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Vol. IV, Nos. 1 and 2. ] INSECT LIE'E. eee Oetober, 1891, 
SPECIAL NOTES. 
The Association of Economic Entomologists.—The bulk of this number is 
occupied with the official proceedings of the Association of Heonomic 
Entomologists, which we publish at the request of the Association. 
The meeting this year was held in Washington, August 17 and 18, 
and was an unqualified success. The average attendance at the meet- 
ings was 33, and of the American members 27 were present. The in- 
crease in membership and in interest which this meeting exemplified 
is very encouraging. 
Miss Murtfeldt’s Outlines of Entomology.*—Miss Murtfeldt has prepared 
in popular shape a pamphlet of 130 pages, with a view of introduc- 
ing farmers and horticulturists to the science of entomology. The 
ordinary text books seem intended for advanced students, and the 
object of the author of this paper has been to produce a perfecily ele- 
mentary work. She goes carefully over the subject of the general 
structure of insects, defining the terms commonly in use, treats of the 
transformations and the classifications and names, and in short chapters 
discusses the main forms of each of the orders. The work is unfortu- 
nately marred by many misprints, particularly in the technical names, 
from the fact that the author was unable to read the proofs of a portion 
ofthe paper. These, however, will undoubtedly be corrected in another 
edition, and at most do not seriously detract from the value of the paper. 
Some 50 figures of typical insects are given and duly acknowledged. 
Handbook of Australian Insects.t—Ina handy volume of 150 pages, illus- 
_ trated by 14 colored plates of insects and 13 in black and white of in- 
secticide BDpara bis, Mr. French, the Victorian enone eo has ees 
* Outlines of Eytonediaeat area ae nes use oa farmers aa feeaeal Wome at 
the request of the Secretary of the State Board of Agriculture and the State Horti- 
F cultural Society of Missouri. By Mary E. Murtfeldt, Jefferson City, Mo., 1891. 
_ tA Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria, with notes on the methods to be 
x 4 dopted to check and extirpatethem. Prepared by order of the Victorian Department 
of Agriculture by C. French, F. 1. 8., F, R. H. 8., Government Entomologist. Part I. 
Melbourne, 1891. 
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