1885.] Entomology. 607 
of the State Botanist of New York have come to hand. In the 
first, all the New York species of the sub-genus Lepiota of Agari- 
cus, are described and systematically arranged, and in the second 
those of the subgenus Psalliota. Valuable notes and remarks 
the press. 
ENTOMOLOGY. 
Ritey’s ENTOMOLOGICAL REPORT FoR 1884.—The last report 
of the entomologist of the Department of Agriculture fills about 
150 closely printed pages, with ten excellent plates and a full 
index. In practical as well as scientific value and in the variety 
of subjects treated, it is not inferior to its predecessors. The 
cabbage cut-worms are described at length and well illustrated, 
as well asa number of other insects. destructive to this plant. 
Efforts have been made to introduce and colonize the European 
ichneumon parasite (Apanteles glomeratus) of the imported cab- 
bage worm, and thus far the experiment has been successful. 
The report contains also interesting life-histories of the Amer- 
ican Cimbex, which has in Washington injured the willow, and 
lengthy notices are given of the Southern buffalo gnat, the angou- 
mois grain moth, the cottony maple scale, the cranberry fruit 
worm, the larger wheat straw Isosoma, etc. Much attention is 
paid to the use of remedies. 
The reports of the special agents comprise those of Mr. Hub- 
bard on the rust of the orange, Professor Packard’s on the 
causes of destruction of the evergreen trees of Northern New 
‘cranberry; and Mr. Bruner’s on the Rocky mountain locust, 
etc., in Nebraska. Asasample of the excellent illustrations is 
Pl. xvii, which represents the cottony maple scale, with its eggs 
and larva (Fig. 1), the leaf with male scales (Fig. 2), the female 
scales (Fig. 3), and in Fig. 4 the adult females with the wooly 
egg-mass as seen late in the spring. 
Latzet’s Myriopopa oF Avustro-HuncariA.—This admirable 
work bears all the marks of faithful and exhaustive labor, whether 
we consider the text or plates. The descriptions of the orders, 
suborders, families, genera as well as species are given in detail, 
especially those of the orders and genera, and the work will thus 
be of special value to American students. 
This part contains monographs of the Symphyla, Pauropoda. 
and Diplopoda. Personally the reviewer does not regard the 
Symphyla, represented by Scolopendrella, as genuine myriopods, 
but none the less would he cordially welcome the work which 
