May ], 1896.] 



SCIENCE. 



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morphine and various poisons ; the methods of 

 studying bacteria, with complete set of cultures, 

 apparatus, etc. ; photomicrographs and prepara- 

 tions illustrating the structure of steel, and 

 many other objects of interest. 



At nine o'clock Dr. Edward G. Love, the 

 President of the Society, gave a brief lecture ou 

 the use of the microscope in the examination of 

 the fibers of various textile fabrics, fully illus- 

 trated by lantern slides. The committee of ar- 

 rangements consisted of Messrs. George W. 

 Kosmak, George H. Blake and William B. Tut- 

 hill. It seems no more than right and proper 

 to acknowledge at this point the obligations 

 which this and other scientific societies of New 

 York should feel towards the Museum au- 

 thorities for the many courtesies and favors 

 shown. 



G. W. K. 



BULLETINS OF THE DIVISION OP ENTOMOLOGY. 



As previously announced in these columns, 

 with the interruption of Insect Life, the periodi- 

 cal bulletin of the Division of Entomology, U. 

 S. Department of Agriculture, the publication 

 of two series of bulletins was begun, the first a 

 technical series, embodying the results of the 

 purely scientific work of the members of the 

 force of the Division, the second a general 

 series of economic bearing. Of the first series 

 two numbers have been published, the first, A 

 Revision of the ApheliniuEe of North America, 

 by L. O. Howard, and the second. The Grass 

 and Grain Joint-worm Flies and their Allies ; a 

 Consideration of Some North American Phy- 

 tophagic Eurytominse, by the same writer. 

 The last named publication has just appeared. 

 It embodies descriptions of nineteen species of 

 plant-feeding Eurytominte, fourteen of which 

 are new. All of the species make galls in the 

 stems of graminaceous plants, with the excep- 

 tion of two which feed in the seeds of Vitis. 

 Mr. Howard rehabilitates, on structural grounds, 

 the colorational species of Isosoma, established 

 by Fitch, and decides that the species which 

 Fitch considered to be Isosoma hordei is entirely 

 ■distinct from Harris' species, and that the lat- 

 ter corresponds with Fitch's Isosoma fulvipes. 



The general series of bulletins so far issued 

 includes No. 1, The Honey Bee ; a Manual of 



Instruction in Apiculture, by Frank Benton ; 

 No. 2, Proceedings of the Seventh Annual 

 Meeting of the Association of Economic Ento- 

 mologists ; and No. 3, The San Jose Scale : its 

 Occurrences] in the United States, with a full 

 account of its Life History and the Remedies to 

 be used against it, by L. O. Howard and C. L. 

 Marlatt. The last-named is a pamphlet of 80 

 pages and includes a very full illustrated ac- 

 count of Aspidiotus perniciosus, particularly in 

 regard to its eastern occurences ; the life history 

 of the species as determined by careful indoor 

 experiments at Washington ; and a complete 

 bibliography. 



GENERAL. 



The sub-committee of the New York Legis- 

 lature has reported to the Assembly recom- 

 mending that the State Geological Survey be 

 placed entirely under the management and di- 

 rection of Dr. James Hall. 



The Council of the Koyal College of Sur- 

 geons, England, has awarded the Jackson prize 

 to Dr. A. A. Kanthack for an essay on tetanus, 

 and the Walker prize, for the best work on 

 cancer, to Mr. H. J. Stiles. 



The United States civil service commission 

 will hold an examination in Washington and 

 other cities, commencing at 9 a. m. ou May 15, 

 to fill two vacancies in the position of scientific 

 assistant in the fish commission, the salary of 

 one position being $720 per annum and of the 

 other $1,200 per annum. 



We learn from Nature that a memorial has 

 been projected in Germany to the late Prof. 

 Hermann Hellriegel, of Bernburg, who died in 

 September last. It is proposed to erect a mon- 

 ument in the churchyard at Bernburg, where 

 the remains of the distinguished investigator are 

 interred. An appeal for contributions has been 

 issued,' and. a small committee, consisting of 

 the President and Secretary of the Bernburg 

 Agricultural Society and Dr. Wilfarth, Hell- 

 reigel's colleague in his researches, has been 

 formed to carry out the details. 



Senator Cannon, of Utah, has introduced 

 into the Senate a joint resolution proposing the 

 construction at Washington of a map of the 

 United States on a scale of one foot to the 

 mile. 



