732 General Notes. [September, 



Colton ; On the structure and significance of some aberrant forms 

 of lamellibranchiate -ills, by K. Mitsukuri (reprinted from Quart. 

 7ouni. Micr. Sc); Observations on the early developmental 

 stages of some polychretous Annelides, by E. B. Wilson. 



Recknt Hooks and Vami-hi.i-ts.— bulletin of the United States National Mu- 

 seum, pp. 360-415, 1882. From the department. 



i'luuiMiii-, ,,t tht A. a.Iemy f NaUn ■] ,-l.ui e, . f Phil iddphia, pp. 105-184, 





GENERAL NOTES. 



BOTANY. 1 

 Notes on Mistletoes.— In a meeting of the Academy of 



Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, in October, 1881, Thomas Mee- 

 han, inu.iui, tin- on nens of 1%mhi<ii,t i erum var. 



libocedri Engelm. and An > , iH m >>t u\ va. al>n tinum En- 



gelm., from Nevada, noted a few facts in relation to mistletoes, 

 which are of ,,; them verbatim. Mr. 



Meehan said : 



" The mistletoe of the Eastern States had a general resem- 

 blance to that of Europe, Visatm album ; but the old genus Vis- 

 1 Edited by Prof. C. E. Bessey, Ames, Iowa. 



