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L. Kellogg, Leland Stanford Jr. University, Stanford University, 

 California; James G. Needham, Cornell University, Ithaca, New 

 York; C. T. Brues, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massa- 

 chusetts. Nathan Banks, U. S. National Museum, Washington, 

 D. C. 



Member of Committee on Nomenclature. — E. P. Felt, New 

 York State Entomologist, Albany, New York. 



The Society will hold its next meeting with the American 

 Association for the Advancement of Science at Atlanta, Georgia. 



Alexander D. MacGillivray, Secretary, 



BOOK NOTICE. 



The Spider Book. — A manual for the study of the Spiders and their 

 allies, the Scorpions, Pseudo-scorpions, Whip-scorpions, Har- 

 vestmen, and other members of the Class Arachnida, found in 

 America, north of Mexico, with analytical keys for their classi- 

 fication and popular accounts of their habits. By John Henry 

 Comstock.. Doubleday, Page & Co., New York. 

 Spiders have received relatively little attention on this con- 

 tinent from systematic zoologists, considering the large size of the 

 order, the abundance of many of the species in every locality, 

 their exceedingly interesting and varied habits and the important 

 role that they play in the economy of nature. The same state- 

 ment might, indeed, be made to include the whole of the Class 

 Arachnida, but, whereas the other order of the class are less 

 obviously attractive, it is difficult to understand why the spiders 

 have never been favourites. 



The "Spider Book," which is an excellent introduction to the 

 study of the Arachnida, and the spiders in particular, is therefore 

 to be welcomed as a most important addition to American arachno- 

 logical literature, particularly as it is not only adapted to the 

 needs of the beginner, but will doubtless also form a useful book 

 of reference for teachers and entomologists generally. 



In the first chapter the general characteristics of the Arachnida 

 and their relationships toother classes of Arthropods are discussed. 

 The characteristics of the various orders are also given, with tables 



