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SCIENCE. 



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capable and efficient officer, if he were afforded 

 the proper facilities for carrying out the 

 proper functions of Government Entomologist. 

 F. M. Webster. 



SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS AND ARTICLES. 



The American Naturalist for September 

 begins with ' A Contribution to the Morphol- 

 ogy and Development of Corymorpha pendula 

 Ag ' by Albert J. May. This includes a study 

 of the origin of the se/ cells and of the phe- 

 nomena associated with oogenesis. J. Arthur 

 Harris has a paper on ' The Habits of Cam- 

 harus' which contains many interesting ob- 

 servations on the burrowing habits of some 

 species and their ' chimney building.' Max 

 Morse contributes the nineteenth of the 

 ' Synopses of North American Invertebrates,' 

 this being devoted to the Trichodictidse, form- 

 ing a monograph of the North American spe- 

 cies. The balance of the number comprises 

 reviews and notes, the botanical notes being 

 many in number. 



With the October issue The American Mu- 

 seum Journal begins its appearance as a 

 quarterly. The number is practically devoted 

 to an account of ' The Jesup North Pacific 

 Expedition ' accompanied by maps and illus- 

 trations. The supplement forms ' Guide Leaf- 

 let No. 12,' and in its thirty-two pages W. D. 

 Matthew describes ' The Collection of Fossil 

 Vertebrates ' which has recently been re- 

 arranged. This Leaflet contains many illus- 

 trations and a large amount of information; 

 it should be in great demand by others than 

 museum visitors. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES. 

 ONONDAGA ACADEMY OF SCIENCE. 



The first meeting of the Academy since the 

 summer vacation was called to order by the 

 president. Dr. Kraus, in the rooms of the 

 Historical Society in Syracuse on September 

 25, 1903. P. F. Schneider presented a paper 

 on ' Mica Prospects in Northern Georgia.' 

 He gave a description of the area in which 

 the mica occurs, of the mica-feldspar, pegma- 

 tite dikes in which it occurs, and considered 



the conditions favoring the further develop- 

 ment, such as the water power, cost of labor, 

 etc. He closed with a statement of the dif- 

 ferent uses of mica. Mica has been produced 

 in limited quantities in northern Georgia in 

 years past and Mr. Schneider concludes that 

 the surface indications justify further develop- 

 ment and an increased output. 



T. C. Hopkins, 

 Corresponding Secretary. 



DISCUSSION AND CORRESPONDENCE. 



THE ANIMAL PARASITE SUPPOSED TO BE THE 

 CAUSE OF YELLOW FEVER. 



My connection with the Working Party No. 

 1 of the Yellow Fever Institute and the basis 

 on which I rest my claim as being the first 

 to have interpreted correctly and given value 

 to the things fou7id in the hodies of the 

 mosquitoes infected from yellow fever patients. 



Working Party No. 1 of the Yellow Fever 

 Institute (a bureau of the TJ. S. Marine Hos- 

 pital Service), consisting of Dr. Herman B. 

 Parker, P.A., surgeon and chairman, Washing- 

 ton, D. C., Professor G. E. Beyer, biologist at 

 Tulane University, and Dr. 0. L. Pothier, 

 pathologist. Charity Hospital, New Orleans, 

 reports in Bulletin No. 13 of the Institute the 

 results of its labors in Vera Cruz during the 

 summer of 1902. 



Section 6 of this bulletin contains the de- 

 scription of an animal parasite which was 

 found in the bodies of mosquitoes infected 

 from yellow fever patients. 



In the letter of transmittal the following 

 sentence occurs : 



In the proper study and classification of this 

 new parasite the Working Party desires to ex- 

 press its thanks to Mr. J. C. Smith, of New 

 Orleans, La., for valuable aid and suggestions in 

 working out the life-history of the organism. 



I claim that the above recognition is not 

 commensurate with the services I rendered to 

 the party. That it was not ' aid and sugges- 

 tions ' that the party received from me, but 

 that it was given the pith of the whole 

 matter included in the section entitled : ' The 

 Contaminated Stegomyia fa-sciata and its 

 Parasite,' as I will show further on. 



