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Four clover insects additional to Mr. Weed's recent list are given. 

 These are two butterflies ( Cyaniris pseudargiolus and Epargyreus tityrus) 

 and two plant-lice (Aphis trifolii and Callipterus trifolii). Successful 

 spraying with arsenites has been carried on against the Plum Curculio 

 and the Codling Moth. 



Original figures are given of a Sphinx larva covered with Apanteles 

 cocoons, the green Apple Leaf-hopper (Empoasca albopicta), the Rose 

 Leaf-hopper (Typhlocyba rosce) and Belostoma americanum. 



A method is set forth for covering cucumber vines with a gauze-cov- 

 ered frame to protect them from the Striped Beetle (Diabrotica vittata). 

 The Bean Weevil (Bruchus obsoletus), Pear or Cherry-tree Slug, Im- 

 ported Cabbage- worm (Pieris rapce), and Strawberry Root-louse (Aphis 

 forbesi) are also treated. 



Professor Westwood's Revision of the Mantidee.— The veteran entomol- 

 ogist, Professor Westwood, has just issued a monumental work on the 

 curious insects of this Orthopterous family, which is entitled " Revisio 

 Insectorum Fainilise Mantidarum, Speciebus novis aut minus cognitis 

 descriptis et delineatis." It consists of a synonymical and bibliograph- 

 ical list of the species of the family, full descriptions of one hundred 

 and eight new or little known species, a bibliography of the family, and 

 an alphabetical index of the genera, species, and synonyms. There are 

 fourteen magnificent quarto lithographic plates drawn by the author, 

 comprising figures of one hundred and twenty-seven different forms. 

 Professor Westwood's record has seldom, if ever, been approached 

 among entomological workers. Since 1827 he has constantly been pub- 

 lishing valuable contributions to our science, and now at the age of 

 eighty-four to bring out a work of this character is an event probably 

 beyond precedent. 



Of the five hundred and thirty-two species catalogued for the whole 

 world but twelve are found in America north of Mexico. These are the 

 following : 



Gonatista grisea Fabr. Thesprotia baculina Bates MS. Stagmomantis Carolina Johau- 

 Oligonyx uhleriStal. ? Sphendale infuscata Sauss. son. 



Oligonyx scudderi Sauss. f Phasmomantis grandis Sauss. Stagmomantis dimidiata Burin. 

 Oligonyx graminis Scudd. Mantis wheeleri Wheeler. Stagmomantis ? minor Scudd. 



Pseudovates mexicana Sauss. 



Another new entomological Journal — We have just received the first 

 number of Volume I of the "Entomological Record and Journal of Vari- 

 ation" edited by J. W. Tutt, F. E. S., and published by W. H. Allen & 

 Co., of London. This first number relates exclusively to Lepidoptera, 

 but in the prospectus we notice no mention of an intentional restriction 

 to this order. The magazine will be devoted to the wants of English 

 entomologists and restricted to their own fauna and such parts of for- 



