Notes and News — Errata. ly 



Each year the Youth's Companion presents its readers with in- 

 structive articles on science and natural history. The pros- 

 pectus for 1889 announces the following for the current volume: 

 The Wonders of a Crystal, by Prof Tyndall; A Chapter on Ele- 

 phants, by Prof. Huxley, the eminent biologist; Insect Life, by 

 Prof. C. V. Riley, Chief of the U. S. Entomological Commis- 

 sion; Talks About Birds, by Miss E. F. Morrison, in which the 

 art of keeping and raising pet birds will be explained in a clear 

 and attractive manner; Bashful Drummers, by Bradford Torrey, 

 giving an account of some interesting birds; Papers on Elec- 

 tricity, by several eminent and practical writers ; and articles on 

 interesting astronomical events, by Miss Emma M. Converse, 

 and other writers, including the directors of some of the great 

 observatories. 



The especially interesting features of the March Century are 

 the essays on Rules of the House of Representatives, by Hon. 

 Thos. B. Reed of Maine ; a full length portrait of the United 

 States, by Dr. Edward Eggleston — a review of James Bryce's 

 famous work on the 'American Commonwealth;' and Lieut. W. 

 H. Beehler, on The Use of Oil to Still the Waves.' 



Garden and Forest is doing good work for the cause of Ameri- 

 can forests, and for the interests of North American horticulture, 

 not the least of which is the interest it is striving to arouse in 

 the developing of our arid regions of the West. 



We have a larger list of errors, both of omission and of commission, to chronicle in this 



issue than is pleasant for an editor.- Those committed in our last number were so grievous 



that we considered it advisable not to distribute it to our subscribers, nor to attempt 



another issue until sure of its appearing in a manner that would not bring discredit 



to either the editor or his trusting contributors. Tne description of • A New Florida 



Bulimulus,' should have appeared in the suppressed number, but our printer mixed the 



Mss. with others belonging to the Old Curiosity Shop, a magazine edited by E. M. Haighc, 



of Riverside, Cal., so that the description appeared in the latter instead. Further comment 



is useless, beyond adding that from some cause yet unexplained to u*, proofs were seen by 



neither our proof reader or by the editor until too late. 



The more important corrections to be made in the fifth volume, are: 



On page 10, 18th line from bottom read, maloaeflora, instead of maluceflora. 



On page 10, 10th line fron the bottom, read Torr, instead of Tow. 



On page 11, llth line from the bottom, read Sedum, instead of Sedun. 



On page 11, 9th line from the bottom, read Smitheus, instead of Smithens. 



On page 12, 22u line from the bottom, omit oleander. 



On page 12, 21st line from the bottom, read Canadensis, instead of canadensis. 



On page 12, 19th line from the bottom, read Oenothera, instead of O. Enothera. 



On page 12, 13th line from the bottom, read Heliotropium, instead of Heliotiopicum. 



On page 12, 8th line from the bottom, read Eremocarpus, instead of Eremoceu^us. 



On page 14, 13th line from the bottom, read Tineina, instead of Fineina. 



On page 15, 4th line from top, read Confused, instead of Confessed. 



On page 17, 3d line from top, read I. Var. Maculatus. instead of I. Var. Itnaculatus. 



On page 17, 1st line from top, add after Watson, In this vicinity. 



On page 18, 26th line from bottom, read Rubida, instead of Nebida. 



On page 1 8, 9th line from bottom, read Locustidae, instead of Lecustidoe. 



On page 19, 2d line from bjttom ) read Oncocenemis, instead of Oncoenemis. 



On pago 20, 5th line from top, read larva, instead of larval. 



On page 2 J, 6th line from top, read fly, Trypeta, instead of flytrypeta. 



Lupinus parviflorus var. sericea. On page 11 , a new variety of lupin is described and 

 named sericea, but from some accident it has got placed under L. argenteus, whereas it 

 really belongs to L. parviflorus, Nutt., having all the essential characteristics of that spec- 

 ie. Both L. argenteus and parviflorus seem very variable, especially the former. 

 December 22, 1888. T. D. A. Cockerell. 



