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Agonoderus about thirty-three per cent. ; the whole series of Carabidae examined averag- 

 ing fifty-seven per cent, of animal food, the remainder being vegetable and consisting 

 mainly of the pollen of flowers and the spores of fungi. 



Of the Coccinellida3 examined, animal food constitutes but little more than one-third 

 of the whole, the other two-thirds consisting of forty-five per cent, of the spores of fungi, 

 four per cent of those of lichens, and fourteen per cent, of pollen. Prof. Forbes has laid 

 all who are interested in this subject under grateful obligations to him for his valuable 

 contributions to our knowledge in this department. 



An Illustrated Essay on the Noctuid^ of North America, with " A Colony of 

 Butterflies." By A. R. Grote, A.M. Large 8vo, pp. 85. Published by John Van 

 Voorst, Paternoster Bow, London, Eng. 



This little volume is beautifully got up, printed in bold type on fine paper, and illus- 

 trated by four excellent coloured plates on which forty-five species of Noctuids are figured. 

 These moths have been previously described in various works, but have not been figured be- 

 fore; and appear to have been selected to adorn this handsome little book on account of their 

 striking beauty ; they are the gems of the genera to which they belong, and well deserve 

 to be thus made better known. Each specimen is numbered and accompanied by a brief 

 reference or description. 



In a preface of twenty -three pages the author gives a " brief" resume of the sources from 

 whence he has drawn his information ; an account is also given here of the life history of 

 the Cotton-worm from the egg to the perfect insect. This volume will commend itself 

 for its excellencies to all those who are interested in the study of the Noctuidse, as a valu- 

 able and beautiful contribution to this department of entomology. 



Transactions of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club. No. 3, 1881-1882. 8vo, 

 pp. 66, with two plates. 



We commend this record of the work of the Ottawa Field Naturalists' Club to all 

 those who are interested in Canadian Natural History. In addition to the excellent 

 address of the President, James Fletcher, Esq., it contains reports of the work accomf 

 plished by the Geological, Botanical and Entomological branches of the Club ; a list o- 

 the birds found in the vicinity of Ottawa, and addresses which have been delivered on 

 various natural history subjects at the soirees held by the Club. 



General Index of the Thirteen Annual Reports of the Entomological Society of 

 Ontario. 



This useful work, covering the period from 1870 to 1882 inclusive, has recently been 

 issued. The compiler, E. Baynes Beed, Esq., Secretary-Treasurer of the Society, has spared 

 no pains or labour in making the Index complete in every particular. It is uniform in size 

 with the Reports, and covers thirty -five pasjes. Beginning with a summary of the illustra- 

 tions used, and of the orders illustrated, there follows a detailed list of all the figures used 

 in each of the thirteen Reports. The second part consists of a classified list of the 

 insects illustrated, while the third part is a general index which is very full and complete, 

 and will be of much value to all who may have occasion to consult its pages. A copy 

 will be mailed to each member of the Society. 



