Transcriber’s Note Italic text displayed as: _Italic_ Bold text displayed as: =Bold= THE OHIO Naturalist PUBLISHED BY THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY EDITORIAL STAFF EDITOR-IN-CHIEF—JOHN H. SCHAFFNER, A. M., M. S. ASSOCIATE EDITORS: _Zoology_—F. L. LANDACRE, B. Sc. _Botany_—F. J. TYLER, B. Sc. _Geology_—J. A. BOWNOCKER, D. Sc. _Archaeology_—W. C. MILLS, B. Sc. _Ornithology_—R. F. GRIGGS. ADVISORY BOARD: PROFESSOR W. A. KELLERMAN. Ph. D. Department of Botany. PROFESSOR HERBERT OSBORN, M. Sc. Department of Zoology. PROFESSOR J. A. BOWNOCKER, D. Sc. Department of Geology. Volume 1. JUNE, 1901 Number 8 COLUMBUS, OHIO _PRESS OF HANN & ADAIR_ [Illustration: _THE OHIO NATURALIST_] A journal devoted more especially to the natural history of Ohio. The official organ of THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. Published monthly during the academic year, from November to June (8 numbers). Price 50 cents per year, payable in advance. To foreign countries, 75 cents. Single copies 10 cents. JOHN H. SCHAFFNER, _Editor_. F. J. TYLER, _Subscriptions_. R. F. GRIGGS, _Advertising Agent_. _Address_ THE OHIO NATURALIST, Ohio State University, COLUMBUS, OHIO. CONTENTS A Study in Variation on the Wing of the Honey Bee 119 _F. L. Landacre_ Twelve Plants Additional to the Ohio List 121 _W. A. Kellerman_ The Food Habits of Some Aphrophora Larvae 122 _E. D. Ball_ The Vernation of Salix 124 _Robert F. Griggs_ Ohio Reptiles in the Ohio State University Zoological Museum 126 _Max Morse_ A Preserving Box for Plants 128 _Edo Claassen_ Ohio Tumbleweeds 129 _John H. Schaffner_ Meetings of the Biological Club 129 _Jas. S. Hine, Sec._ Entered at the Post Office at Columbus, Ohio, as second class matter. The Ohio Naturalist PUBLISHED BY THE BIOLOGICAL CLUB OF THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY Vol. 1. JUNE, 1901 No. 8 A STUDY IN VARIATION ON THE WING OF THE HONEY BEE. F. L. LANDACRE. While working on the Honey Bee in the laboratory at the University it was observed that the number of hooks connecting the posterior wing with the anterior was not constant. The query at once arose as to the amount of variation there might be between different bees in the same hive and also between different hives. Out of this grew a somewhat practical problem as to whether the increase in number of hooks was associated with a decrease in the size of the wing, or whether the increase in number of hooks also implied an increase in size of wing.