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NOMENCLATURE RULES. ~The Nomenclature _adopted > ‘The Paar will be 
- —as far as possi in accordance or monograph, with such 
alterations as are ouewant 9 to iclng he name into essetaaiie with the strict law of 
rior 
CAPITALISATION OF SPECIFIC NAMES.—Hitherto the rule of ‘The dagger ing il oe 
oologic with a 
been the Z , that specific names varia mence all 
Ts r itals. Henceforth, this rule will still apply to all Zoological thence 
but in managed to the wishes of our tor e sp names of plants 
will conform in this respect to the standard catalogue or monograph in each hranth 
of botany. 
BOOK. Sk RECEI VED. 
Liverpool Nat. Field Club.—Proceedings for the Year 1898, [The Club. 
Missouri Botanic Garden.—1oth Annual Bowie w t for 1898. [The Director. 
Manchester Museum.—Report fo or the y 1898-99, RE Sn Committee. 
Yn Lioar Manninagh, Vol. 3, Part oe received 11th E Asp: 1899. [Isle of Man erin 
Riladeiphia Acad. 7 at. Sci.— , 1899, Part 1, tak a: ar. [Academ 
ssex Naturalist, Vol. o, Nos. ae yitte 1898. [Essex Field Club. 
The Wombat, Vol. 4, 4 NS. 3, for May 1 [Gordon Technical College, Geelong. 
The Halifax Naturalist, Vol. 4, No. 21, for Aug. 1899. [Halifax Scientific Society. 
4 pasieloeseches | ahrbuch.—Jahrg. 10, Heft 4, Juli-August 1899. [Zu Schmidhoffen. 
Geography : Notes of Manch. a Soc.—No. 36, July to Sept 1899. ociety. 
Geologists’ Association.—Proc., Vol. 16, Part 3, for sa ee ‘The errata oe 
-e Mois Scientifique, pour Juin 18 lli¢re & Fils, Paris. 
a Naturaleza, Tomo 10, Num. pate 2 A Ped ge 1899. [is Redactor Jot, Madrid 
i i tall Gurney aobevers n, Publ. 
syche: Journ. of Entom., No. 280, August Ci8op. [Ca sans: 5 Ent fats U. S.A. 
oe Journal, Vol. 8, No. 86, for August 1899. ley, apie 
Science Gossip, N.S., vol. 4, No. 63, for Aa ae 1899. [John Fe Cine. Edito 
tohbies: Vol. 8, Nos. 194- 198; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29, 1899. {The Pu blishers 
K <nowledge. V gust-1899. L 
a Feuille des Jeunes Retuvelicun: Na 346, 1 Aofit 1899. [Mons. Adrien Dollfuss, 
The Nautilus, Vol. 13, No. 4, i test 1899. [H. A. Pilsbry, etc., Editors. 
ec V J. Wat i 
port 
und Haus, Jabrga ang 7, Heft 20, Juli 1899. [Gus aka pera. 
peat Gatke.—Die Vesare Hageiaad, Lieferungen . "Ae 
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By abe Notes, Vol. 10, No. 11 phe! a Bd [the Selhorne Societ ty 
I 
Blasius. 
Boston Sone of Natural History. Sees. Vols. 15 (1872- ah i ( ph aes 
17 (1874-3), 18, (1875-6), 19 (1876-8), 20 (1878-80), 21 (1880-2), 22 (1882-3) 2 
(1884-8), 24 (1888-g0), 25 (1890-2), 26 ligne, and 27 (in 14 parts, I peat 
[The Society. 
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