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[O&ober, 
At the late Congress of German anthropologists, at Frank- 
fort, Prof, Virchow eulogised Darwin’s work on Anthropology. 
A disease among sugar-beets is spreading on the Continent. 
So perhaps, in spite of bounties, the sugar-cane may again be- 
come sole master of the situation. 
Dr. C. W. Siemens, in his Presidential Address at the recent 
meeting of the British Association, mentions the Linnean among 
the “ special Societies which have sprung into existence since the 
foundation of the British Association.” As the Linnean Society 
was founded in 1788, and received its charter of incorporation in 
1802, there is here a mistake either on the part of the speaker or 
of the reporter. 
The woodpeckers in Norway bore into telegraph-posts, being 
misled by the humming sound into the belief that there are 
insedts in the wood. The bears sometimes scratch away the 
heaps of stones put to support the pole, thinking that the noise 
proceeds from a nest of bees. 
We find that the “ Revue Coleopterologique ” has ceased to 
appear. 
Mr. Moore, in his “ Lepidoptera of Ceylon,” mentions that 
the caterpillar of the oleander hawk ( Daphnis Nerii) feeds upon 
the cinchona as well as the oleander. This is a most curious 
fadt if we consider how recently the cinchona has been introduced 
into Ceylon, and that the two trees differ most widely from a 
chemical point of view. D. Hypothous, a nearly allied species, 
feed also upon the cinchona. 
The total number of known North American ferns is 156. 
We learn that the Rev. W. D. Cowan is returning to Mada- 
gascar with the objedt of exploring the entomology of the southern 
portion of the island. 
Mr. F. L. Harvey (“ American Naturalist ”) witnessed a female 
of the American woodcock ( Phitohela minor) carrying her young 
one away from danger. She held the nestling between her legs, 
supporting it with her feet. 
The Museum of Iowa College was among the buildings 
destroyed by the tornado of June 17th. 
At the meeting of the Entomological Society, September 6th, 
Mr. McLachlan, F.R.S., exhibited a specimen of the “ induvial ” 
limestone from the Eccene formations of Auvergne, composed of 
the fossilised cases of caddis-worms, to each of which were at- 
tached a multitude of minute univalve shells. There are about 
ten or twelve cases to the cubic inch, and as the deposit, which 
underlies the lava, is about 6 feet in thickness, the number of 
specimens must be immense. No traces of the lame themselves 
remained. 
