NEWS. 
Tue New England Botanical Club has just issued its neatly printed 
club-book for 1899, containing the constitution of the club, list of the 
officers, members, and personnel of its various committees. There 
are now forty-four resident members (those living within twenty-five 
miles of Boston), and forty-two non-resident. It is evident from the 
list that the club already includes nearly all the publishing botanists 
who are engaged in the investigation of the New England flora. 
After the close of Vol. II the Zodlogical Bulletin will be con- 
tinued under the name of Zhe Biological Bulletin, and will be published 
under the auspices of the Marine Biological Laboratory at Woods 
Holl, Mass. The journal will be enlarged to include general biology, 
physiology, and botany ; and it will contain occasional reviews and 
reports of work and lectures at the Marine Biological Laboratory. 
Brighton, England, is to have a new zoological garden. 
Mr. Georges Clautrian, of Brussels, receives a prize of 600 francs 
from the Belgian Academy, for his researches in the chemistry of 
digestion in carnivorous plants. 
We note the statement in a recent number of Natural Science that 
the gypsy moth is rapidly disappearing from England, and in certain 
localities it is no longer to be found. Possibly they have emigrated, 
attracted by the generosity of the Massachusetts Legislature. 
The Egyptian government is to begin a scientific study of the 
fishes of the Nile, the work being done by English naturalists. 
Falcon Island, near the Tonga group, has disappeared after an 
existence of thirteen years. It was found as a volcanic upheaval. 
In this connection we note a submarine eruption in March, causing 
a “tidal wave” which did great damage in the Solomon Islands. 
A sketch of the life of the late James Hall, with a presumably com- 
plete bibliography of his scientific writings, appears in the March 
number of the American Geologist. 
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