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meaning, and only consists of a chance arrangement of letters, 

 memory, deprived of the clue afforded by sense, is unable to 

 recall the name with accuracy, . . . hence on every occasion 

 reference would have to be made to the original authority 

 for verification, an intolerable burden and a great hindrance to 

 scientific work.' One series of insects was named tana, vana, 

 wana, zana, etc. ; another fandana, gandana, kandana, landana, 

 etc. ; another, Jwhana, kokana, lolana, momana, nonana, 

 popana, etc. And so on. Mr. Meyrick adds, ' a line must be 

 drawn somewhere, and for my part I draw it here and now. 

 I refuse to accept these names, and shall quote them as synonyms 

 with the syllable {van.) attached, signifying that they are 

 void. I take the responsibility of re-naming the species accor- 

 dingly, since someone must do it.' And Mr. Meyrick does. 



EUROPEAN BIOLOGICAL STATIONS. 



In the Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy of Sciences 

 (Vol. XVI., part 2, No, 5) Mr. C. Juday gives an account of 

 ' Some European Biological Stations,' with illustrations. 

 From his description, and from the pictures, it is apparent 

 that England is hopelessly behind its continental friends in 

 the matter of Biological Stations. The author gives a useful 

 summary of the work done at the Plymouth, Port Erin, Culler- 

 coats and Sutton Broad stations. Except for the invidious 

 position we find ourselves in by its perusal, Mr. Juday's 

 contribution is a welcome and useful one. We have long main- 

 tained that Yorkshire should have its Marine Biological Station, 

 the coast is_admirably adapted for it, and workers are not 

 wanting. 



PREHISTORIC ANTHROPOLOGY. 



In many directions great strides have been made in recent 

 times, and in most branches of science this is particularly so. 

 It is now many, many years since the statement was made that 

 we knew all that it was ever possible to be known about our 

 early ancestors, and each year seems to shew that this state 

 ment is the more inaccurate. The study of prehistoric an- 

 thropology grows in interest as time goes on, and rarely a year 

 passes but some important discovery is announced. These 

 are being recorded in a series of books and monographs, which 

 has recently grown to enormous proportions. 



ANCIENT HUNTERS * 



Prof. SoUas, who has given us such a number of important 

 scientific treatises, has just issued a work which deals very 

 fully and carefully with all the recent discoveries, and also 

 ably compares the relics of early men with those found with 



* 'Ancient Hunters and their JNIodern Representatives/ by ^^'. J. 

 SoIIas. Macmillan & Co. 416 pp., 12/- net. 



1912 April I. 



