486 
EHYNCHOTA. 
ApHIDIDtE. 
Aphis rosoi aud inali, Wiugod individuals occur from the commence- 
ment of the season, associated with the apterous form, and are some- 
times quite as prolific as the latter, but are never found in the “ fall 
the $ is very much smaller than the $ , and copulation is described : 
T. G. Gentry, Am. Nat. viii. pp. 231-233. A $ Aphis on Cucurhita 
ovifera observed to feed its very young brood with honey-dew \ general 
observations on the benefit of this excretion : id. Canad. Ent. vi. pp. 5-8. 
On the capability of resisting cold, &c., by insects of this family, and on 
a large assemblage of eggs of Lachnus quercus ; J. Lichtenstein, Bull. 
Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) iv. pp. ccxli. & eexlii. 
Lachnus pieces and Dryohias croaticus, from Amurland ; and observa- 
tions on the autumnal close of A^/iis-lifo and on yl^j/rw-honey. F. Wal- 
ker, Ent. vii. pp. 12 & 13. 
Pemphigus poschingeri, sp. n., G. Holzner, S. E. Z. xxxv. pp. 221, 321- 
324, figs. 1-6, roots of fir trees (^Ahies halsamica and fraseri), Upper 
Bavaria. 
Toxoptera scirpi, sp. n., G. Passerini, Bull. Ent. Ital. vi. p. 137, Parma, 
on Scirpus lacustris. 
Phylloxera vastatrix. 
A general bibliographical and biological account, with practical obser- 
vations, and notices and figures of parasites ; C. V. Biley, Rep. Ins. Mo. 
vi. pp. 30-65, figs. 2-17. Cf. also appendix, 1 . c. pp. 66-87, containing 
diagnoses of the mature forms. The Grape Phylloxera,” from the 
“ Popular Science Monthly,” pp. 1-16, 7 cuts, and “False Theories,” from 
the New York Weekly Tribune, both by this author, have not been seen 
by the Recorder. 
The commencement of a descriptive account of the insect and its 
ravages in the south-east of France ; Nature; x. pp. 503-506, map. 
General observations, P. E. Soc. 1874, p. xxxviii. et seq. On its appear- 
ance at Geneva ; Forel, tom. cit. p. xxvii. 
In OR. Ixxviii. & Ixxix. (for 1874) are upwards of 220 notices refer- 
ring to the Phylloxera^ especially as to means for its destruction. These 
do not call for separate notice, being practically variations of the ideas 
discussed in Zool. Rec. x. p. 464. The following works, published in 
France, must however be here recorded : — 
M. Girard : Le Phylloxera de la Vigne, son organisation, ses mceurs ; 
choix des proc^des de destruction. Paris: 1874, 12mo, pp. 1-119, with 
woodcuts, and maps of the districts affected. (Reviewed, Pet. Nouv. vi. 
p. 450). The maps are reproduced from Duclaux’s l^tudes sur la 
nouvolle maladio do la vigne dans le S. E. do la Franco,” Mom. 
dos savants <5trangers, xxii. No. 5. L. Faucon : M(5moiro sur la 
maladie de la vigne, et son traitement par la submersion ; op. cit. No. 
13. Perez : Groupo regional Girondin: Instruction 61(5mentairo sur 
le Phylloxera. Bordeaux: 1874. E. Faliekes: Du Phylloxera et 
