tend my sincere acknowledgments, only regretting my inability to make 

 special mention of those contributing the more elegant and exhaustive 

 reports : Stephen J. Adams, Cornish, Me. ; Samuel L. Bacon, Erie, Penn.; 

 Henry Beaumont, Jr., Nashville, Tenn. ; A. C. Bent, Taunton, Mass. ; 

 Dr. William Bringhurst, Philadelphia, Pa.; Jacob Bastian, Jr., Statesville, 

 N. C. ; Lionel F. Bowers, Columbia, Penn. ; John C. Brown, Carthage, 

 Mo. ; John A. Bryant, Kansas City, Mo. ; H R. Buck, Wethersfield, 

 Conn. ; D. B. Burrows, Lacon, Marshall Co., 111. ; Harvey C. Campbell, 

 Lansingburgh, N Y. ; Henry W. Carriger, Sonoma, Cal. ; William B. 

 Caulk, Terre Haute, Ind. ; W^illard N. Clute, Binghampton, N. Y. ; C. 

 W. Cranfield, Long Island, Queen Co., N Y. ; W. S. Cruzan, Sulphur 

 Springs, Texas ; W. L. Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio ; Victor H. Dewein, 

 Peoria, 111. ; Frederick M. Dille, Denver, Colo. ; J. C. Galloway, Mont- 

 gomery, Ohio; Horace A. Gaylord, Pasadena, Cal. ; I. C. Green, Am- 

 herst, Mass. ; Fred A. Gregory, Rockford, 111. ; Ellis F. Hadley, Diyion, 

 Oregon ; Edmund Heller, Riverside, Cal. ; Carl Fritz Henning, Boone, 

 Iowa ; Ned Hollister, Delavan, Wis. ; Miss Julia M. Hooper. West 

 Bridgewater, Mass. ; J. Warren Jacobs, Waynesburgh, Penn. ; Wait C. 

 Johnson, Centre Rutland, Vt. ; Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio ; C. C. Max- 

 field, Danbury, Conn.; W. H. McNairn. Toronto, Canada; H. W. 

 Menke, Lawrence, Kas. ; Walton Mitchell, St. Paul, Minn. ; A. H. W. 

 Norton, San Antonio, Texas ; Arthur H. Norton, Westbrook, Me. ; 

 Chas. D. Oldright, Austin, Texas ; Rev. P. B. Peabody, Owatonna, 

 Minn. ; A. L. Pearse, Beatrice, Neb. ; F. T. Pember, Granville, N. Y. ; 

 Dr. A. G. Prill, Sodaville, Ore. ; Walter L. Richardson, Pasadena, Cal. ; 

 Robert R. Scorso, Afton, N. J. ; A Mobray Semple, Poynette, Wis ; 

 F. E. Slevin, Jr., San Francisco, Cal. ; J. W. P. Smithwick, Sans Souci, 

 N. C. ; Thomas A. Smithwick, Merry Hill, N. C. ; Reuben M. Strong, 

 Wauwatosa, Wis. ; George N.. Upham, Cofteyville, Kan. ; Ed. VanWinkle, 

 Van's Harbor, Mich. 



Also notes were taken from data and specimens collected in the 

 following localities : Reaburn, Manitoba ; Stratford, Ontario ; Fair- 

 field County, Conn. ; Millbury Mass. : Fleming, Cayuga County ; Gates, 

 Monroe County ; Chili, and Phcenix, all of New York : Deleware 

 and Montgomery Counties, Penn. ; Baltimore County, Md. ; Weaver- 

 ville. Buncombe County, N. C. ; Tarpon Springs, Fla. ; Shabbona, 

 DeKalb County, Montgomery County, and Bernadotte, 111 ; Battle Creek, 

 Ransom, and Kalamazoo, Mich. ; Horse Shoe Creek, Kan, ; Polk and 

 Waukesha Counties, Wis. ; Cirinnell, Iowa ; Steele and Meeker Counties, 

 Minn. ; Nelson County, N. Da. ; Yakima County. Wash. ; Largo, Men- 

 docino County, and Los Angeles County, Cal. ; Travis County, Texas. 



Fr.'SlNk L. Burns. 



