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races or color forms. Observations are cited showing Eros humeraUs 

 to be an example of this group. In Phengodes the obstacle appears 

 to be that the males develop after two years in the larval stage, while 

 the females must spend three or more years as larvae. In Micromal- 

 thus the adults appear to become sexually mature only after a migra- 

 tory flight. J- C. Crawford. 



ANTHROPOLOGY. — Antiquities of the upper Verde and Walnut Creek 

 Valleys, Arizona. J. W. Fewkes. 28th Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. 

 Ethnology, pp. 181-220, pi. 79-102, figs. 56-68. 1912 [pub. 1913]. 

 This is a report on a visit to the ruins of prehistoric remains of build- 

 ings in Arizona, made to determine the western limits of the agricultural 

 Indians called Pueblos. It describes and figures fifteen ruins hitherto 

 unknown, and points out their characteristic features. It states that 

 buildings of two types, forts crowning the eminences and wattle-walled 

 dwellings scattered along the river banks, coexist with cave dwellings, 

 and that no one of these ruins resembles the typical terraced community 

 houses commonly called pueblos. Architecturally these are more closeh^ 

 related to those in southern Arizona than to the pueblos. The memoir 

 closes with a reference to the age of the ruins and an account of the prob- 

 able character and kinship of their former inhabitants. J. W. F. 



ANTHROPOLOGY.— Casa Grande, Arizona. J. W. Fewkes. 28th 

 Ann. Rept. Bur. Amer. Ethnology, pp. 25-179, pis. 1-78, figs. 1-54. 

 1912 [pub. 1913]. 

 This is a final report on the excavation and repair of the famous ruin, 

 Casa Grande, undertaken by the Smithsonian Institution in 1906 and 

 1907-08. The memoir quotes at length from the various historical de- 

 scriptions of the ruin from its discovery, in the year 1694, to the present 

 time, supplementing these written accounts with legends gathered from 

 Piman and other Indians still living in the neighborhood. It likewise 

 contains a comprehensive description, copiously illustrated, of buildings, 

 encircling walls, and other characteristic architectural features revealed 

 by the excavations, and describes the methods of repair adopted for 

 their permanent preservation. Various objects (stone axes, pottery, 

 shell, wood, basketry, etc.) found in the course of the work are figured, 

 described, and, where possible, interpreted. The memoir closes with 

 general considerations of the age of Casa Grande, the kinship of the 

 makers, and probable manners and customs of the former inhabitants, 

 as affected by the climatic and other environmental conditions. The 

 author regards the prehistoric dwellings as different from pueblos, and 

 their inhabitants as culturally characteristic. J. W. F. 



