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    i890.] Zoology. 78I

    Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. XX., p. 336.. . . Masclef s Atlas des
    P/an/esde France u/i/es, e/ornamen/aleshas reached Part X.,
    nfuisables
    and continuesits promiseof excellence. The laternumbershave con-
    tained notably finecolored figuresof Ononsspinosa, Medicgo saliva,
    Coo/ueaarbor-escens, Pisum sa/ivunm, Coronizla varia, Arnygdaluscorn-
    munui's,Persica vullgari's,Pruz-usspinosa,and Cerasus vulgaris. .
    Parts44 and 45 of Engler and Prantl'sDie Na/urnichen PflanzenfamiZiel?
    continue the Euphorbiacew, complete the Myrsinacem,Primulacem,
    Plumbaginaceac, and begin the Sapotacex. The last-namedorder is
    elaborated by Engler, the othersby Pax.. . . ProfessorGardiner and
    Mr. Brace published in the Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. an interesting
    provisionallist of the plants of the BaIama Islands.... Anotherof
    the numerousvaluable contributionsfromthe CryptogamicLaboratory
    of Harvard Universityhas made its appearance in Proc. Am. Acad. Arts
    and Sciences, Vol. XXV., p. 53, by Wm. A. Setchell, on the " Structure
    and Developmentof Tuomeyafluvia/izis,a red seaweed (Floy-idea)inter-
    mediatebetweenLemanea and Batrachospermum.. . . The May num-
    ber of Pi//oniais an unusuallyinterestingone, dealing as it does in its
    peculiarly sprightlyway with half a dozen or more topics. The
    review of the new edition of G ay's Manual contains much plain
    talking,some of which may be deserved, while much certainlyis not.

    ZOOLOGY.
    Snakes in High Places ! -A discussion occurred some time
    ago in THE NATURALIST upon thequestion," Do SnakesClimbTrees?"
    to which I contributedone or two items. But just now my farmer
    friend,Hiram Carpenter,who lives three miles out of town, invited
    me to call at his place and see where he founda snake four feetand
    three inches in lengthand one and a half inches in diameter. The
    swallowsnest under the eaves of his barn, which project some twenty
    inches fromthe building. The raftersdo not.run out more than one-
    halfor two-thirdsof thisdistance,the space betweenthem being quite
    thicklystuddedwiththe mud-nestsof the swallows. One pleasant day
    in Junehis son noticed quite a commotionamong the birds,and called
    him to the spot. They were amazed to see a large snake clinging to
    the end of a rafter,withits head in one of the nests,evidentlydevour-
    ing the young birds. The reptilewas able to cling to the end of the
    rafterby hugging it tightly,and was only dislodged aftersome effort.
    782 The American Naturalist. rAugust,

    It had swallowed two young birds, and anotherwas part way down its
    throat. The young man had not " believed in killing snakes," but on
    thisoccasion he despatchedthe reptileforthwith. The barn is sheeted
    up withrough pine boards, upon which thereare two coats of paint,
    and fromthe ground to the point whence the snake was dislodged the
    distance is nineteenfeetand fourinches. How it managed to get to
    the spot seems altogethera mystery. There was no hole throughthe
    side of the barn nor under the roof boards, nor did it seem possible
    forit to have worked its way fromthe top of the roof. Then, it was
    quite as difficultfor it to have found a way to the roof. Mr. Car-
    penter is a most reliable observerof all natural phenomena,-an in-
    vestigator,really,-but he was unable to formany opinion as to how
    the reptilereached its prey. He described it as resemblingthe com-
    mon garter-snake,except in the matterof its great size, hence I could
    form no idea as to the species to which it belonged.-CHARLES AL-
    DRICH, WebsterCity, Iowa, July, 141, 1890.
    Snakes in Banana Bunches.-Banana bunches brought from
    tropicalAmetica sometimescontain snakes of the familyBoidm, tightly
    wound round the central stem. A specimen of this kind was taken
    in Savanna, Georgia, and was sent to the United States National
    Museum. I identifiedit as the Epicrates aug-uw1ifer,a native of Cuba.
    More recentlya snake was found in a similar situation in a lot ot
    bananas in Chicago, and was sent by Dr. J. L. Hancock to the Na-.
    tional Museum. Dr. Stejneger has identifiedit as the Boa z'noerator,
    the common species of Central America and Mexico. The specimens
    are always young, as adult boas of the genera named could not be con-
    cealed in so small a space.-E. D. COPE.

    ENTOMOLOGY.

    Recent Literature.-Several notable entomologicalarticles have


    been recentlyissued by the National Museum. Mr. Henry Edward's
    BibliographicalCatalogue of the Described Transformationsof North
    American Lepidoptera, which formsBulletin No. 35, is a veryuseful
    compilation,and ought to stimulatethe studyof the earlierstages of
    the group. There are i,069 species included in the Catalogues, the
    Tineidm heading the list with 222 entries,and Zygenidm bringingup
    the rear with I3 entries.

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