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close rings surrounding the ends of the 

 cells. Cladophora is a bright-green 

 alga with long cells and a branch- 

 ing habit. Zygnenia is composed 

 of straight filaments with the coloring 

 matter arranged in stellate masses, 

 usually two in each cell. All of these 

 except Cladophora were found in the 

 collections, and many others not so 

 easily recognized from such brief de- 

 scriptions as we have space for here. 

 These few words will doubtless ena- 

 ble the collector not acquainted with 

 the algsE to distinguish the genera 

 mentioned when he finds representa- 

 tives of them in the field of the micro- 

 scope. The study of the algag is very 

 fascinating, and offers good opportu- 

 nities for original obsei'vation. 



NOTES. 



— Prof. Joseph Leidy has described a 

 new annelid in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Set. 

 of Philadelphia, which he found in the 

 Schuylkill. He has named it Manayunkia 

 Speciosa. It closely resembles the marine 

 annelid Fabricia, but differs in the lopho- 

 phores, being undivided, in having two 

 large tentacles continuous with the main 

 trunks of the vascular system, and it has 

 no eyes on the terminal body segment. 

 It is fully described, and figured. 



— Prof. Samuel Lockwood delivered an 

 address before the New-York Microscopi- 

 cal Society on the evening of February 

 15th. His subject was 'The Wine Fly,' 

 Drosophila ampelophila. After the lec- 

 ture the members of the society attended 

 a reception at the residence of Mr. F. W. 

 Devoe, to meet Prof. Lockwood socially, 

 where the remainder of the evening was 

 pleasantly spent. An abstract of the ad- 

 dress will soon be published in this 

 journal. 



— Scandinavia is the name of a monthly 

 publication recently established in Chi- 

 cago, which aims to present articles on 

 ancient and modern phases of Scandina- 

 vian life, representing the chief features 

 of Scandinavian history, mythology, lite- 

 rature, science, etc. It appeals to the 

 English-reading public for well-deserved 

 support. The articles published in the 

 first five numbers are of a high character, 

 and appeal to the interest of the more in- 

 telligent and thoughtful class of readers. 



It is a publication of sterling worth, and 

 we trust it will receive ample and imme- 

 diate support. 



The subscription price is $2.00. Pub- 

 hshed at 24 N. Clark St., Chicago. 



— So many of our readers are physicians 

 that we would be glad to make frequent 

 references to articles in current medical 

 journals, but our space is too limited. We 

 cannot refrain from calling attention to an 

 article by Dr. A. L. Gihon entitled ' Medi- 

 cal Education the Fundamental Fact in 

 Medical Ethics,' \x\\}i\& Journal Am. Med. 

 Assn of Jan. 12th. It is an article that 

 should be read by every physician ; for 

 the medical profession is responsible for 

 the disgraceful condition of medical edu- 

 cation in this country ; and to the profes- 

 sion rather than to State legislation we 

 must look for its improvement. We learn 

 from the article that the examinations 

 passed by surgeons in the navy are more 

 rigorous than those of most medical col- 

 leges — so that Surgeon U. S. N. is a supe- 

 rior title to M. D. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



The 'Congress' Nose-piece. 



To THE Editor: — When I wrote the 

 letter in regard to the so-called ' congress 

 nose-piece,' printed on page 38 of this 

 Journal, in the February number, I had 

 some faint hopes that Mr. Bulloch did not 

 really intend to wrong me, but would take 

 the opportunity thus offered to him to give 

 me due credit for the invention, and lay 

 the false announcement of it as his own 

 to a 'printer's blunder.' I am sorry to 

 note that, so far from doing this, he now 

 claims it as his own device, admits that 

 he had patented it before sending me the 

 first specimen, and even boasts of his 

 'zeal' and 'enterprise' in giving this in- 

 vention to the microscopic world — an in- 

 vention, be it distinctly remembered, that 

 I had myself made complete in all its plan 

 and details and entrusted to Mr. Bulloch 

 to construct for me. I have no wish to 

 prolong a controversy with him. I shall 

 simply say that I have drawings of the 

 nose-piece as invented by me three and a 

 half years ago ; that I did show Mr. Bul- 

 loch sketches — not full-size, exact draw- 

 ings made to scale, ready for the Patent 

 Office Bulletin, but sketches clear and 

 complete enough to show the exact nature 

 of the plan and construction. I showed 

 them to him and others at Detroit in 1880 

 and again at Chicago in 1883. 



