Vol. VI, No. 2.] INSECT LIFE. [Issued December, 1893. 
SPECIAL NOTES. 
Association of Economic Entomologists.— The bulk of this number is 
taken up with the Proceedings of the recent meeting of the Association 
of Economic Entomologists held at Madison, Wis., August 14, 15, and 
16. While the attendance at this meeting was not as large as that at 
the very successful Washington meeting two years ago, sixteen active 
members were present and twenty-nine papers by eighteen authors 
were presented. The papers thus exceeded in number, and were, on the 
whole, more important and interesting than at any previous meeting. 
Five of them were from foreigners. The discussions were of great 
interest, and it is a marter of regret that they could not have been more 
fully reported. The Society has every reason to congratulate itself. 
Handbook of Victorian Insects — Some time ago we noticed the publica- 
tion of Part i, "Handbook of the Destructive Insects of Victoria," by 
Mr. Charles French, the government entomologist at Melbourne. Part 
ii of this work has just reached us. It is a handy volume of about 200 
pages, illustrated by twenty- one full-page colored plates and by eleven 
black and white plates of machinery. The plates are, many of them, 
original and some are extremely good, particularly those of the larger 
Lepidoptera and Ooleoptera. The smaller Hymenoptera and Heinip- 
tera fail, however, in general appearance and in detail. The colored 
work is very good. Many of the species treated are peculiar to the 
Australian fauna, but their careful treatment is none the less impor- 
tant to us in the United States, since many, if not all, are liable to be 
imported into this country. Several insects common to both regions 
are considered, viz, the Black Peach Aphis (Myzus eerasi), the Plum 
Curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar), the Cottony Cushion-scale (Icerya 
purchasi), the Oleander Scale (Aspidiotus nerii), the Red. Scale of Cali- 
fornia (Aspidiotus aurantii), the Purple Scale (Mytilaspis citricola), 
the Grapevine Phylloxera (Phylloxera vastatrix), the Potato-tuber 
Moth (Lita solanella), the Diamond-back Cabbage-moth (Plutella cruel- 
ferarum), and the Cabbage Aphis (Aphis brassicae). Mr. French con- 
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