MAY 3 01989 j ^ol%S^ 



Volume VI. AUGUST, 1889. Whole No. 46. 



A popular monthly review and record for the Pacific Coast. 

 Official Organ of the San Diego Society of Natural History. 



C. R. ORCUTT, - - EDITOR. 



CONTENTS: 



Pack 

 Diagnosis of a New Species of Snake (Lichanura Orcutti) from 



San Diego County, Cal Leonhard Stejneger. 83 



On the Medical Properties of Some California Plants 



Parke, Davis & Co. S4 



Some Notes on Tertiary Fossils ot California. — II C. R. Orcutt 84 



The Oak of Cuj'amaca (Poem) - E. E. 87 



Some Beetles of San Diego County, Cal L. O. Howard 87 



The Trees of British Columbia M. Lopatecki 88 



Briefer Articles — Presentiments; Encouraging Science; Recent 



and Sub-fossil Shells of the Colorado Desert; Ants in 



Gardens 92 



Proceedings of Scientific Societies 93 



Bibliography 94 



Editorial 95 



Notes and News 96 



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