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eee in 1856 ; fourteen in all have appeared, being published 
“Transactions of New York State Agricultural Society.” 
No oi copies of the last four reports have been published, and 
they are exceedingly difficult to obtain. They are interesting, 
full of fresh observations and deserve the widest circulation. 
Ir appears that for two years the grasshoppers have so devas- 
tated several counties in Minnesota and Iowa that the settlers are 
impoverished, and the earth is now so full of grasshoppers that the 
soil cannot be tilled for at least one year. A bill was passed by 
Congress permitting the settlers in all these counties to abandon 
their land for one year, without prejudice to their rights under the 
preemption laws, so that they may support their families else- 
e. 
We have before us the first number (May) of ‘* Psyche,” the 
organ of the Cambridge Entomological Club, edited by B. P. 
Mann (8vo, pp. 4). This timely issue will, besides the matter 
we may expect to find in such a journal, contain a list of all writ- 
ings upon entomology published in North America from the 
beginning of 1874, with a brief note of the contents of each. 
The subscription price is $1.00. 
Ir is understood that Dr. A. W. Chapman offers his Herbarium 
for sale. It must be rich in specimens of southern plants, and 
especially valuable as containing the types of many species de- 
scribed in his “Flora of the Southern United States.” His 
address is Apalachicola, Florida.—W. M. C. 
Tux Botanical Congress of Europe began its sessions under 
the presidency of Dr. J. D. Hooker at Florence. An interesting 
Teport of the meeting will be found in the London Journal of 
Botany for June and July. 
Taere is a flourishing Natural History Society in New Albany, 
Indiana, with a fine local collection of Indian remains, some of 
much rarity. The collections in other departments are very cred- 
itable. 
Tue well known entomologist G. A. Herrich-Scheeffer, died at 
Ratisbon, Germany, on the 14th of April, aged 75 years. 
Tae distinguished geologist, Professor John Phillips, died at 
Oxford, England, on the 24th of April, aged 73 years. 
