A BIOLOGICAL JOURNAL. 



Vol. II. 



Published Quarterly. 



JANUARY, 1892 



No. 4 



CONTENTS: 



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Biological Peculiarities of Fhyloxera: H, H- Behr 3^5 



Coleoptera and Mollusca of the San Francisco Beach: George W. Dunn 310 



Studies Among MoUusks— Instinct and Genera: Henry Hemphill - 312 

 Description of the Nest of the California Turret-Building Spider, with Some 



References to Allied Species: J. J. Rivers V^ 



Anatomical Notes on Sutroa alpesiris: GuSTAV Eisen . - . - 3^2 



Flowering Plants and Ferns of San Francisco: Katharine Brandegee . 334 



Appendix— List of the Mosses of San Francisco: .... 3^4 



Members of Botanical Club ....•• 3^^ 



Recent Literature ' yp 



Contributions to American Botany XYHL Descriptions of New Plants, chief- 

 ly Gamopetalx, Collected by C. G. Pringle in 1 889-1890. 



Proceedings of Societies: 



California Academy of Sciences 39^ 



California Botanical Club 39^ 



Notes 396 



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