1880.} Zoology. 735 
Urtica dioica L., Torbay, N. F. 
Juniperus communis L., Bay of Bulls, N. F. 
Larix americana Mx., Bay of Bulls, N. F. 
ra R. 
Spiranth 
Calopogon pulchellus R. Br., Arichat, Cape Breton island. 
Juncus effusus, Arichat, Cape Breton island. 
fa Mx., Ari 
It appears that the Ningpo hats, of which 
15,000,000 were exported in 1877, many being sold in the South- 
ern United States, are made from a sedge, Cyperus tegetiformis. 
~The development of the colors of flowers is discussed by 
Dr. Hermann Müller in Kosmos. 
ZOOLOGY. ! 
A RELATION BETWEEN METEOROLOGY AND THE GRASSHOPPER 
OR Locust Pest.2—In the winter of 1877-1878 I made a short 
! The departmemts of Ornithology and Mammalogy are conducted by Dr. ELLIOTT 
Cours, U. S. A. 
* Read before the National Academy of Sciences. 
