986 THE AMERICAN NATURALIST. 
Nos. so and 51 of the Contributions from the Cryptogamic Labo- 
ratory of Harvard, published respectively as Nos. 2 and 3 of 
Vol. XXXVIII of the Proceedings of the American Academy of 
Arts and Sciences, are: * Preliminary Diagnoses of New Species of 
Laboulbeniacez,” V, by Thaxter; and a paper on Cawuloglossum 
transversarium, by Johnston. 
A monograph of the Acrasiez, by E. W. Olive, forms No. 6 of 
the current volume of the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural 
History. 'This is another of the foundation-laying studies from the 
cryptogamic laboratory of Harvard. 
A biographical sketch of Marc Micheli, with an excellent portrait, 
has been distributed by M. de Candolle, from the Archives des Sci- 
ences Physiques et Naturelles for July. 
