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Form is a word which might be made to apply to such occa- 

 sional, but constant departures from type as are well recognized 

 under the terms dimorphic or seasonal forms, and sexual forms. 



A monstrosity is not to be confounded with an aberration. 

 The aberration is a normal creature, while the monstrosity is ab- 

 normal in some structural feature. It may be in the form of the 

 body, in a commingling of sexual appearances (without neces- 

 sarily being hermaphroditic), or any alteration which would pro- 

 duce a symmetry. I have seen two monstrosities worthy of 

 mention. One a male, Papilio turnus, with one primary marked 

 like (rlaucus. Another was a Cecropia, on the primaries of which 

 was a departure from symmetrical marking, the two, however, 

 being unlike. 



Hermaphrodites and hybrids need no description beyond 

 mention. 



On the question of the propriety of giving names I would ad- 

 vocate the naming of all well-defined species, varieties, races and 

 perhaps aberrations and forms. 



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THOMAS SAY. III. 



By Prof. F. M. WEBSTER, Wooster, Ohio. 



In the Winter of 1825-26 there descended the Ohio River from 

 Pittsburg a craft somewhat resembling a western flat boat. The 

 passengers on this primitive vessel were, many of them, noted 

 in the scientific and literary world, among them being Thomas 

 Say, who, with Messrs. Owen, Maclure and others, were making 

 their way to the new home of the recently organized confrater- 

 nity. This craft landed its passengers at Mt. Vernon, Ind., from 

 whence they were conveyed overland to their destination. From 

 that day to the present the cargo of that primitive craft has been 

 known as "the Boat Load of Knowledge," and one of the per- 

 sons composing it, Mr. Victor C. Duclos, is still living in New 

 Harmony. A year or more later Say was married to Miss Lucy 

 May Sistare, an accomplished and talented young lady, sister 

 of Mrs. Frances Ball, wife of the well-known jeweler. Dr. Ed- 

 ward Murphy, now living in New Harmony, and an annual at- 

 tendant at meetings of the American Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, was a guest at the wedding of Mr. and Mrs. 

 Say. The subject of this sketch is described as being fully six 



