300 KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 
Lake Pontchartrain, La., by S. V. Summers, pp. 78-99. Catalogue of Boleti of New 
England, with descriptions of new species, by Chas. C. Frost, pp. 100-105. Descriptions 
of new Noctuids, by H. K. Morrison, pp. 109-117. Observations on North American 
moths, by Leon F. Harvey, pp. 118-121; 270-284. Land and fresh-water shells of the 
state of New York, by James Lewis, pp. 127-142. Notes on American lepidoptera, with 
descriptions of twenty-one new species, by Aug. R. Grote, pp. 145-163. Determination of 
the species of moths figured in the ‘‘ Natural History of New York,’’ by Aug. R. Grote, pp. 
164-168. A list of the Leptidw, Mydaidwe and Dasypogonina of North America, by Ch. R. 
Osten-Sacken, pp. 169-187. On allied species of Noctuide inhabiting Europe and North 
America, by A. R. Grote, pp. 193-200; 313-314. On Atticus ( Samia) columbia and its para- 
sites, by H. A. Hagen, pp. 201-208. Check-list of North American sphinges, by A. R. Grote, 
pp. 224-228. Synonymic list of the butterflies of North America north of Mexico, by 
Samuel H. Scudder, pp. 233-269. Synopsis of the discomycetous fungi of the United States 
by M. C. Cooke, pp. 285-300. 
Vol. IV, Nos. 1-5, 290 pp.; 3 pll.; 1 map. List of the coleoptera observed and collected 
in the vicinity of Buffalo, by F. Zesch and O. Reinecke, pp. 2-16; 1 pl. On certain fossils 
of the water-lime group near Buffalo, by Julius Pohlman, pp. 17-22; 41-46. Notes on the 
larvee of some local Pterophoride, by David S. Kellicott, pp. 47-52. The plants of Buf- 
falo and vicinity, by David F. Day, pp. 63-256. 
Vol. V, Nos. 1-5; 266 pp.; 3 pll. New genera and species of fossils from the Niagara 
shale, by E. N. S. Ringueberg, pp. 5-22. Fossils from the water-lime group near Buffalo, 
N. Y., by Julius Pohlman, pp. 22-32: 1pl. Nidification of birds on the St. Clair flats, by 
J. H. Langille, pp. 33-39. Nonagria subcarnea, n.s., by D. S. Kellicott, pp. 40-44. The 
gape-worm of fowls (Syngamus trachealis): The earth-worm (Lumbricus terrestris), its 
origin and host, ete., by D, H. Walker, pp. 47-71: 1 pl. Ventriloquial and imitative power 
of birds, by E. E. Fish, pp. 72-80. Native and naturalized plants of Buffalo and its vicin- 
ity (second supplement), by David F. Day, pp. 85-96. The Mills collection of fresh-water 
sponges, by David S, Kellicott, pp. 99-104, List of the macro-lepidoptera of Buffalo and 
vicinity, by Edward P. Van Duzee, pp. 105-160, A list of hemiptera of Buffalo and vicinity, 
by Edward P. Van Duzee, pp. 167-204. Deseriptions of some new North American homopte- 
rous insects, by E. P. Van Duzee, pp. 205-216. A preliminary review of the North American 
Delphacide, by E. P. Van Duzee, pp. 225-261. 
HAMILTON.—Colgate University, Department of Geology: 
Circulars of information, courses of instruction, etc., 1895-’96, 18 pp. 1896-97, 16 pp. 
ITHACA.—Cornell University—Agricultural Experiment Station: 
Bulletins. ; 
Announcement of the New York State College of Forestry, 40 pp. 
M. V. Slingerland, Cornell University: 
Bulletin No. 124. The pistol-case-bearer in western New York, by M. V. Slingerland, 17 pp. 
No. 126. The currant-stem girdler and the raspberry-cane maggot, by M. V. Slingerland, 
60 pp. 
No. 133. The army-worm, by M. V. Slingerland, pp. 233-258; 2 pll.; several figures. 
No. 142. The codling-moth, by M. V. Slingerland, 69 pp. 
New BriGuton.— Natural Science Association of Slaten Island: 
Proceedings, vol. VI, Nos. 3-16, pp. 11-56. 
NEw YorK.—Linneean Society of New York; ‘ 
Abstract of the proceedings for the year ending March 9, 1897. The fishes and brackish 
waters in the vicinity of New York city, by Eugene Smith, 55 pp. 
Abstract of proceedings for the year ending March 8, 1898. The frogs and toads found in 
the vicinity of New York city, by W. L. Sherwood, 27 pp. 
New York Academy of Sciences: 
Annals. Index to vol. IX, pp. 705-712. 
Vol. X, Nos. 1-12; 292 pp.; 5 pll. The nature and origin of stipules, by A. A. Tyler, pp.1- ~— ~y 
49; pll. rir. The ascidian half-embryo, by Henry E. Crampton, jr., pp. 50-57; pll. rv and : 
vy. The Rutherfurd photographic measures of sixty-five stars near 61 Cygni, by Herman 8S. 
Davis, pp. 58-122. The parallax of 61' Cygni, deduced from the Rutherfurd photographic 
measures, by H. S. Davis, pp. 122-160. The Rutherfurd photographic measures of thirty- 
four stars near ‘‘ Bradley 3077,’ by H. S. Davis, pp. 161-187. The Praesepe group; measure- 
ment and reduction of the Rutherfurd photographs, by Frank Schlesinger, pp. 189-286. 
Vol. XI, parts I and II, 292 pp.; 34 pll.; 24 figs. Considerations on cell-lineage and an- 
cestral reminiscence, based on a re-examination of some points in the early development 
of annelids and polyclades, by E. B. Wilson, pp. 1-27; figs. 1-7. An ‘‘X-ray detector’’ for 
research purposes, by C. C. Trowbridge, pp. 29-38; figs. 8-11. The use of the fluoroscopic 
