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gluteus, and Mr. J. S. Kingsley mentions a specimen in Will- 
iams College museum, in all of which there are two heads. Mr. 
J. S. Kingsley also mentions a five-legged frog (Rana palustris 
Le Conte) taken near Rochester, N. Y.; and Mr. J. Stauffer also 
mentions a similar specimen of the same species taken near Lan- 
caster, Pa. In the Od/ogist for August, 1879, mention is made of 
two specimens of ruffed grouse (Bonasa umbellus) one of which 
had ten and the other twelve toes. Mr. W. N. Lockington gives 
an account of a one-toed deer, and finally, Dr. E. Coues describes 
a race of one-toed hogs. 
To the above I wish to add, that I have seen three specimens 
of our common blue-tailed lizard (Eumeces fasciatus S.) with 
forked tails. The specimens were all taken near New Harmony, 
Ind. Two are now in the collection of Mr. J. Sampson, of that 
place. The two prongs are near the same length, and as I 
remember, near three inches in length in all the examples seen. 
The two prongs form an acute angle of near 35°, and are attached 
to a short stub of the natural tail, which appears to have been 
broken off. I have also seen a number of specimens in which 
part of the tail was gone. Is it not probable that in the forked- 
tailed examples, this member was first broken off, and in the 
restoration this unnatural growth was assumed? While I am 
speaking of Eumeces fasciatus, I will mention the exceeding 
variableness of this species. From the small, blue-tailed, striped 
lizard, three inches in length, to the large, ruby-headed, copper- 
bellied specimen, twenty inches in length and no stripes at all, 
every conceivable grade is found. A comparison of twenty- 
eight specimens show ten well marked stages, each of which, 
ig alone, would make a good species—F¥. Schneck, Mt. Car- 
mel, Ill. 
Fish Commission. In the Proceedings of the Boston Society — 
of Natural History, Vol. 20, Mr. W. H. Patton gives a synopsis — 
of the New England species of Colletes. In the Canadian En- 
tomologist for November, Mr. W. H. Edwards describes the egg, 
larva and chrysalis of Argynnis idalia. It is stated that Prof. Com- 
stock, Entomologist of the Department of Agriculture, is endeav- 
Oring to prepare a biological collection of insects on such a scale 
and in such a manner as shall be a credit to the government. 
Special attention has been paid, the past year, to insects feeding 
on clover, the collection now containing over fifty species known 
to destructive to this valuable crop———A catalogue of the 
beetles of Japan, by G. Lewis, enumerates 2227 species. These 
represent many European genera, and in many cases are specifi- oa 
cally identical with European forms —— We have received an 
