494 ZOOLOGY. 
‘for the museum of this college a fine specimen of the Black Bear 
(Ursus Americanus) caught in the neighboring town of Pownal, 
Vermont. In his stomach there was not, apparently, a particle of 
animal food, but that organ was well filled with vegetable sub- 
stances, the stalks and corms of the Indian Turnip (Arisema tri- 
phyllum) being among the most abundant. The bear was very fat, 
but whether his excellent condition was brought about wholly by 
vegetable food is not known. — SANBORN TENNEY, Williams Col- 
lege, June 12, 1872. 
A new Locaurty ror Zonites cellarius Müller. Living speci- 
mens of this imported species were received by me, last fall, from 
Mr. Samuel Powel, of Newport, R. I. They were found by Mr. 
David Coggeshall in his cellar. As is well known, the species 
has already been detected in almost every seaport, from New 
York to Halifax.— W. G. Bryney. 
Tue Brinn Crayrisu.— In the last number of the NATURALIS, 
p- 410, Prof. Cope proposes the genus Orconectes for the Can- 
barus pellucidus of the Mammoth Cave and his supposed new 
species from the i bacco Cave, “on account of the absence 
of visual organs,” and states that ‘‘ Dr. Hagen’s view [in regard- 
ing the species as a Cambarus] may be the result of the objections 
which formerly prevailed against distinguishing either e 
genera whose characters might be suspected of having been deri 
from others by modification, or assumed in descent. 
vailing views in favor of evolution will remove this objection.” 
My objection to the separation of Cambarus pelluci ne . 
the other species of the genus simply because the eyes pepe 
mentary, was based on the fact that there are known cave jia 
as for instance the genus Machaerites with seven species, iu w 
the females are blind, while the males have well developed ees 1 very 
did not mention the fact in my monograph because its disco 
was nearly ten years old, often mentioned and well know? 
those who have studied the cave insects band id 
Would Prof. Cope have the cruelty ‘to separate hu of (hem 
wife so far as to put them in different genera because ye favor of 
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evolution demand such a separation, would it not be more atl 
and perhaps more courteous to the feminine sex; 
while until the poor males shall be able to follo 
