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glacial deposit in Buchanan county, Iowa, by Samuel Calvin, pp. 58-60; pll. 111, 1v. Recent 
discoveries of glacial scorings in southeastern Iowa, by Francis M. Fultz, pp. 60-62. Recent 
developments in the Dubuque lead and zinc mines, by A. G. Leonard, pp. 64-66. The area 
of slate near Nashua, N. H., by J. L. Tilton, pp. 66-71; pl. v; fig. 3. Notes on the geology 
of the Boston basin, by J. L. Tilton, pp. 72-74; 1 map. Two remarkable cephalopods from 
the Upper Paleozoic, by Charles R. Keyes, pp. 76-78; fig. 4. Variation in the position of 
the nodes on the axial segments of pygidium of a species of Encrinurus, by William Har- 
mon Norton, pp. 79-82. A theory of the loess, by B. Shimek, pp. 82-89. Perfect flowers of 
Salix amygdaloides Ands., by B. Shimek, pp. 89-90; fig. 5. Notes on forest distribution in 
Towa, by T. H. Macbride, pp. 96-101. The nomenclature question among the slime moulds, 
by T. H. Macbride, pp. 101-106. Notes on the flora of western Iowa, by L. H. Pammel, 
pp. 106-135. Some notes on chromogenic bacteria, by L. H. Pammel and Robert Combs, 
pp. 135-140. Fungous diseases of plants at Ames, Iowa, 1895, by L. H. Pammel and Geo. W. 
Carver, pp. 140-148. Some anatomical studies of the leaves of Sporobulus and Panicum, 
by Emma Sirrine and Emma Pammel, pp. 148-159; pl. vr. A comparative study of the 
spores of North American ferns, by C. B. Weaver, pp. 159-161; pl. viz. Inoculation experi- 
ments with Gymnosporangium macropus Lk., by F.C. Stewart and G. W. Carver, pp. 
162-169. Preliminary notes on the Iowa entomostraca, by L. S. Ross, pp. 170-173. The 
anatomy of Sphaerium suleatum Lam., by Gilman A. Drew, pp. 173-181; pll. vir, rx, x. A 
study of the genus Clastoptera, by Elmer D. Bail, pp. 182-193; pll. x1-xtv. Observations 
on the Cicadidz of Iowa, by Herbert Osborn, pp. 194-203. Biologic notes on certain Iowa 
insects, by Herbert Osborn and C. W. Mally, pp. 203-2138; figs. 7-13. Contributions to a 
knowledge of the Thripide of Iowa, by Alice M. Beach, pp. 214-228. 
Iowa Geological Survey: 
Vol. IV, 19x27 cm., bound in green cloth. Annual report for 1894. 
Vol. V. Annual report for 1895, 452 pp.; 14 pll.; 7 maps (colored); 72 figs. Report of 
state geologist, Samuel Calvin, pp. 1-31. Geology of Jones county, by Samuel Calvin, pp. 
35-112; 2 pll.; 8 figs.; 1 colored map. Geology of Washington county, by H. Foster Bain, 
pp. 115-173; 1 pl.; 1 colored map; 7 figs. Geology of Boone county, by Samuel Walker 
Beyer, pp. 177-239; 16 figs.; 2 colored maps. Geology of Woodbury county, by H. Foster 
Bain, pp. 243-299; 1 pl.; 2colored maps; 12 figs. Geology of Warren county, by J.T. Tilton, 
pp. 303-359; 4 pll.; 1 colored map; 8 figs. Geology of Appanoose county, by H. Foster Bain, 
pp. 363-438 ; 3 pll.; 1 colored map; 20 figs. 
Iowa City.—Iowa Academy of Sciences. (See Des Moines.) 
State Historical Society: 
Documentary material relating to the history of Iowa, No. 1, edited by Benjamin F. 
Shambaugh, 24 pp. 
No. 2, pp. 25-44. 
No. 5, pp. 101-132. 
No. 6, pp. 133-184. 
Iowa Historical Lectures, delivered before the State Historical Society, lowa City, 1892, 
92 pp. 
Iowa Historical Record, quarterly, Vol. V, Nos. 1, 2, and 3, 1889, pp. 193-336; steel en- 
gravings of James Lee, Gov. Buren R. Sherman, and George Washington. 
Vol. XI, Nos. 1-4, 1895, pp. 193-384; steel engravings of Thomas S. Wilson, Amos Dean, 
Lyman Parsons, Rev. W. Avery Richards, Charles Aldrich, Silas Totten, and Geo. R. Car- 
roll. 
Vol. XII, Nos. 1-3, 1896, pp. 385-528; steel and other engravings of Hon. Joseph Williams, 
George Grover Wright, Francis Springer, and Samuel Storrs Howe. 
Sac City, lowa.—Fred. R. Stearns & Co., Publishers: 
The American Magazine of Natural Science, a monthly devoted to the study of nature, 
Vol. II, No.7, Sample copy, pp. 78-90+-vi. 
KANSAS. 
ATCHISON.—F.. B. Knerr, Ph. D.: 
The Midland, June, 1895, contains: The double tree, by W. B. Werthner, 2 pp.; 1 pl. 
The Midland, June, 1896, contains: The Midland dog’s-tooth violet, by E. B. Knerr, 5 pp. ; 
1 colored plate; 2 figs. 
EFFINGHAM.— Atchison County High School: 
High School Quarterly, Vol. II, No. 1, 14 pp. 
LAWRENCE.— George I. Adams, Ph. D.: 
Extinct Felide of North America, pp. 419-444; 3 pll. From American Journal of Science, 
Vol. I, June, 1896, 
