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The Bolctim de Muscu Paraense, October 1897, contains papers on the 

 Simii of the New World by Hermann Meervvarth, with maps of the 

 distribution of each genus, further notes on the geology of Brazil by 

 Fred. Hartt, the Devonian fauna of the river Maecuru by Friedrich 

 Katzer, notes by Dr Goldi on Lepidosiren and Mesomys ecaudatus, 

 and J. Huber on plants of the genus Hcvca. All the papers are in 

 Portuguese. 



The Memorias Sociedad " Antonio Alzate" (vol. xi., Nos. 5-8) contain 

 the education of the Mexican woman by Galindo y Villa, the origin 

 of individuals by Professor Herrera, public instruction in Mexico by 

 Torres Torija, gold in Mexico by E. Ordonez, the water supply of the 

 city of Mexico by Dr A. Penafiel, and seismic notes from Central and 

 South America by Montessus de Ballore. Herrera's, Ordonez', and 

 Montessus' papers are in French, the others in Spanish. 



The first part of Dr Arthur Willey's " Zoological Results based on 

 material from New Britain . . . and elsewhere," contains the anatomy 

 and development of Peripatus novae-britanniac by the editor, Meta- 

 protella sandalensis a new Caprellid by Dr Paul Mayer, Aipysurus 

 annulatus a rare marine snake by G. A. Boulenger, reports on the 

 centipedes, millipedes, scorpions, pedipalpi and spiders by E. I. 

 Pocock, and an account of the Phasmidae and their eggs by Dr D. 

 Sharp. 



The Geological Survey of India notify that by order of the 

 Government the " Records " issued by their department in the months 

 of February, May, August and November each year, ceased to be 

 published from the 1st January 1898. Annual Reports will be issued, 

 and papers will appear in the Memoirs. 



Further Literature Received 



Zoological results based on material from New Britain, New Guinea, Loyalty 

 Islands, and elsewhere, collected during 1895 7, Arthur Willey : Cambridge Univ. 

 Press. Composition of Maize, W. H. Wiley : U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. 50. Geology for 

 Beginners, W. W. Watts : Macmillan. Faune de France (Thysanoures — Protozoaires), 

 Acioque : Bailliere et Fils. Bibliografia geologica y minera de la Republica Mexicana, 

 Rafael Aguilar : Secretaria de Fomento, Mexico. Report on West Australian Rocks, G. 

 W. Card. Darwin Wrong, R. F. Licorish : Barbados. Studien iiber die Protoplasnia- 

 stromung bei den Characeen, by Georg Hoermann : Gustav Fischer. Wisconsin Geol. 

 and Nat Hist. Survey, Bulletins i., ii. Manual of the Geology of India, Economics, ed. 

 2, part i., Corundum by T. H. Holland : Geol. Survey, Calcutta. History of Mankind 

 (Macmillan), pt. 28. Mem. Soc. Antonio Alzate, xi., pts. 5-8. Proc. Biol. Soc. 

 Washington (numerous papers by Bangs and Preble). College of Agriculture and 

 Mechanical Arts, Mesilla Park, Annual Catalogue. Annals of the South African 

 Museum, part 1 : Trustees. On Pontobolbos, and other papers, Arthur Uendy. 

 Additions to the fossil Flora of Queensland, J. Shirley. 



Amer. Geol., Aug.; Amer. Journ. Sci. , Sept. ; Amer. Monthly Micro. Journ., 

 Aug. ; Amer. Nat., Aug. ; Botan. Gazette, Aug. ; Feuille des jeunes Nat., Sept. ; 

 Irish. Nat., Sept. ; Knowledge, Sept. 1 ; Literary Digest, Aug. 13, 20, 27 ; Naturae 

 Novit., Aug., Nos. 15 and 16 ; Naturalist, Sept. ; Nature, Aug. 18, 25. Sept 1, 8 ; 

 Nature Notes, Sept. ; Naturen, June-Aug. ; Photogram, Sept. ; Plant World, Aug. ; 

 Psychol. Rev., Sept. ; Review of Reviews, Aug., Sept. ; Revista Quin. Psich., Aug. ; 

 Revue Scient., Aug. 20, 27, Sept. 3, 10 ; Science, Aug. 19, 26, Sept. 2 ; Scientific 

 Amer., Aug. 13, 20, 27, Sept. 3 ; Scot. Med. and Surg. Journ., Aug., Sept. ; Scot. 

 Geogr. Mag., Sept. ; Victorian Nat., Aug. ; Westminster Rev., Sept. 



