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buildings were put up on the site proposed they would hardly afford 

 sufficient accommodation for the immediate future, while there would 

 be no possibility whatever of their enlargement and extension at any 

 subsequent period. 



In the Tillies of June 17tb, Dr. Shipley wrote a letter suggesting^ 

 the purchase of the Crystal Palace by the, Nation as an open space and 

 for Museum purposes, the idea being to locate the College and Museum 

 of Science there. Thus would ample space be provided not only for 

 the present needs of the Department, but for all possible extensions, 

 with but little curtailment of the very large open space on the margin 

 of which the Palace building stands. Objection may be made that this 

 site is too far from the Metropolis. But this matter of distance is more 

 apparent than real since the adoption, by the London, Brighton and 

 South Coast Railway, of electricity as a source of rapid traction, with 

 its consequent cheapening of fares, better accommodation, and more 

 frequent trains. The idea has received considerable support if one may 

 judge from the letters which have been written subsequently. We are 

 reminded that some time ago there was a proposal on foot to purchase 

 the Crystal Palace and grounds as a Memorial to King Edward VII. 

 Is not the magnificent New Victoria and Albert Museum a huge 

 memorial building devoted to the accommodation of all branches of 

 examples in applied art ? And why not have a similar building on an 

 adequate site devoted to the housing of all that appertains to the 

 furtherance of applied science ? 



In the June number of the Canadian EntoinulofiLst is a very useful 

 article on the " Nomenclature of the Male Genitalia in Lepidoptera," 

 by J. McDonnough, Ph.D., of Decatur, 111. It comprises a historical 

 summary of the work done in the investigation of these organs, now 

 raised to such importance from a systemic point of view, with especial 

 reference to the terminology used hy various writers. The author of 

 the article applies the law of priority to these and gives a summary 

 and diagnosis to each of the terms, which, in his opinion, should be 

 used. He adds a short bibliography, but by no means a complete one, 

 for we note that more than one of the writers he refers to are omitted 

 from the list. However, the article is well worth reading by those 

 who are interested in this line of entomological investigation. It is 

 pointed out that Zander, in the Zeit. wiss. ZuoL, vol. Ixxii., p. 557, etc., 

 in 1903, published an excellent treatise on the female genital organs, 

 revising the whole of the work hitherto done, giving a clear and 

 definite idea of the development of these organs, and demonstrating 

 the relationship of the various parts to each other. Much of the 

 article by J. McDonnough is taken up with a summary of the above 

 treatise, while the remainder is an attempt to rectify the most confusing 

 application of the various terms used by different writers for the 

 details of the organs they are discussing. Such confusion is probably 

 unavoidable to an extent, but a deal of it arises from the fact that 

 many writers rush into print without endeavouring to find out what 

 has been done by previous workers, abroad as well as at home, although 

 some confusion of terms undoubtedl}' is unavoidable when investigators 

 are working at the same subject in widely separate localities, or in 

 places more or less completely out of scientific touch with each other. 

 In his conclusion he points out that the following is the proper 

 terminology for the more important portions of the male organs. 



