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Mineralogy and Petrography : Meteorites, 63 : New Books, 64 ; Rosen- 
busch’s Massige Gesteine, 169 ; Ne w Minerals, 528, 1022 ; Morphological 
and Physiological Mineralogy, 930 ; Rare Minerals, 1028 ; Petrographi- 
cs News, 61, sgl 247, 847, 452, 527, 732, 887, 928, 1020, 1109: Min 
ralogical News, 169, 249, 349, 452, 733 ; Crystallographic c News, 529, 
735, 1024 ; acticin, 65, 350, 456, 530, 837, 931, 1025; American 
Minerals, "4111; Mineral Syntheses E s sakcs Ou ae Me E E 1118 
Botany.—Schroeter's Arrangement of the Ustilaginee and Uredinee, 
65—Tumble Weeds Again, 66—Botanical Work in Minnesota, 66—The 
tologie; 172—Botanical Work in New York, 172—Death of Asa Gra 
178—Planchon’s oe of the Ampelidee, 251—Postal Regulations as 
to Botanical Specimens, 25% ermination ı of the Dodder, 254—Fossil 
Forests of the Vallowstona National Park oana ew Species of Uredi- 
neæ, 254—The Rootstocks of Leersia and Muhlenbergia, NS ae ct 
of Ice upon Trees, 352—The Collection and Study of Characeæ, 455— 
The Fibre of the Panama 457—Gray’s Contributions to Ameda 
Botany, 457—A New Type of Lichens, 458—The Ash of Tillandsia 
usneoides, 458—The Effect on Vegetation of the Variable Rainfall of 
Northwestern Mexica, 459—An Overlooked Function of Many Fruits, 
531—The Flora of Palestine, 642—The Entomophthore of the United 
States, 648—A Miniature Tumble Weed, 645—Underwood’s Ferns 
and their Allies. 645_The Gen us Taphrina of Tulane, 73 37—The Twen- 
tieth and Twenty-first Centuries = North American Fungi, 738—A]- 
len’s Characee of North Amer 739—The So-called Resurrection 
Plant, 1026—Pediastrum and Polyodsitinn; 1026—Plants of Rhode 
soma 1026—Watson’s Contributions to North American Botany, 
027—Canadian Plants, 1027—Engelmann’s Botani cal Works, 1027— 
Aen Growing on Animals, ae Use of Tannin in the Plant, 
1028—Ravenel’s Herbarium, 1028—A Few Notable Weeds of the Ne- 
braska Plains, 1114—Ash Rust in 1888, 1117—Hough’s — 
Woods, 1117—Botanical News, 67, 173, Sgr ears Arp a 582 
Entomology.—The Hop-plant cm 68—On the Occurrence of Akii 
Males among the Aphididæ, 70—The Tarand Cabbage Butterfly, 70 
—The Systematic Position of the Mallophaga, 71—Th a A be 
Growth of Galls, 177—Homologues of Arachnid Ap] 
ork on North America n Lepidoptera, 178—T he Grass-eatin g Thrips à 
260— rabab e Increase in Entomological Investigations, 361 —The 
of Insects, 365—Progenitors of Myriapods and Insects —! - 
boratory of Experimental Ento k uatic Lepidopterous 
4 Orthoptera of New England, 469-—Proceedin gs of the 
Entomological Society of Washington, 469—New Instances of Protec- 
tive Resemblances in Spiders, —No the Tube Inhabiting 
Spider Lycosa fatifera. 546—The Mental Powers of Spiders, 
Entomological Club of t ., 656—The 
we Reports o : w Entomolo ogical 
a urnal, 751—Pr evention of Curculio Injuries to Cherries by Arsenical 
rata 752—Reporto . Entomologist, A ph- 
‘dos re AT tl Yo Beginners, 842—An Introduction to En- 
tomol 44—Synopsis of North Ameri s 
ep ers, 940—The Beekeeper’s Guide, - atypeyl- 
940—Bi liography of North American Insects, 940—Color ela- 
