
592 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. [VoL. XXXVI. 
if the missing families turn up, we may subject their representatives 
to close scrutiny in respect to their actual origin upon the islands. 
The Coccidz of the Hawaiian Islands are quite numerous, and some 
have been first described from Hawaii ; but evidence has now accumu- 
lated which renders it extremely probable that all the species reported 
have been introduced by man, and I am very much inclined to doubt 
the existence of a single endemic Hawaiian Coccid. Probably the 
same may be said of the Hawaiian ants, which are all of well-known 
continental genera. The bees of the islands (excluding the honey- 
bee) belong to only three genera, and it is interesting to note that 
these are all borers in the trunks or stems of plants. The bees 
which burrow in the ground are wholly absent. T5 AC 
The Slugs of Borneo. — The naked land-mollusca-of Borneo have 
been made the subject of an interesting paper by Mr. W. E. Collinge 
(Trans. Royal Soc. Edinburgh, Vol. XL, Part IHE No is)b <The 
species known from the island, twenty-seven in all, are enumerated, 
two genera (Wiegmannia and Isselentia) and nine species being 
described as new. The type species of Wiegmannia (a genus of 
four species) is not stated; we may designate as such W. gigas, 
Collinge, which is the largest species ; for although W. dubia (Wgm.) 
' was the first described, it was not examined by the author of the 
genes. E Y 

BOTANY. 
Meier’s ** Herbarium and Plant Description °! is a portfolio con- 
taining twenty-five sheets folded to 11 X812 inches, one inside page 
being blank for the attachment of a dried specimen, and the other 
ruled and spaced for a description of the various organs of the plant, 
drawings, and other notes. On the front cover inside are concise 
directions for collecting, pressing, and mounting, and at the back is 
a ruled page for indexing the collection. The whole forms a simple 
arrangement meeting the usual requirements for pupil's herbariums 
and for such meager descriptions as are too often deemed sufficient 
in school work. It has the advantage, however, over many similar 
Schemes for recording plant analyses, that ample space is afforded 
by the outside pages of each folder for additional notes. E. L.S. 
. ! Meier, W. H. D., Superintendent of Schools, Griggsville, Ill. Herbarium 
_ and Plant Description. Boston, Ginn & Company. 

