682 The American Naturalist. [July, 
family Cochliopodide, with notes on their spines and tubercles"? and 
the other records the author’s “ Studies on the transformations of Moths 
of the family Saturniidze*”. In both papers the armature of the cater- 
pillars is carefully described, and many figures are given. 
Professor C. H. T. Townsend formerly of the New Mexico Agricult- 
ural College announces that after June 1, 1893 his address will be: 
C. H. Tyler Townsend, Curator of Museum, Institute of Jamaica, 
Kingston, West Indies. 
Mr. James Fletcher has favored us with a copy of his “ Evidence 
before the standing Committee of the House of Commons on Agricult- 
ure and Colonization” for the session of 1892. — It is a careful discus- 
sion of the economic value of entomological study. 
PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
Boston Society of Natural History.—May 17.—The following 
paper was read: Dr. Clarence J. Blake—Out of Darkness into Light ; 
or The Education of a Blind Deaf-Mute. 
—SAMUEL HENSHAW, Secretary. 
The Biological Society of Washington.—May 20:—The fol- 
lowing communications were read: Dr. V. A. Moore—The Distribu- 
tion of Pathogenic Bacteria in the Upper Air Passages of Domestica- 
ted Animals; Professor C. V. Riley—Some Further Notes on Yucca 
Pollination ; Professor B. W. Evermann—The Ichthyologic Features 
of the Black Hills; Dr. W. H. Dall—New Forms of Fossils from the 
Old Miocene of the Gulf States; Dr. C. Hart Merriam—Biology in 
our Colleges; Dr. C. Hart Merriam—Facts of General Biological 
Interest Resulting from a Study of the Kangaroo Rats. 
FREDERICK V. COVILLE, Secretary. 
Anthropological Society of Washington.—May 9.—The fol- 
lowing papers were read: Common Errors in Regard to Indian Lang- 
uage, Mr. J. N. B. Hewitt; Primitive Belief in a Future State: a 
Comparative Study, Mr. H. E. Warner; The Pivot Point in Modern 
History: Andrew Palaeologus at Barcelona, Col. F. A. Seely ; Fourth 
Centenary of the Discovery of America, at Madrid, 1892, Dr. Thomas 
Wilson.— Weston Fix, Secretary. 
3 Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. v. XX XI, pp. 83-108. 
*Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, 1893, pp. 55-92. 
