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CONTENTS OF VOLUME XVIII. 



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Title-page i 



Officers ii 



Contents iii 



Dates of Publication of Authors' Separates iv 



List of Illustrations iv 



Errata V 



Note regarding the Chester Mastodon v 



(Part I) Art. 1. The Bicentenary of the Birth of Carolus Linnaeus. 



By Edmund Otis Hovey. (Plates I-IV) ... 1 

 Linnaeus as a Zoologist. By J. A. Allen ... 9 

 Linnaeus as an Intermediary between Ancient and 

 Modern Zoology; His Views on the Class Mam- 

 malia. By W. K. Gregory 21 



Linnaeus and American Botany. By Per Axel 



Rydberg 32 



Address by the President of the Academy, N. L. 



• Britton ... 40 



Address by the President of the American Scenic 

 and Historic Preservation Society, George F. 



KuNz 42 



Address by the President of the United Swedish 



Societies of New York, Emil F. Johnson 46 

 A Sketch of the Life of Carl von Linne. By Ed- 

 ward L. Morris 47 



Linnaeus and American Natural History. By 



Frederic A. Lucas 52 



Greetings from Societies and Individuals .... 57 

 (Part n) Art. 2. New Species and Genera of the Lepidopterous Family 



Noctuids for 1907. Part II. By John B. Smith 91 

 Art. 3. On Determination of Mineral Constitution through 



Recasting of Analyses. By Alexis A. Julien . 129 

 Art. 4. The Chester, New York, Mastodon. By E. O. Hovey. 



(Plate V) 147 



Art. 5, The Production of Sound in the Drumfishes, the Sea- 

 Robin and the Toadfish. By R. W. Tower. 



(Plates VI-VIII) 149 



Art. 6. The North American Species of the Genus Ipomoea. 



By Homer Doliver House 181 



Art. 7. Records of Meetings, 1906. By W. M. Wheeler . 265 

 Art. 8. Records of Meetings, 1907. By Edmund Otis Hovey 313 



Membership Lists, 31 December, 1907 371 



(Part ni) Art. 9. An Investigation of the Figure of the Sun and of Pos- 

 sible Variations in its Size and Shape. By Charles 

 Lane Poor 385 



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