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the world of butterflies, Dr. Scudder has treated of some of the most 
fascinating phases of biological science in an extremely interesting 
he comparatively few who had read these essays as they 
originally appeared in the author’s classic Butterflies of New England 
—a work so expensive that it could only be accessible to a limited 
number of readers—will rejoice that they are now available to every 
seeker after biological knowledge. In the thirty-one chapters which 
the book contains there are discussions of such subjects as these: 
Butterflies in Disguise; a Study of Mimicry; Deceptive Devices 
Among Caterpillars; Butterflies as Botanists; Color-relations of 
Chrysalids to their Surroundings; Butterfly Sounds; Nests made by 
Caterpillars: The Eggs of Butterflies; The Oldest Butterfly Inhabi- 
tants of New England; The Procession of the Seasons; Lethargy of 
Caterpillars; Fossil Butterflies. Each of these subjects is discussed 
with the fullness of knowledge and excellence of style which characterize 
the authors writings. The book is certain of a hearty welcome from 
lovers of nature-knowledge—CLARENCE M. WEED. 
RECENT BOOKS AND PAMPHLETS. 
ABBOTT, W. L.—Notes on the Natural History of Aldabra, Assumption and 
Glorioso Islands, Indian Ocean. Extr. Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., X VI, 1894. 
From the Smithsonian Institution. 
ALLEN, J. A.—On the Species of the Genus Reithrodontomys. Extr. Bull. 
Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1895. From the author. 
BAILEY, V.—The Pocket Gophers of the United States. Bull. No. 5, U.S. 
Dept. Agric. Washington, 1895. From the Dept. 
Bain, H. F.—Preglacial Elevation of Iowa.. Extr. Proceeds. Iowa Acad. Sci., 
Vol. II, 1894. From the author. 
Batcu, T. W.—Some facts about Alsace and Lorraine. Extr. Bull. Geog. Club 
of Philada. March,1895. From the Club. 
BaRBAZON DU Bocacg, J. V.—Sur un Batracien nouveau dur Fernando Po. 
Extr. Jorn. Sci. Math., Phys. e Nat. (2) XII, 1895. From the author. 
Bean, B. A.—Descriptions of two new Flounders, Gast frontalis and 
Cyclopsetta chittendenii. Extr. Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. XVII, 1895. 
From the author. 
Bean, T | He Desesipel ion of a new sop of Fish, Bleekeria gilli. Extr. 
Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. XVII, 1895. 
—— Description of a new species of Rockfish Sebasthicthys brevispinis, from 
Alaska. Extr. Proceeds. U. S. Natl. Mus., Vol. XVII. From the author. 
