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Ez. T. Cresson, Jr., of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia, 
spent a number-of days in the Division of Insects examining types of flies 
belonging to the family Evhydridac, Mr. Cresson also represented the 
National Academy of Sciences at the conference discussing the handling of é 
the Casey. collection, . 
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and during his visit there received the degree of doctor of science from 
the University of Pittsburgh, ‘ See Ns peo 

Mabel Colcord, Librarian 
NEY BOOKS <  oaigal 
Blackman, M. W., and others, 
I, On the succession of insects. living in the bark of wood of dying, 
deac. and decaying hickory. By W. H. Blackman and H. H. Stage. II. Two 
new staphylinids. from Cranberry Lake, New York. By Howard Notman. III. A 
preliminary list of the Coleootera of the Cranberry Lake region, New 
York, exclusive of. the Buprestidae,. Cerambycidae and Ipidae. By Melville 
E. Eatch. IV. A preliminary list of’ the Buprestidae and Cerambycidae | 
of the Cranberry Lake region New York. “By F. G. Mundinger. Syracuse, 
the University, 1924. 336 pp., XIV plates. (N. Y. State college of . 
forestry at Syracuse university, vol. 24, No. 22, Technical pub. No. 17), 
Bibliography, pp. 219-240, Oe tee ae | 
Carpenter, G. 12 Ee ore Pee pee 
Insects, their-structure ‘and life, a primer of entomolosy.;. ed. ed. rev, 
London, J..M. Dent. & sons, ltd:, 1924. xi, 335 Op<, col. front.» illussm 
col. ol. "References to literature," pp. 310-323. ° mr 
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Chamberlin, William, . ee 
Forest entomology...Ann Arbor, Mich,., Edwards brothers, 1924. ..2 ptsy 
Pt. I. Order Coleoptera. Ft, II. Lepidoptera, Wemintera, Orthovtera, 
Neuroptera, Hymenoptera, Isovtera, Diptera. The near relatives .of insects, 
spraying materials and spraying machinery. — Collecting. and vréserving 



forest insects. ., fimeographed. © 
Corbett, G. H, Pid ye pie as : 
"Red stripe" weevil of coconuts (Rhynchophorius schach Oliv.). By. : 
G. H, Corbett and D. Ponniah. Kuala Lumpur, Printed: at the Federated 
Malay States government printing office, 1924.51 pp., VI. plates. 
(Straits Settlements and Federated Malay States Dept. of Agr. Bul..36.) 
Bibliography, pp. 49-50, Sree ee) ; © 
Corbett, G. H : ee 
The two-coloured coconut leaf-beetle (Plesispa reichei, Chap.) .«. Kuala 
Lumpur, Printed: at the Federated Malay States government printing office, 
1923. 20 pp., III plates. (Federated Malay States Dept. of Agr. Bul. 34.) 
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