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and species of which still remain to be determined. “But,” he 
adds, “while this conception deprives the Darwinian theory of 
much of its seductive grandeur, evolution itself can lose nothing 
by abandoning an absolute system in which mere hypothesis 
plays far too large a part.” - 
— Still a new zodlogical journal has been started in Germany. 
The first number of the Zoologische Beitrage, edited by Professor 
Anton Schneider, of Breslau, contains articles on the develop- 
ment of Spherularia bombi, by A. Schneider; on the anatomy of 
Nematodes, by E. Rohde; on the anatomy and histology of Peri- 
patus, by E. Gaffron; on the reproductive process in bony fishes, 
by A. Schneider; and on the development of the sexual organs 
of insects, by A. Schneider. 
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most beautiful cities of the West. President Dawson was to de- 
liver the retiring address, while the meeting will be. presided over 
by Professor C. A. Young. In the same week and place (Aug. 
13-14), the Society for the Promotion of Agricultural Science 
was to meet, and (Aug. 14) the Cambridge Entomological Club 
was to hold a public meeting. 
— Several apparently new destructive insect pests, besides the 
Phylloxera have made their appearance in California; one is the 
peach moth (Anarsia lineatella). It was first noticed in 1882, but 
during the past summer has spread to an alarming extent. 
Mr. M. Cooke also reports that the branches of the olive are 
bored by a beetle, Polycaon confertus ; it also infests the branches 
of the pear, cherry, apricot, plum, apple trees and grape canes. 
— The library, laboratory and museum of „Indiana University 
at Bloomington, was recently burned, involving the loss of the 
Owen collection of fossils, and Professor Jordan’s extensive col- 
lection of fishes. . Professor Jordan’s work on the fishes of the 
United States, has recently been published by the Smithsonian 
Institution, and the collection formed a part of his types. 
— We have received a catalogue of books and papers relating 
to the fertilization of flowers, compiled by D'Arcy W. Thompson, 
and extracted from the English edition of Dr. Hermann Miiller’s 
Fertilization of Flowers. The number of entries is 814, and 
those of American authors appear to have been carefully recorded. 
— The sixth annual meeting of the American Society of Mi- 
