1883.] Entomology, 1291 
Altogether the report shows such care, ability and conscien- 
tiousness, that the people of New York are to be congratulated 
on having so worthy a successor to Fitch. 
The illustrations are from various sources, and for the most 
part duly credited; a few are original. The press-work and paper, 
while by no means first-class, are rather above the average for 
State documents. 
Fruit Insects IN CartForntA—lIn “Injurious Insects of the 
Orchard, Vineyard, etc.” Mr. Matthew Cooke has given Califor- 
nians a very serviceable little book Between two and three hun- 
dred species of injurious insects are considered, and, although the 
work is in part a compilation, many of the author’s own observa- 
tions in the matter of remedies are given. By means of an exten- 
sive correspondence with entomologists at the East, Mr. Cooke 
reduced scientific errors toa minimum. The work is very 
copiously illustrated, containing 750 wood-cuts. As an economy 
ol space the remedies—124 in all—are grouped at the end of the 
Work, and referred to by number at the close of the consideration 
_ Of each species. The book is another evidence of the newly- 
awakened interest in economic entomology on the Pacific slope. 
_ With the push and energy which characterize Californians, Mr. 
_ Cooke, seeing the need of such a work, has thrown it together in 
an amazingly short time, and disarms all serious criticism by dis- 
_ claiming in the preface any pretension to science, and by showing 
_ that he was led to the study of insects by his business of manu- 
Cturing fruit-boxes. 
Deatu or Dr. J. L. LeConre—Just as we go to press we 
rn with profound sorrow of the death of this distinguished 
coleopterist. The loss of no other individual could be felt more 
fenly by the entomologists of America. As a writer he had 
a on the esteem of all, and his family has our sincerest sym- 
pathy, Sas 
| _ Eytomorocicat. Notes—Dr. Hagen publishes in connection 
re his * Beiträge zur Monographie der Psociden © (Stele oe 
Zeit., 1883, 285-332), an interesting review of the history of the 
American Agriculturist, that Macrodactylus subspinosus esi 
ay á , House- 
hog ations Insects of the Orchard, Vineyard, Field, Darai Lge bla SOG By 
Mani, Storehouse, Domestic Animals, etc., wit “re California. cramento 
or Cooke, late chief executive horticultural officer 0 ; 
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