Vol. VI, No. 4.] INSECT LIFE. [Issued May, 1894. 
SPECIAL NOTES. 
Eighth and Ninth Reports of the New York State Entomologist. — We 
have just received from Dr. J. A. Lintner copies of his long-delayed 
eighth and ninth reports as State Entomologist of New York, the 
eighth report covering the year 1891 and the ninth 1892. They are 
extracted, respectively, from the forty-fifth and forty-sixth reports of 
the New York State Museum and are published with both paper and 
cloth bindings. Both reports show Dr. Lintner's usual great care and 
attention to detail, and his bibliographical lists of the most prominent 
insects treated not only indicate his great familiarity with the literature 
of economic entomology, but afford the greatest service to the working- 
entomologist. The paper, type, and printing are all good, and each 
report, as in previous years, contains much interesting matter in ap- 
pendix form, including reprints of the addresses delivered by Dr. Lintner 
during the year, and a complete summarized list of his publications. 
The ninth report contains, in addition, a reprint of Dr. Fitch's rare cata- 
logue of the Homoptera of New York, with critical remarks upon the syn- 
onymy of the species, including corrections and notes, by E. P. Van 
Duzee and C. V. Riley. The principal insects treated in the eighth 
report are, the Raspberry Geometer (Synchlora glaucaria) ; the Birch- 
leaf Bucculatrix (Bucculatrix canadensisella) ; the Pear Midge (Diplosis 
pyrivora); two Frog-hoppers (Clastoptera obtusa and C. pint); the 
Comb-horned Fish-fly ( Chauliodes pectinicomis) ; the Horned Corydalus 
Cory dolus comutus) ; the Lunated Long- sting (Thalessa lunator) ; the 
Currant Stem-girdler (Janus flaviventris) ; the Larch Saw-fly (Nematus 
erichsonii) ; and a number of other insects which receive briefer treat- 
ment. Those treated in the ninth report are, two Carpet Beetles (An- 
threnus scrophularice and Attagemis piceus) ; the American Meal-worm 
(Tenebrio obscurus) ; the Cluster Fly (Pollenia rudis) ; the Pear-tree 
Psylla (Psylla pyricola) ; and the Green-striped Locust (Chortophaga 
viridifasciata). 
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