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SPECIAL NOTES. 



A descriptive Catalogue of the Phalangiinae in Illinois.— We have just re- 

 ceived from Mr. 0. M. Weed a paper with the above title published 

 as a bulletin of the Illinois State Laboratory of Natural History (Decem- 

 ber, 1889), and also a partial bibliography of the same group as repre- 

 sented in North America. The descriptive catalogue includes the con- 

 sideration of three genera and ten species, two of the species being 

 new. Liobonum dorsatum, L. (?) formosum and Oliogophas pictus are fig- 

 ured. The bibliography includes five titles and fifty-eight references 

 to descriptions of species. We are glad to see this neglected group 

 worked up so satisfactorily. 



Entomological News.— The Entomological Section of the Academy of 

 Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia and the American Entomological 

 Society announce the publication of a new journal to be devoted to 

 notes and news, queries and answers, exchanges and doings of socie- 

 ties. It is edited by Mr. E. M. Aaron, assisted by an advisory com- 

 mittee consisting of Dr. G. H. Horn, Mr. E. T. Oresson, Dr. Henry Skin- 

 ner, and Mr. Ph. P. Calvert. The subscription price is Si a year, and ten 

 numbers will be published,, one for each month, with the exception of 

 July and August. It began publication January 1, 1890. The main 

 object of the journal, as stated in its circular of announcement, will be 

 to keep entomologists acq uainted with what is being published in serials 

 at home and abroad, and it will also give news items concerning ex- 

 plorations and collectors. The journal will meet a present want and 

 will be welcomed by American collectors. Backed by the American 

 Entomological Society its success would seem to be assured. 



Dr. Lintner's latest Report.— Dr. Lintner's fifth report on the injurious 

 and other insects of the State of New York has been received. It is 

 extracted from the forty-second report of the New York State Museum of 



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