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vol. iii). The number opens with the conclusion of Mr. J. M. Jones' 

 paper on " Nova Scotian Lepidoptera ; ' among the other articles we 

 would especially mention ; ' The Mammalia of Nova Scotia/' by Dr. 

 Gilpin, "On Parallel Lines of Elevation in the Earth's Crust," by Mr. A. 

 Ross, and "The Human Teeth/' by Dr. A. C. Cogswell. 



The Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (vol. xv., 

 part i., Jan. — April, 1872), are chiefly occupied with an able geological 

 article by Mr. John B. Perry, on the " Post-Tertiary History of New 

 England." 



The Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York (vol. ix 

 and vol. x, Nos. 1-7) contain, amongst a large number of able papers on 

 all branches of Natural Science, two portions of the late Mr. Coleman 

 Robinson's " Lepidopterological Miscellanies." The Proceedings of the 

 same Society from April, 1870 to April, 187 1, contain a number of short 

 interesting articles, among which we notice a large proportion on Micros- 

 copy, by our friend Prof. A. M. Edwards. 



The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 

 (parts ii and iii, May — Dec, 1872) contain but one short article that 

 bears any reference to Entomology — " On the Agency of Insects in 

 Obstructing Evolution," by Mr. Thos. Meehan. 



The American Naturalist (Salem, Mass.), vol. vii, Nos. 1 — 4. This 

 excellent publication is maintained with undiminished vigour by its 

 energetic proprietors, Profs. Packard & Putnam. The numbers of the 

 current volume now before us contain the following articles on Insects : — 

 " Harvest Mites," by Prof. Riley ; " Controlling Sex in Butterflies," by 

 Mrs. Mary Treat, in which the authoress is unkind enough to suggest that 

 male butterflies are produced only from half-starved larvae, the full fed 

 specimens producing females ! — this new phase of 'women's rights,' though 

 based upon experiments, we cannot but regard as a fortuitous coincidence 

 in the cases referred to ; and by no means a law of nature ; "A Viviparous 

 Fly," by Rev. S. Lockwood ; and " The Cotton Caterpillar," by Mr. L. 

 A. Dodge. 



The Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences — vol. i, No. 1, 

 April, 1873 — is a new addition to the list of scientific serials, and one that 

 we trust will be warmly supported by all naturalists throughout America. 

 It is to be published quarterly, in octavo form, thirty-two pages at least 

 forming a number. The copy before us contains four valuable articles, all 



