L6 THE •V-A.LILiEir IT.A.T'UrR/^.IjIS'T. 
Mean temperature of coldest day, 
December 81st, ------ 41.66 
Maximum temperature for the year, 
June 11th, 2 P. M. 96. 
Minimum temperature for the year, 
December 31st, 7 A. M. - - - 30. 
greatest daily variation, June 11th - 38. 
Least daily variation, January 30th - 1. 
Greatest monthly range, October - 47. 
I/east monthly range, April - - - 25. 
Average daily range for the year - 14.61 
Average monthly range for the year- 35.50 
Yearly range of temperature - - 66. 
Queries and Answers . 
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Sheboygan, Wis., March 7, 1878. 
Ed. Valley Naturalist: 
To-day the first installment of "bugs" for 
the season have put in their appearance in 
immense numbers. I avail myself of your 
generous offer to name them for me, by 
sending with this mail a number of them. 
The loose earth of the garden is everywhere 
punctured with their holes. 
Yours respectfully, DR. J. J. BROWN. 
Answer: — The insects you send is Apho-^ 
4ius inquinatus, Fabr. (No. 3275, p. 57 
Crotch's Check List Coleoptera.) It is very 
common in this localiy— being found every- 
where, under logs, stones and in loose earth. 
G. H. Ragsdale, Gainesville, Texas. Your 
letter of the 18th, with fly enclosed received, 
the fly was as " flat as a pancake," hence we 
could not distinquish it, please find direc- 
tions for sending insects on psge 13. 
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following: 
The Botanical Gazette. We have re- 
ceived the March number of this valuable- 
paper. Among the many interesting articles 
we notice one—" An Enumeration of Plants 
from the Semi-tropical Regions of Florida " 
by Dr. A. W. Chapman, whieh are either 
new, or which have not hitherto been re- 
corded as belonging to the flora of the South- 
ern States. 
Familiar Science and Fanciers Jour- 
nal. We have received the March number 
of this illustrated magazine devoted to the 
interests of the Naturalist and Fancier. We 
congratulate the editor— Mr. Jos. M. Wade — 
upon the good appearance of his March issue. 
The American Bee Journal, devoted 
exclusively to bee culture and the produc- 
tion of pure comb and extracted honey. The 
oldest bee journal, was established in 1861, 
by the late Samuel Wagner. Thomas G. 
Newman & Son, publishers, Chicago Illinois. 
It is invaluable to the bee-keeper. 
Gleanings in Bee Culture, devoted 
to Bees and Honey, published monthly by A. 
I. Root, Medina, Ohio. We have received 
the March number of this valuable bee jour- 
nal, it is as full of news aoncerning the api- 
ary as ever. Every bee-keeper should have 
it 
The Science Observer, a journal for 
Amateur Scientists, published by the Boston 
Amateur Scientific Society. It is principally 
devoted to Astronomy and Meteorology. 
The Oologist. We have received num- 
ber 10 of volume III of this valuable little 
sheet. It is devoted to Ornithology and 
Oology. 
We regret to announce the death of the 
accomplished naturalist, Mr. Andrew 
Murray, which occurred at Kensington on 
the 10th of January. Mr. Murray was born 
at Edinburg on the 19th of February, 1812. 
He is chiefly known to science for his excel- 
lent paper on the " Pediculi infesting the 
various races of man." And as the mono- 
grapher of the Nitidulidm and of the Coni- 
ferai. In 1869 he published the well-known 
work on the "Geographical distribution of 
Mammals." Mr. Murray's last work was on 
the "Aptera," which was published in 1877, 
under government supervision, and was in- 
tended to form one of a series of guide-books 
to the Kensinger Museum. 
The well known horticulturist, Dr. Jared 
P. Kirtland, died at his residenre near 
Cleveland, Ohio, on the 11th of December, 
1877. Dr. Kirtland was born at Wallingford, 
Connecticut on the 10th of November, 1793. 
His principal scientific publications are re- 
ports an the " Geological Survey of Ohio " 
and " Notes on the Diurnal Lepidoptera of 
Western Ohio." He is known as the origin- 
ator of a number of Hybrid Cherries. 
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of Missouri ; 1872. (Two copies.) 
Dr. LeBaron's Fourth Entomological Re- 
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Bulletin Illinois Museum of Natural His- 
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Walsh's paper on Insects, in first vol. 
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