302 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 



C. K. Remington : Cremation, past and present, with statistics pertaining 

 thereto. 



J. R. Dodge: The International statistical Institute. — The agricultural surplus. 



H. E. Alvord : The true basis for dealings in milk. 



Mrs. L. 0. Talbot and 0. W. Smiley: On the life of the late E. B. Elliot. 



Entomological Club. 



C. M. Weed : On the parasites of the honeysuckle sphinx, Eemaris deffinis. — 

 On the hymenopterous parasites of the strawberry leaf-roller, Phoxopteris Comp- 

 tana. — On a supposed hymenopterous parasite of the spotted lady-beetle, Megilla 

 maculata. 



Herbert Osborn : The food habits "of Thripidse. — Note on the origin of the 

 wing in Aleurodes. — Note on' Cicada rimosa in Iowa. 



0. H. Westcott : Entomological memoranda : Butterflies as carrion lovers. 

 Summer and winter varieties of Melitsea. — Unusual localities for pupation of 

 Heterocera. — Comparative abundance of species of Lachnosterna. — Note on Cram- 

 bidse. — A successful insect trap. 



D. S. Kellicott : Note on Hepialus argenteomaculatus. 

 J. Fletcher: On Colias eurytheme. 



E. A. Swartz : Geographical distribution of the semi-tropical Floridian Coleop- 

 terous fauna. 



L. 0. Howard : A Calif ornian parasite of a mealy bug (Daclylopius). 



Botanical Club. 



B. E. Fernold : What is a tree ? 



W. M. Beauchamp: Some Onondaga (Indian) names of plants. 

 Thomas Meehan: Irregular tendencies in tubifloral Compositse. 

 George Vasey : The vegetation of the great American desert. 

 Charles P. Barnes : The acridity of Arissema triphylla. 

 A. A. Cosier: Secondary effect of pollination. 



Mrs. H. L. T. Wolcott: Is the amber-fruited choke-cherry entitled to a name? 

 W. R. Lazenby : Two forms of Virginia creepers. — Notes on the flowering 

 plants of Ohio. 



Jos. P. James-; Dentaria maxima. — Asclepias tuberosa. 



Scribner : Notes on Andropagon. 



Spaulding : Changes in the Hoseplant induced by Puccinea graminis. 



Waite ; Changes in the local fungus flora of Champaigne, 111. 



Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science. 

 H. W. Wiley : The adulteration of lard and methods of analysis. 

 G. C. Caldwell : Some phases of the present state of the nitrogen question. 

 S. M. Babcock: The presence of fibrin in milk. 



D. E. Salmon : Present condition of the investigation of swine diseases. — The 

 eradication of pleuro-pneumonia. 



W. A. Henry r The influence of certain foods upon the growth of pigs. 

 R. C. Kedzie : Tile drainage in relation to flood and drouth. 

 S. A. Forbes : The relation of wheat culture to the chinch bug. 



C. V. Riley : Remarks on the Hessian fly. — Further notes on the hop plant 

 louse. 



G. H. Cook : Relation of Experiment Stations to State Boards of Agriculture 

 and Agricultural Colleges. 



W. J. Beal : Some peculiarities of the plants of the plains of Northern 

 Michigan. 



E. W. Hilgard : Some reactions between alkaline salts and earthy carbonates. 



2. India in 1887, as seen by Robert Wallace, Prof. Agric. and 

 Rural Econ., Univ. Edinburgh. 264 pp. 8vo, with numerous 

 collotype and other plates. Edinburgh, 1888. (Oliver & Boyd, 

 Edinburgh). This volume by Professor Wallace is one of great 

 interest as regards the agriculture and forestry of India, and its 



