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vol. ili). The number opens with the conclusion of Mr. J. M. Jones’ 
paper on “Nova Scotian Lepidoptera ;” among the other articles we 
would especially mention ‘The Mammalia of Nova Scotia,” by Dr. 
Gilpin, “On Parallel Lines of Elevation in the Earth’s Crust,” by Mr. A. 
Ross, and “The Human Teeth,” by Dr. A. C. Cogswell. 
The Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History (vol. xv., 
part i, Jan.—April, 1872), are chiefly occupied with an able geological 
article by Mr. John B. Perry, on the ‘‘ Post-Tertiary History of New 
England.” 
The Annals of the Lyceum of Natural History of New York (vol. ix 
and vol. x, Nos. 1-7) contain, amongst a large number of able papers on 
all branches of Natural Science, two portions of the late Mr. Coleman 
Robinson’s ‘‘ Lepidopterological Miscellanies.” The Proceedings of the 
same Society from April, 1870 to April, 1871, contain a number of short 
interesting articles, among which we notice a large proportion on Micros- 
copy, by our friend Prof. A. M. Edwards. : 
The Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia 
(parts ii and ili, May—Dec., 1872) contain but one short article that 
bears any reference to Entomology—‘‘On the Agency of Insects in 
Obstructing Evolution,” by Mr. Thos. Meehan. 
The American Naturalist (Salem, Mass.), vol. vii, Nos. 1—4. This 
excellent publication is maintained with undiminished vigour by its 
energetic proprietors, Profs. Packard & Putnam. The numbers of the 
current volume now before us contain the following articles on Insects :— 
‘ Harvest Mites,” by Prof. Riley; “ Controlling Sex in Butterflies,” by 
Mrs. Mary Treat, in which the authoress is unkind enough to suggest that 
male butterflies are produced only from half-starved larvæ, the full fed 
specimens producing females !—this new phase of ‘women’s rights,’ though 
based upon experiments, we cannot but regard as a fortuitous coincidence 
in the cases referred to, and by no means a law of nature ; ‘A Viviparous 
Fly,” by Rev. S. Lockwood; and “The Cotton Caterpillar,” by Mr. L. 
A. Dodge. 
The Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences—vol. 1, No. 1, 
April, 1873—is a new addition to the list of scientific serials, and one that 
we trust will be warmly supported by ali naturalists throughout America. 
It is to be published quarterly, in octavo form, thirty-two pages at least 
forming a number. The copy before us contains four valuable articles, all 
