232 Scientific Intelligence. 
21. Cumacea from the West Indies and the South Atlantic ; by 
G. O. Sars. 30 pp. 4to, with 6 plates. (From the Svenska Veten- 
skaps-Akademiens Handlingar, Bandet xi; Stockholm, 1873.)— 
memoir, in the same form as the one on the Cumacea of the 
Josephine Expedition previously noticed, contains minute descrip- 
tions and elaborate figures of seven species from the West Indies 
and Gein off the mouth of the La Plata. Among them there is a 
remarkable new genus, Stephanomma, in which there is a large 
central eye upon the front surrounded by a circle of posve i a 
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22. Distribution of Insects in New Hampshire ; by Saived i. 
Scupper. 50 large 8vo, with 2 maps and a plate. (from 
vol. i of the Final Ais Se upon the Geology of New Hampshire; 
Concord, 1874.)—M Scudder first ——. ne creer 2 between 
—about half the area a ‘the State— being serial as the “ com- 
mon meeting ground” of the two faun These divisions and the 
alpine and sub-alpine aaniog ts upon a mountains are indicated 
by colored areas on the two maps. This introductory pe is 
followed by lists of the ication and Orthoptera of the State 
with many valuable notes on the distribution of the species, and 
a full account of two haan Mountain butterflies, Gneis mer 
and Brenthis Montine 
23. On the Cotton ‘Worm of the Southern — ‘dia ‘angi 
lacea Wiibner, a moth of the Lael, y Noctuide; by A. R. GRoTE. 
(Proce. Am. Ass ssoc., 1874.)—After a discussion of the synonymy of 
the cotton worm family, Mr. Grote discusses as follows the ques 
tion of the origin of the moth: 
“The ee to which I have come with regard to the cot- 
n worm is, that tt dies out oy year (with its food plant), that . 
tt occurs in A the cotton belt of the Southern States, and that its next 
appearance is the result of immigration. Testimony is at hand 
g long and extended flight is readily pro rofessor Pack- 
ant observed the moth off the coast of the Buiter stage as also 
Mr. Burgess. I secs fuer the moth in October n Buffalo, 
N. ¥.. as also Dr, vey. According to Mr. Riley, the moth 
has been Serial i in EP Chearo, I presume in the fall. It seems 
that the moth follows the coast-line northward, as also the water 
courses that empty into the Gulf of Mexico. It is noteworthy 
here that the ha doagiag of the Ohio and Mississippi onan to 
within fifty m f Buffalo. As an example of the prolonger 
flight of ie 1 will state that I have observed in Gul 
