receiving government concessions, in spite of the adverse report made by the Academy of sciences last year. - The Entomological society of London, the second of its name, held its fiftieth anniversary last month; and, in his presidential address upon the occasion, Mr. J. W. Dunning suggested that Professor Westwood of Oxford be made titular lifepresident of the society. "An original member, he has never failed us. During the crucial period of our childhood, he was the motive power, the life and soul, of the society. For fourteen consecutive years he was secretary, and for part of that time he was curator also. The council has seldom been complete without him, and during six years he was our president. Whilst he resided in or near London, he rarely missed one of our meetings. Even Oxford cannot keep him away from us; and there is not a single year, from first to last, that he has not been a contributor to our transactions." This proposal was carried by acclamation. -The unusual competition for the last 'Walker prize' of the Boston society of natural history induces the society to offer the same subject for next year's competition; viz., 'Original unpublished investigations on the life-history of any animal or plant.' While the partial treatment of the subject is permitted, preference will be given, other things being equal, to memoirs which embrace the whole life-history of an animal or plant from the early embryological stages to the adult form. The society also offers, through the generosity of a member, for next year, a special first prize of from $60 to $100, and a second prize of $50, on the followsubject: "A study of the venation of the hind-wings of Coleoptera, with illustrations of all the families of Le Conte's and Horn's classification." Essays in competition for both prizes must be sent to the secretary of the society before April 1. -Over four hundred members of the British association have already pledged themselves to attend the meeting at Montreal in August, 1884. It is believed that all the permanent officers of the organization will be present. - We learn that a series of fifteen original letters of Alexander von Humboldt to his intimate friend Wegener, bearing the dates 1788-90, is for sale in Germany. They have been made use of for the biography of Humboldt by Bruhns; and extracts have been more than once published, most recently, in the Berlin journal Gegenwart, nos. 30 and 32, of 1882, - but they have never appeared in full. Any institution or private person desiring to acquire them should apply to Dr. G. A. Saalfeld, Hobsminden, Germany. In the weekly summary ¶ 1075, line 20, instead of acid,' read 'pentachlor- and hexachlor-compounds.' In the 'Weather in March,' p. 388, for 'Fallstown, Ind.,' read 'Fallstown, Md.' RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. American apiculturist, The. A journal devoted to scientific and practical bee-keeping. Edited by 8. M. Locke. Vol. i., nos. 1-2. Salem, Mass., Locke, May-June, 1883. 48 p. 8°. Anderson, J. Scotland in pagan times the iron age. The Rhind lectures in archaeology for 1881. Edinburgh, Doug las, 1883. 332 p. 8°. Basset, J. Anthony. Latitude and longitude, and longitude and time, embracing a comprehensive discussion, with over one hundred illustrative questions and problems. Syracuse, N.Y., Bardeen, 1883. 50 p. 16°. Blackburn, T. True and false issues between christianity and science. London, Skeffington, 1883. 12o. Box, T. A practical treatise on the strength of materials, including their elasticity and resistance to impact. London, Spons, 1883. 530 p. 8°. Briart, Alphonse. Principes élémentaires de paléontologie. Avec 227 figures. Mons. Baudry. 12°. Buck, J. H. W. A graphic table for facilitating the computation of the weights of wrought iron and steel girders, etc., for Parliament and other estimates. London, Lockwood, 1883. Large sheet. Cotterill (Bishop of Edinburgh). Does science aid faith in regard to creation. London, Hodder, 1883. 226 p. 8°. Dessoliers, H. De l'habitation dans les pays chauds. Contribution a l'art de l'acclimatation. (Alger) J. Baudry. illustr. 8°. Dresler, E. F. Flora von Löwenberg in Schleswig; nach dem natürlichen system bearbeitet. Löwenberg, Köhler, 1883. 162 p. 12°. Eclectic complete geography, The. Cinc. and N.Y., Van Antwerp, Bragg, & Co., 1883. (New two-book series.) 114 p., illustr. 4°. Haeckel, Ernst. A visit to Ceylon. Translated by Clara Bell. Boston, Cassino, 1883. 8+337 p. 16°. Hoffman, Carl. Botanischer bilder-atlas nach De Candolle's natürlichem pflanzensystem. 1 lief. Stuttgart, Thienemann, 1883. 8+6 p., 6 colored lith. 4°. Klein, E. Elements of histology. London, Cassell, 1883. 364 P.. 181 illustr. 12°. Maynard, C. J. Manual of taxidermy; a complete guide in collecting and preserving birds and mammals. Boston, Cassino, 1883. 16+111 p., illustr. 16°. Mohnike, O. Blicke auf das pflanzen- und thierleben in den niederländischen Malaienländern. Münster, Aschendorff, 1883. 4+694 p., illustr. 8°. Philanthropist (pseudon). Physiological cruelty; or, fact and fancy. An inquiry into the vivisection question. London, Finsley, 1883. 8°. Reis, P. Die periodische wiederkehr von wassernoth und wassermangel im zusammenhang mit den sonnenflecken, den nordlichtern und dem erdmagnetismus. Leipzig, Quandt & Händel, 1883. 8+124 p., illustr. 8°. Remelé, A. Untersuchungen über die versteinerungsführenden diluvialgeschiebe des norddeutschen flachlandes mit besonderer berücksichtigung der Mark Brandenburg. 1 lief. Berlin, Springer, 1883. 152 p., illustr. 4°. Roche, T. C. How to make photographs: a manual for amateurs. Edited by H. T. Anthony. New York, Anthony, 1883. 91 p. 12°. Sherrerd, J. M. Iron analysis record; with a complete table of atomic weights, their elements and symbols, with the old and new system. Troy, Young, 1883 12°. Souchon, Abel. Traité d'astronomie pratique, comprenant l'exposition du calcul des éphémérides astronomiques et nautiques. Gauthier- Villars. 8°. Step, Edward. Plant-life: popular papers on the phenomena of botany. N.Y., Holt, 1883. 12+218 p., Illustr. 16. Taber, G. L. The fisheries of the Adriatic, and the fish thereof. London, Quaritch, 1883. illustr. 8°. Tayler, I. The alphabet: an account of the origin and development of letters. 2 vols. London, Paul, 1883. 752 p. 8°. Thiersch, H. W. J., und Thiersch, A. Die physiognomie des mondes. Versuch eine deutung derselben im anschluss an die arbeiten von Mädler, Nasmyth und Carpenter. Augsburg, Preyss, 1883. 4+43 p., 4 lith. 4°. INDEX TO VOLUME I. Figures in black-faced type refer to the numbered paragraphs in the weekly summary;' those in ordinary type, to pages. ABBOTT, C. C. Occurrence of amber near ABBOTT, R. M. Crayfish, 394. Aboriginal population of America, 833. Abyssinia, 226; southern, 888; Italian Acantharcus pomotis, 328. A carella siro, 116. Amazon, early explorations of, 126. America. Archaeological institute. See American academy of arts and sciences, Amiurus catus, 328. Anthery lium, 21. Anthomyia, 492. Anthracene, synthesis of, 1074. Anthracite coal, thin sections of, 55; coal Anthrax, 55. Anthrenus, 203, 371. Anthropological society, Paris, 207. Anthropology of Caffraria, 745; of France, Antimony, volumetric determination of, Antioquia, 661. Antiquity of man, 525. Antwerp water-works, 541. Aphroditea, Australian, 565. Aploastomata, 599. Apnoea, origin of, 1051. Apocrypta, 599. Appalachia, 439. Appalachian mountain club, 57. 237; (South) plateau, 105. Apparatus, absorption, for elementary analysis, 360. Apperceiving simple and compound con- cepts, time of, 73. Archidesmus, 371. Archimedea, 370. Architeuthis princeps, 352, 417. Arctia virgo, 180. Arctic currents, 506; mollusks, 997; Arctoidea, 958. Ardennes phyllites, 1028. Arenicola piscatornm, 602. Arenicolites spiralis, 39. Areopoma, 202. Arfredsonite, 215. Argand burner, spectrum of, ill., 481. Arisaema triphyllum, 202. Armenian plateau, earthquakes on, 937. Aromatic monamines and diamines, oxi- Arsenic, determination of, 879; in waters 707. Art in Egypt, 580, 856. Artesian wells, 470. Artificial fuel, 1026. Arum italicum, 492; maculatum, 202; Arvicola, 525. Ascaris lonchoptera, 52; osculata, 204. Asclepias cornuti, 444. Ashburner, C. A. Panther Creek coal- Asia, Russians and English in, 224. Aspidonectes asper, 556. Aspiration of thorax, origin of, 357. Asplenium montanum, 370; Trichomanes, Assilina, 405. Assimilation and color, 332; in sugar. Assimilative activity, 612. Astronomical applications of photogra Astronomy, progress of, 265. Asymmetry of turbinated bones in man, Atacama meteorite, 933. Atavism in hog-deer, 401. Atax Bonzi, 150; ypsilophorus, 150. Atmospheric action, induration of rocks Atomic vibration, energy of, 421. Atomic weights, calculation of, 397; heat Attractions, 584; and repulsions of small Experiments with AUGHEY, S., on Western pasture-land, 335. of stars, 1062; in California, 40; perio- fall in, 1119; tertiary flora of, 841; Australian Alps, 502; Aphroditea, 565; Autoxidation in vegetable cells, 508. Axinite, 113. Axis porcinus, 181. Azolla, 397, 421. Aztec music, 752. Bacteria in fishes, 665. Baiera, 259. BAILEY, L. W. Indian relics from New Baird, Spencer Fullerton, ill., 123; report BAKER, M. November aurora in Califor Balaena biscayensis, 598; cisarctica, 598; Bancroft's History, 379. Bandelier's investigations in New Mexico, Basic process at Steeltown, 1148. Bavarian lakes, temperature and ice of, BAYLES, J. C. Microscopic analysis of Bee-fly, Hirmoneura, larval stages and Belfast nat. hist. and phil. soc., 209. BELL, A. M. Alphabet and spelling-re- Belone truncata, 327. Beni River, Indians on, 914. Bering Strait, land-snails from, 1128. Berneriana madagascariensis, 522; odor- Bernouilli's numbers, 585. Bessemerizing matte in reverberatory Bibliography, 986; American, 1011; of Bicarbonate-of-soda developer, 418. Bile of invertebrates, coloring-matters of, Bile, uses of, 156. Bile-ducts, nerves of, 568. Billiard-balls, impact of, 756. BILLINGS, J. S. Germs and epidemics, Biloculina, 405; depressa, 612. Binary arithmetic, experiments in, 344; Bishopville meteorite, 655. BLAIR, H. W. Marking geodetic stations, 239. Blake collections, 83; expedition, Crus- Blastophaga, 287, 599; grossorum, 433. Blood in living mammals, measurements Blood-circulation, discovery of, 459. 908. Blue Hills of Mass., 986. Bock, C., on Head-hunters of Borneo, 189. Bolton's Quantitative analysis, reviewed, Bombus, 467. Bone, structure of, 621. Bonin islands, Ocypoda from, 390. Book notices, minor, 400, 606; reviews, Book of the dead, 1059. Boomerangs, Egyptian, 1181. Borago officinalis, 306. Boring, rock, molluscan, 422. Borneo, 552; head-hunters of, 189; na- Boronia pinnata, 80. Borotungstic acids, 976. Boston. American academy (see Ameri- Bove's Patagonian voyage, 1085; on the Bow and Belly River districts, 477, 881. Brains of great men, 469. Brain-weight tables from Cochin China, Branchinecta paludosa, 81. Branchiobdella on crayfish, 730; astaci, 344. Branchipus, 149. Brauns on Ainos, 219. Brazil, bone-caverns of, 541; geology of, Brazilian coast, 377; folk-lore, 964; Brazza, de, 989; on the Kongo, 225. Bridges, practical test of, 101. Britain, Venus mercenaria in, 672. British association, meeting of, in Can- Bromide, electric conductivity of, 426. iodine, 927; investigations on, 198. Bruckmannia, 397. Brunner von Wattenwyl's European Or. thoptera, reviewed, 605. Buccinum, 319; nivale, 260; sulcatum, 260. Buchloe dactyloides, 335. Buckeye leaf-stalk borer, 253. Buckland, Miss A. W., writings of, 376. Buffalo naturalists' field-club, 321. Buffalo Peaks, 983. Bufo, 584; columbiensis, 21. Building materials, tests of, 103. Bull's process for iron-smelting, 208. Buoys, lighting, 873. Bureau of ethnology, etc. See U. S. Bu- reau, etc. BURGESS, E. Suggested improvements Buteo pennsylvanicus, 168. Butterflies, illustrations of American, Cable power for street-railways, 102. Caffraria, anthropology of, 745. Cairo, Wissmann's letter from, 608. Cave-dwelling Planarian, 451. Cemetery, ancient, at Madisonville, O., Census, compendium of tenth, 206; Centenary of balloon discovery, 293. Ceratodus, spawning-habits of, 737. Cerebral convolutions of man, 526. Chills, blast-furnace, 102. Chinoline, derivatives of, 1109. Chloride, silver, electric conductivity of, Chlorination, fine gold from, 18. Chlorine, 198; action of, on metals, 977; Chlorophyll, development of, 421. Chonetes sarcinulatus, 608. Chorillos, Peru, longitude determinations Chottes, flooding the, 988. Cicada, 82, 467. Cingularia, 397. Cinnamomum cassia, 50. Cionella acicula, 584. Circus hudsonius, 168. Clothes-moths, 907. Clover, red, self-impotence of, 894. COLLIER, P. Track of meteor, ill., 422. Color in Egypt, 857; of horses, 629; in Colors of flowers, 42, 43. Colorado region, shells from, 449. Commelyna, 179. Compass deviation, correcting, 485. Composite, new American, 139. Conduits, brick, 484. Congelation of carbonic disulphide and Congress of Americanists, 409; of geo- Conical umbilics, 175. Conjugate quadrangles, 174. Conjugation of Infusoria, theory of, 273. Connective tissue, 'mastzellen' of, 1049. Conversion-tables of weights and meas. Conyza rivularis, 433. Cook, C. S. Perfect interference of sound Cope, E. D., on Sirenia, 160.* Copper, volumetric determination of, 308. Copper ores at Spenceville, Cal., treat- Copper-smelting, Mexican, 598; modi. Corallina, 344. Corals, operculate, 447. Corea, 746, 1162. Corinth canal, 422. Corona, solar, 169. Corundum, products of alteration of, 884. Corvus frugilegus, 513. Corylus avellana, 370; insignis, 259. Crossing in plants, value of, 231. Crotalus lepidus, 21; molossus, 21. Crova, Professor, on New condensing- Crow, intelligence of, 359, 458, 513, 576. Cryolite, 432; group, minerals of, 315. Cuba, eastern, 987. Cucurbita ficifolia, 12; moschata, 12. Culex mosquito, 420. Cultivated plants, origin of, 12. Cumberland valley, stone graves of, 292. Cup-shaped sculpture, 803. Cupelopagus bucinedax, 38. Cure for blast-furnace chills, 102. Currents, arctic, 506. Curves of any deficiency, 84; whose co- Cyanogen chloride, action of, on pyrrol Cycloderma ohiensis, 316. Cyclograpsus tasmanicus, 173. Cyclops, 230, 467; Thomasi, 495. Cynops, 21. Cystiphyllum prismaticum, 202. Darwin, Charles, celebration of birthday Darwin, G. H., 26; on variations in the Davenport academy of natural sciences, Decay of rocks geologically considered, 324. Dimorphism in Foraminifera, 1170; in Dimya, 51. Dinocerata, carpal bones of, 339. Dinophilus, 393; structure and develop- Dioscorides, manuscripts of, 208. Diptera, thorax of, 954. Dipterocaris, 81. Dipyridyl, derivatives of, 595. Eclipse, solar, of May 6, 119, 299, 587, 594. Ectosteorhachis ciceronius, 204. EDDY, H. T. Extension of the theorem of EDMANDS, J. R. Pairing of first-born, Eggs, fertile, from a dead moth, 392. Egyptian boomerangs, 1181; economy, 805. Eisengebirge, lithology of the, 714. Elaeocarpus, 405. Elaphidion villosum, 409. Elassoma zonatum, 556. Elastic sphere, vibrations of, 90. Electric amalgamation, 481; arc, resist Electric light apparatus, 376; on coasts of Electric lighting, cost of, 295; motor, Electrical congress, appropriation for re- Electro-magnets, winding, 1142. Electrotonus of motor nerves of man, 1178; of sensory nerves of man, 1179. Elephant's milk, 680. Elephants, parasites of, 148. Elephas africanus, 371. Elisa bella, 433. Ellipsoid, alignment curves on, 811; li- Elliptic double refraction, 187. Embryo chick, lymph-hearts in, 158. |