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is naturally given to the contrast between the well defined lofty 

 Andean chain, through which most of the eastern piedmont lakes 

 are drained in deep canyons, and the indistinct continental divide 

 on the plains east of the lakes, inasmuch as it was from the 

 assumed coincidence of the divide and the mountain crest that 

 the misunderstanding between Chile and Argentina arose. 



W. M. D. 



8. TJie Bermuda Islands : Their Scenery, Climate, Produc- 

 tions, Physiography, Natural History, and Geology ; with 

 sketches of their Early History and the Changes Due to Man. 

 by Addison E. Vermel. 558 pages, 8vo; 292 cuts in text; 40 

 plates. March, 1903. — This work is the author's reprint of part 

 ii of vol. xi (centennial volume) of the Trans. Conn. Acad, of 

 Arts and Sciences, with the addition of three pages of illustra- 

 tions and a preface. It contains a comprehensive account of the 

 islands, from personal observation and studies, which will be of 

 great use both to casual visitors and to scientific students. The 

 work is divided into forty-one chapters, besides various special 

 subjects treated in the Addenda. It includes about equal parts 

 of descriptive matter on physiography, including meteorology ; 

 history ; botany ; and zoology, chiefly relating to the land fauna. 

 The climate, as related to the use of the islands as a health 

 resort, receives considerable attention, as well as the history of 

 former epidemics of imported diseases. The changes in the 

 fauna and flora effected by man are very fully discussed, as well 

 as the original flora and fauna. The insects of Bermuda have 

 hitherto received very scant attention, only very meager lists of 

 names, without descriptions or references to habits, having been 

 given by writers. In this work the number of species is increased 

 to 265, or more than double those previously recorded, and most 

 of these are described and figured, especially those injurious to 

 the crops. Attention is called to the remarkably small number 

 of insects, and to the fact that nearly all have evidently been 

 introduced by man since the settlement. Only three new 

 species of insects are described : the large cicada ( C. Permu- 

 diana V.) ; a remarkable new genus of Psocids (Heteropsocus 

 dispar V.), in which the male is fully winged, while the female 

 has the hind wings abortive ; and a geometrid moth (Alcis Ver- 

 rillata Dyar). Chapters are also devoted to the whales, birds, 

 sea-turtles, historical fishes, spiders, myriapods, terrestrial Crus- 

 tacea, earthworms, etc., but the marine invertebrates are mostly 

 reserved for another volume. 



The more interesting events in the early history and discovery 

 of the islands are recorded, with quotations from the earliest vis- 

 itors and settlers as to the original condition of the islands and 

 the remarkable events of the early days. The history of the 

 ancient ruined forts, situated on the deserted islands, is fully dis- 

 cussed, with illustrations of the ruins. The forty half-tone plates 

 are excellent reproductions of photographs, most of which were 

 made specially for this work by Mr. A. H. Verrill and other mem- 



