Di:cE>iDKR -25, 1003.] 



SCIENCE. 



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curiosity and interest; (i) showing off and 

 bashfulucss as phases of self-couseiousness, 

 and (5) niarria<re and fecundity of college 

 men and women. 



E. "W. Scripture, Yale University, New 

 Haven, Conn. For researches in experi- 

 mental phonetics. $1,600. 

 Report. — Professor Scripture's report is 



printed in the 'Year Book.' 



ZOOLOGY. 



H. E. Cr.vmptox, Columbia University, 

 New York. For determining the laws of 

 varintion and inheritance of certain 

 lepidoptera. $250. 



Abstract of lieport. — In order to obtain 

 data for the problems of variation, their 

 relation to selection and for the study of 

 correlation, Dr. Crampton investijrated the 

 following material: (a) 848 cocoons of 

 Philosamia cynthia, (b) l.-ilO cocoons of 

 Samia cecropia, (c) 400 cocoons of Cal- 

 losamia angulifera, etc., (d) 75 cocoons 

 (preliminarj-) of Attacus Orizaba, and (e) 

 one family, Hypercheiria io. 



The data secured furnished material for 

 examination into variation and selection by 

 comparing: (a) Metamorphosing and non- 

 metamorpliosing, (6) the perfect and im- 

 perfect survivors, and (c) the mating and 

 non-mating moths. 



Dr. Crampton thinks that certain gen- 

 eral conclusions are justified from the facts 

 already detennined. Surviving individ- 

 uals are less variable than those which suc- 

 cumb; mating individuals are less variable 

 than those which fail to mate, and the in- 

 dex of correlation of the pupal charaetci-s 

 is higher for the selected individuals in 

 both cases. In a word, selection proceeds 

 upon a basis of dcviatitms from tj'pe and 

 upon a correlative basis. 



J. E. DuERDEN, Chapel Hill, N. C. For 

 investigation of recent and fossil corals. 

 $1,000. 



Abstract of Report. With a view to ob- 

 taining suitable material for continuing his 

 researches on fossil corals. Dr. Duerden has 

 lately visited the principal museums and 

 geological surveys in tireat Britain, where 

 Paleozoic corals are most abundant. These 

 museums, and also the Smithsonian Institu- 

 tion, have placed at his disposal numerous 

 specimens. Other material has been pur- 

 chased. These collections will be studied 

 during the present winter, with the hope 

 of showing the relationship of fossil to 

 recent corals. 



Dr. Duerden has deposited with the Car- 

 negie Institution, with a view to its publica- 

 tion, the manuscript and drawings of a 

 memoir entitled 'The coral Sidcrastrcea 

 radians and its post-larval development.' 

 This work is illustrated by fifteen plates and 

 numerous text figures and gives an account 

 of the morphology of a coral and its growth 

 for a'period of four months. It carries the 

 development of the coral much farther 

 than any previous work and contains many 

 fundamental results in madreporarian 

 morphology. 



C. H. EiGEXSiANX, Indiana University, 

 Bloomingtou, Ind. For investigating the 

 blind fishes of Cuba. $1,000. 

 Abstract of Report.— Dr. Eigenmann 

 did not begin his work under the Carnegie 

 grant until October. He expects to spend 

 from four to six months in Cuba, during 

 the entire breeding season, and to make 

 general collections in the caves and streams. 

 He will also make an effort to secure the 

 blind fishes from the island of Jamaica. 

 He has made arrangements with the Cuban 

 government to cooperate with him. as far 

 as practicable, in giving him facilities for 

 carrying forward his investigation. 



L. O. Howard, Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C. For preparing 

 manuscript and illustrations for a mono- 

 graph on American mosquitoes. $2,000. 



