BULLETIN 



OF THE 



Southern Cafifornia Academy of Sciences 



COMMITTED ON PUBLICATION: 



A. DAVtDSO^F, C. M., M. D., Chairman 

 Mblville Dozeer T. B Comstock, Ph. D. 



CONTENTS : 



Page 



Frontispiece, Spiral Nebula in Canis Venatici 22 



New Spectograph at Lowe Observatory, by Edgar 



Iv. Larkin (111.) 23 



Scrophularia Glabrata, sp. nov. (111.) Dr. Anstru- 



THER Davidson 26 



The Genus Dirina in North America, Dr. H. E. 



Hasse 26 



Silvery Footless Lizard or Snake (111.) Prof. J. J. 



Rivers 27 



Notes 28 



Books and Pamphlets Received 28 



Transactions 29 



Calendar of Meetings during March 32 



Officers and Directors 33 



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