Miscellaneous Intelligence. 329 
All the other papers are upon a ey of New 
York State, including descriptions of new species, notes on habits, 
ns etc., and also a systematic acadaatoned "of the European 
and some American Hesperide, partially from manuseri ” and 
puigtially from a publication of Dr, Speyer of Prussia. 
IV. Astronomy. 
Observation of the new pie (189); by C. F, Per 
(From a letter to one of the edit tems st teld cae 
of Hamilton College, Clinton, N. y Sept. 18, 1878.)—The follow- 
ing is an observation made last night Me a planet, that probably 
will receive the sei! 189 of the alee group: 
m. Coll, m 
Sept. 17 13h 12m 52s yn gm 458-28 49° 38" 18"2 
from 15 filar micrometer comparisons with the star Riimker II. 568. 
I had already become aware of this planet on the night of Sept. 
9-10, at about four o’clock in the morning, when daybreak did 
not give time for a regular measurement. For several days there- 
after the strong moonten interfered. From the poston as put 
down in my chart, I derive the place, ital to 1878°0: 
a= 1" oe 2°; d= +10° 197, 
whence in combination with ast = cae observation follow the 
daily motions 3° and abou 
The magnitade of the ile I ae te at 11, and it was as 
well visible with the light of the moon as it now is. 
2. Annals of the Harvard College Observatory.——Two more 
volumes of Annals have just been distributed from the Harvard 
” 
Se Astronomical Observatory. One is the second part of 
ol. : : 
ascensions of 505 principal stars, and is edited by Professor T. H. 
Safford. The other is Tal 1X, and is written by Professor C. 5. 
Peirce, of the Coast Survey. It consists of five chapters, whose 
a : (1) The Sensa- 
2 
( ; 
different observers rs; (5) The form of the galactic cluster. The 
observations were made with a Zollner astrophotometer, under 
an general direction of Professor Winloc ey were begun at 
ambrid 
os duties in the Coast Survey made changes of residence 
cessary. work is also published neg by Engelmann, 
Tapiie under the title Photometric Researches. 
V. MisceLLANrEous ScrentTIFIc INTELLIGENCE. 
American Association. —The twenty-seventh meeting of 
tha ‘Ameri rican Association for the Vedneanag. A of Science con- 
vened at St. Louis, Missouri, on Wednesday, August 21st, and 
continued for one week. The President “ot the meeting was 
