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an acute posterior edge which is not serrulate ; first premolar in . 
cach jaw, one rooted; second inferior premolar, large; sectorials 
callus which has a free inferior and posterior margin, the latter 
rising into the base of the coronoid processes; zygomata slen- 
der; postorbital processes little prominent; front, wide, convex 
transversely. Length of cranium, m. .200; superciliary width, 
052; zygomatic width, 1245 length from orbit to superior incis- 
ors, 066; length of superior ares .023; do of inferior molar 
series, .064 ; oe eter of super nine, ae out the size 
of the panther, or of the eee AVUS a rachyo 
Hoplophoneus Maiyag Cope, sp. nov. This is the largest 
sabre-tooth discovered in North “America. It is twice the bulk 
rowns. The syn ve cep in co uence 
development of the inferior flares for the canines. Sagittal crest 
making a very steep angle with the front. Total length of cran- 
ium, m. .280; zygomatic width, .192; length from orbit to supe- 
rior incisors, oe length of superior sectorial, .025; of inferior 
do, .022 ; do of inferior molar series, .055; length of crown of 
supe rior canine, .060; width of do. at base, .026. This skull is 
one-sixth smaller than that of the Bengal tiger (Uncia tigris). 
— The P EURA oe Pane te ss received a 
temporary set-back sequence of the ng of an order for 
the removal of its Badia by aie Park E E This 
extraordinary proceeding was the work of a majority of a mere 
orum of that body, who met during the summer months while 
the remaining members of the commission were a from the 
city. The action of these men reminds us of that of Judge Hil- 
ton, of the New York Central Park, who pie Waterhouse 
restorations z extinct animals, and razed the buildin 
that was to contain them. The press of Philadelphia have unani- 
mously condem Bee the commission, and demanded the continu- 
nce of the exposi 
— Thos. G. ee is engaged on a work on the fertilization of 
plants ay ee based on observations made in Pennsylvania 
and New Jerse 
— = a S: neat is preparing awork on the fishes of North 
ESIGN ca. 
. O. B. Johnson, of Salem, Oregon, can furnish vol si 
pared specimens of the fauna of Oregon at reasonable rate 
