312 Selected Articles in Scientific Serials, | April, 1880. 
Boston Society oF NaruraL History, February 18.—Mr. E. 
R. Benton spoke on the Brighton “ amygdaloid,’ and Dr. Wm. 
M. Davis on the stratified amygdales in the Brighton amygdaloid, 
while Prof. N. S. Shaler remarked on the origin of the various 
classes of lava 
March phe se, G. H. Stone read a paper on the kames of 
Maine. 
MIDDLESEX SCIENTIFIC FIELD CLUB, Malden, yi January 7. 
—Prof, E. A. Dolbeare, of College Hill, Mass., read a paper on 
radiant energy and its effects. Radiant priim ‘with Prof. Dol- 
beare, is synonymous with the terms heat, light, etc. 
February 4.—Herbert A. Young, of Revere, Mass., read a 
paper on insectivorous plants, illustrated by diagrams. 
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Jan. 11, 1880.—President 
Davidson in the chair. Mr. B. B. Redding read a paper on “The 
Buried Treasures of our Remote Ancestors.” Prof. Davidson 
made a verbal communication announcing the results of the Coast 
Survey Expedition for the observation of the Jate Solar Eclipse. 
Feb. 2.—President Davidson in the chair. Mr. Stillman read 
the chemical analysis of a secretion of the Parrya mexicana, the 
greasewood or creosote plant, caused by the puncture of an in- 
sect; also analysis of the oil of the California laurel or bay 
tree. J. P. Moore einer that a catalogue of the Fungi of 
California was about to be published by Dr. Harkness under the 
auspices of the Aahe, Dr. Behr read a paper on the gradual 
change of the Flora of the San Francisco peninsula, and on the 
supplanting of the native growths of all countries by those of 
Europe and Africa, especially the former. 
arch 1.—Prof. David S. Jordan gave an account of the 
labors of the Fish Commission on the Pacific coast. Prof. Still- 
man read an article on the gum and coloring matter found on 
Acacia greggi and Larrea mexicana. There was a discussion on 
the Metric System. 
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SELECTED ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC SERIALS. 
THE CANADIAN ExnroMoLoGIsT.—February. On certain species 
of Satyrus, by W. H. Edwards. 
Tue GeotocicaL Macazinr.— February. Mr. Hill on the 
cause of the glacial epoch, by James Croll. 
ANNALS AND MaGazine or NATURAL Histrory.—February. On _ 
some blind Amphipoda of the Caspian sea, by Dr. Oscar Grimm. 
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZOOLOGIE.—Jamu- 
ary 23. On the development of the skull of the salamanders, wi 
Ph. Stöhr. On the central nervous system of the crayfish, by : 
R. Krieger. On the convolutions of the cerebral hemispheres of — 
the zono-placental mammals, by J. Krueg. 
