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Fresh‐Water Biology, by Henry B. WardA Field and Laboratory Guide in Biological Nature Study, by Elliot R. DowningAnimal Communities in Temperate America as Illustrated in the Chicago Area, by Victor E. Shelford.Life in Inland Waters, by James G. Needam and J. L. LloydAnimal Communities in Temperate America.The Elements of Animal Biology, by S. J. HolmesThe Apple, by Albert E. Wilkinson

Animal Communities in Temperate America. Victor L. Shelford

<i>Animal Communities in Temperate America</i>. Victor L. Shelford

Shelford's 'Animal Communities in Temperate America' Animal Communities in Temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago Region V. E. Shelford

Shelford's 'Animal Communities in Temperate America' Animal Communities in Temperate America as illustrated in the Chicago Region V. E. Shelford

Animal Communities in Temperate America as Illustrated in the Chicago Region

Animal Communities in Temperate America as Illustrated in the Chicago Region

Nature Sketches in Temperate America. Joseph Lane Hancock

Previous articleNext article FreeBook ReviewsNature Sketches in Temperate America. Joseph Lane Hancock O. W. CaldwellO. W. Caldwell Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Volume 20, Number 5May, 1912 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/435946 Views: 77Total views on this site Citations: 1Citations are reported from Crossref Journal History This article was published in The School Review (1893-1979), which is continued by the American Journal of Education (1979-present). PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Alberto C. Riccardi Life and geological studies of Joaquín Frenguelli, Geological Society, London, Special Publications 442, no.11 (Jun 2016): 239–251.https://doi.org/10.1144/SP442.6

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Book reviewed in this article:Elements of Applied Mathematics, by Herbert E. CobbElementary ArithmeticRevolving Vectors, by George W. Patterson, PhD.A Laboratory Manual of Physics for Use in Secondary Schools. By C. E. LinebargerNature Sketches in Temperate America, by Joseph Lane Hancock.College Physics, by John Oren Reed and Karl Eugen Guthe

Nature Sketches in Temperate America . By Joseph Lane Hancock. Chicago: A. C. McClurg &amp; Co. 1911. Pp. xvii + 451, 12 col. pls., 215 figs.

<i>Nature Sketches in Temperate America</i> . By Joseph Lane Hancock. Chicago: A. C. McClurg &amp; Co. 1911. Pp. xvii + 451, 12 col. pls., 215 figs.

Hancock's 'Nature Sketches in Temperate America' Nature Sketches in Temperate America a Series of Sketches and a Popular Account of Insects, Birds, and Plants, Treated from Some Aspects of Their Evolution and Ecological Relations Joseph Lane Hancock

Hancock's 'Nature Sketches in Temperate America' Nature Sketches in Temperate America a Series of Sketches and a Popular Account of Insects, Birds, and Plants, Treated from Some Aspects of Their Evolution and Ecological Relations Joseph Lane Hancock

Book Review: Nature Sketches in Temperate America

Book Review: Nature Sketches in Temperate America

Nature Sketches in Temperate America

Nature Sketches in Temperate America

NATURAL HISTORY NOTES ON COLEOPTERA.—No. 4

Bembidium undulatum, Sturm. There are now about thirty-eight species of Carabidæ recognized as indigenous to North America and Europe, and some of them also to Asia. The most of these are arctic or very northern, this being one of the few that occur in temperate America, but now far northward it inhabits is unknown, as I know only of its occurrence here, though in Europe and Asia it is found in sub-arctic regions. Here it is taken abundantly in July and August under decaying vegetation in most alluvial places subject to occasional inundation. It is a Notaphus, .20 inch long, shining, elytra obscurely rufo-piceous, paler at apex with oblique pale mark, punctures of striæ obsolete behind middle and surface undulated. Identical with European specimens, and also verified by Dr. Horn.

I.—Subsidence and Elevation, and on the Permanence of Oceans

The theory of permanent Continents and Oceanic basins, opposed as it is to the general teaching of text-books, seems to have given rise to comparatively little discussion. In the latest edition, for instance, of Lyell's Principles, we read: “It is not too much to say that every spot which is now dry land has been sea at some former period, and every part of the space now covered by the deepest ocean has been land.” The new theory has been upheld chiefly by Sir Wyville Thomson, Prof. Geikie and Mr. Wallace. The latter especially has collected every kind of evidence together that seems to support it in his latest, and most admirable work, “Island Life.” By a process of reasoning, supported by a large array of facts of different kinds, he arrives at the conclusion that the distribution of life upon the land, as we now see it, has been accomplished without the aid of important changes in the relative positions of continents and seas. Yet if we accept his views, we must believe that Asia and Africa, Madagascar and Africa, New Zealand and Australia, Europe and America, have been united at some period not remote geologically, and that seas to the depth of 1000 fathoms have been bridged over; but we must treat as “utterly gratuitous, and entirely opposed to all the evidences at our command,” the supposition that temperate Europe and temperate America, Australia and South America, have ever been connected, except by way of the Arctic or Antarctic Circles, and that—lands now separated by seas of more than 1000 fathoms depth have ever been united.

Colænis Julia in Texas.—Venomous Snakes devouring each other

IN Chapter xv. of his “Geographical Distribution of Animals,” Mr. Wallace mentions Colænis (belonging to the Nymphalidæ) as one of the South American forms, which do not pass north of Costa Rica or Nicaragua. I have taken, though only once during nine years, a female of Colænis julia, Hübner, here at Bastrop, on the Colorado, in about 30° N. latitude, but I believe this to be the first time where said species has been captured in temperate America.

REMARKS ON THE HISTORY AND ARCHITECTURE OF THE WOOD PAPER-MAKING WASPS

The history of the wasps of temperate America has not been recorded. It appears that entomologists have no great desire to study those interesting insects; and although several species occur in Canada, we know little or nothing of their natural history. One species, the spotted wood wasp (Vespa maculata, Linn.), occurs commonly, as near as I can determine, about every third year, in our northern woods. Havinq partially studied its habits, and collected a series of the nests in all their stages, it is particularly in regard to the latter that I claim attention. But before I proceed to relate what I have ascertained regarding their architecture, it will suffice to state that each large nest which we notice suspended from trees towards the end of summer consisted of a colony of males, females and workers or imperfect females, as they are termed.