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  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  the 
  British 
  Museum 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Hume. 
  He 
  had 
  earlier 
  given 
  an 
  impor- 
  

   tant 
  series 
  of 
  Indian 
  mammals, 
  and 
  also 
  some 
  thirty 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  

   collection 
  of 
  skins 
  and 
  the 
  eggs 
  of 
  birds 
  from 
  the 
  Indian 
  Empire, 
  

   aggregating 
  about 
  82,000 
  specimens. 
  

  

  A 
  Revision 
  of 
  the 
  Ichneumonidse 
  with 
  descriptions 
  of 
  new 
  

   genera 
  and 
  species. 
  Part 
  II. 
  Tribes 
  Rhyssides, 
  Echthromor- 
  

   phides, 
  Anomalides 
  and 
  Paniscides 
  ; 
  by 
  Claude 
  Moeley. 
  Pp. 
  

   viii, 
  140 
  ; 
  one 
  plate. 
  — 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  continuation 
  of 
  the 
  revision 
  com- 
  

   menced 
  by 
  the 
  author 
  in 
  1912. 
  

  

  21. 
  Animal 
  Report 
  of 
  the 
  Director 
  of 
  the 
  Field 
  Museum, 
  of 
  Nat- 
  

   ural 
  History, 
  Frederick 
  J. 
  V. 
  Skiff, 
  to 
  the 
  Board 
  of 
  Trustees 
  for 
  

   the 
  year 
  1912. 
  Pp. 
  184-273, 
  Plates 
  XXXI-XLI. 
  Chicago, 
  1913. 
  

   — 
  Dr. 
  Skiff's 
  report 
  of 
  the 
  Field 
  Museum 
  shows 
  the 
  rapid 
  work 
  there 
  

   being 
  accomplished 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  of 
  installations 
  in 
  ethnology 
  and 
  

   zoology. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  last, 
  including 
  large 
  bird 
  and 
  animal 
  

   groups, 
  of 
  very 
  attractive 
  character, 
  are 
  illustrated 
  in 
  the 
  present 
  

   pamphlet. 
  The 
  most 
  important 
  field 
  work 
  in 
  anthropology 
  was 
  

   that 
  of 
  the 
  Joseph 
  N. 
  Field 
  expedition 
  to 
  Melonesia 
  in 
  charge 
  of 
  

   Dr. 
  A. 
  B. 
  Lewis 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  in 
  its 
  fourth 
  year 
  and 
  has 
  yielded 
  a 
  large 
  

   amount 
  of 
  valuable 
  material. 
  Numerous 
  contributions, 
  particu- 
  

   larly 
  in 
  paleontology 
  and 
  botany, 
  are 
  also 
  noted. 
  The 
  Museum 
  

   appeals 
  largely 
  to 
  the 
  people 
  of 
  Chicago, 
  and 
  an 
  increased 
  attend- 
  

   ance 
  in 
  1912 
  of 
  some 
  15,000 
  is 
  remarked 
  upon. 
  The 
  total 
  amount 
  

   expended 
  in 
  the 
  direct 
  work 
  of 
  the 
  Museum 
  was 
  about 
  $240,000. 
  

  

  III. 
  Miscellaneous 
  Scientific 
  Intelligence. 
  

  

  1 
  . 
  General 
  Index 
  to 
  the 
  Chemical 
  News, 
  Vols. 
  1 
  to 
  100. 
  Pp. 
  

   712. 
  London, 
  1913 
  (Chemical 
  News 
  Office). 
  — 
  More 
  than 
  fifty- 
  

   three 
  years 
  have 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  Chemical 
  News 
  was 
  established 
  

   by 
  Sir 
  William 
  Crookes, 
  the 
  first 
  number 
  bearing 
  the 
  date 
  Dec. 
  

   10, 
  1859. 
  Since 
  that 
  time, 
  it 
  has 
  appeared 
  regularly 
  as 
  a 
  weekly 
  

   periodical. 
  The 
  current 
  volume 
  is 
  the 
  one-hundred 
  and 
  eighth 
  

   and 
  a 
  total 
  of 
  about 
  2800 
  numbers 
  have 
  been 
  issued. 
  It 
  is 
  hardly 
  

   necessary 
  to 
  remark 
  upon 
  the 
  very 
  large 
  amount 
  of 
  original 
  mat- 
  

   ter 
  which 
  has 
  found 
  publication 
  in 
  this 
  valuable 
  journal 
  ; 
  in 
  addi- 
  

   tion, 
  each 
  number 
  has 
  contained 
  a 
  resume 
  of 
  the 
  progress 
  in 
  

   chemistry 
  and 
  allied 
  sciences, 
  particularly 
  on 
  the 
  industrial 
  side, 
  

   with 
  notices 
  of 
  books 
  and 
  important 
  memoirs. 
  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  

   that 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  the 
  gifted 
  veteran 
  chemist 
  should 
  still 
  appear 
  as 
  

   editor, 
  while 
  Mr. 
  Walter 
  S. 
  Crookes 
  is 
  manager. 
  

  

  A 
  great 
  service 
  has 
  been 
  now 
  performed 
  for 
  the 
  active 
  chemist 
  

   in 
  making 
  this 
  mass 
  of 
  material 
  easily 
  accessible 
  through 
  a 
  gen- 
  

   eral 
  index. 
  This 
  index 
  embraces 
  volumes 
  1 
  to 
  100 
  (1859-1909) 
  

   and 
  occupies 
  more 
  than 
  700 
  pages, 
  closely 
  printed 
  in 
  fine 
  type, 
  

   and 
  arranged 
  in 
  three 
  columns 
  to 
  the 
  page. 
  It 
  is 
  evident 
  that 
  

   no 
  pains 
  have 
  been 
  spared 
  to 
  make 
  this 
  work 
  as 
  complete 
  and 
  

   accurate 
  as 
  possible. 
  The 
  decision 
  has 
  been 
  wisely 
  reached 
  to 
  

  

  