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genera. The work lists every such appHcation and gives also the date 
of its publication with exact reference to the authority. In the gen- 
eric catalogue only the species that have been described under each 
genus are given, without references to authorities. Here appear cer- 
tain interesting features. The specific names are nearly all adjective 
in form and found in the Latin language. The Greek-derived td'rms 
are conspicious by their absence or rarity. Entomology takes the lead. 
Curculio has 1137 species. Ichneumon has nearly as many, also Musca, 
Papilio has about 2000 species, named between 1758 and 1800, and 
Phalsena about 5000. 
The work issues from London, C. J. Day and Sons, Cambridge 
University Press, and is distributed by the Syndics of the Cambridge 
University Press. N. H. w. 
Das Sonnzvcndgebirgc im Unterinnihal, cin Typus alpinien Gehirgs- 
baues. von Dr. Frai^z Wahner. Erst. Th., 96 illustrations, 19 pho- 
tographic plates and a geological chart. 365pp. Leipzig and Vienna, 
1903, Franz Deuticke. 
This beautiful publication is devoted to an examination of a portion 
of the Alps to which have been given the study and the field labor of 
many geologists. The author analyses and abstracts very liberallj'' the 
publication of his predecessors from 1819 (Uttinger) to 1899 (Bose), 
including Bittner, Mojsisovics, Wahner, Freeh, Lechleitner, Pichler, W. 
B. Clark, Geyer, Klipstein, Diener, Giimbel, Zittel, Richthofen, and 
others. 
Whatever may have been the cause of other portions of the Alps, 
die author's exposition makes it plain that this portion is composed of 
upthrust and crumpled sedimentary strata. The principal fossils be- 
longing to these formations (the Lias with associated hornstones, gyp- 
sum, breccias, dolomytes, etc.), are enumerated. The faults and brec- 
cias are described. The stratigraphic succession is many times defined 
and illustrated at critical points by colored photographic plates. These 
plates are constructed on a new plan. The engravings, made from 
photographs, are colored so as to indicate the position and outlines of 
the different parts of the Lias, as they strike across a cliff or are broken 
and nipped in the adjacent stratification. This produces a verj' effective 
picture. 
This is a first-class publication, a great credit to the Society for the 
Promoti(3n of Science in Bohemia under whose auspices it is published. 
If it were supplied with a good alphabetical index it would compare well 
with the best American works of this nature. n. h. w. 
On the Lakes of Sontheastcrti Wisconsin. By N. M. Fenneman, 
Professor of Geology, University of Colorado. Wisconsin Geolog- 
ical and Natural History Survey, E. A. Birge, Director; Bulletin 
No. viii. Pages 178; with 36 plates, and 38 figures in the text. -Ac- 
companied by 9 folded maps of lakes, each with explanatory text. 
Madison, Wis., 1902. 
This bulletin contains very full descriptions of the physical geog- 
raphy and geology of numerous lakes and their vicinity, including 
