv, No. 1, has just been issued and contains the following ento- 
mological apers: List of Coleoptera observed and collected in 
the vicinity of Buffalo, by F. Zesch and O. Reinecke; New Col- 
coptera, by John L. LeConte, M.D. (Elaphidion tmbelle, Oeme 
gracilis, both from Poway, Cala., and Myodites zeschit, from Buf. , 
alo); Observations and Notes (on Eudryas unio, Smerinthus mo- 
desta, Hylesinus trifolit, Cossus robinie, Papilio thoas, Thyreus 
abboti). One plate accompanies this number, but we must con- 
fess that figures 111 and rv thereof are quite poor and inaccurate. 
Lampyripa.—Dr. LeConte has been kind enough to send us a 
Copy of his long-expected “ Revision of the N. A. Lampyride.” 
This paper will no doubt be very welcome to every coleopterist 
in our country, as it renders determinations possible in a some- 
what neglected but interesting group of beetles. We hope that 
It will serve to call attention to the many interesting points in the 
life-history of the Lampyridz proper, yet to be made out. 
SEVERE Cotp anp HiserNaTinc AppLe-worms.—Prof. A. J. 
Cook records having found that the larve of Corpocapsa pomon- 
ella, which hibernated under natural conditions, 2. ¢., in their silken 
Cocoons in the cracks and crevices of the trees, had succumbed 
to the severe cold of last winter, while those hibernating in cellars 
and kitchens survived. : 
ANTHROPOLOGY." 
Temporat Process OF THE Matar BoNE IN ANCIENT HuMAN 
Cranta2—A noteworthy anatomical and possibly anthropological 
feature of a large proportion of the crania from the well-known 
ancient cemetery near Madisonville, Ohio, is the presence of a 
: Edited by Prof. Oris T. MASON, I 305 Q Street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 
“The Temporal Process of the Malar Bone in the ancient human crania from 
Madisonville, Ohio, by F. W. Langdon, M.D. Read before Am. Assoc. for the Adv. 
of Science, at Cincinnati, Aug. 22, 1881. ; ae 
