564 Scientific Notices, 



the Isle of France^ at Timor, and at Guam, during the voyage of 

 M» de Frei/cinet; hy M.M, Quoy and Gay mar d. M. Bory de St. 

 Vincent informed the Academy of the completion of his great work, 

 on the classification and history of microscopic animals. 



January 9, 1826. — M. de St. Hilaire presented a human mon- 

 ster which had been found, embalmed, among the mummies 

 brought from Egypt by M. Passalacqua; and he also read a notice 

 on the subject. 



January 16. — The same naturalist read a memoir, entitled, 

 Zoological and Physiological considerations relating to a new 

 genus of monstrosities called hypognalle, established to iticlude 

 three species of double- headed Calves, with heads opposed to each 

 other, and attached together by the symphysis of their lower 

 jaws ; and on 



January 23, he made a verbal report on Dr. Granville's memoir 

 on Egyptian Mummies.* M.M. Huzard, Chaussier, and Majendie, 

 made a very favourable report on M. Girard's memoir On the 

 inguinal hernia of the ruminantia and the monodactyli. 



E. W.B. 



Art. LXIII. Scientific Notices, 



CONCHOLOGICAL NOTICES BY DR. TUllTON. 



A fine specimen of the Panopcea Glycymeris has been dredged 

 up at Scarborough, and is in the cabinet of Mr. Bean. A single 

 valve, with part of the fish in it, has also been found, more lately, 

 on Abarlady sands in North Britain. 



At Scarborough has also been taken the Buccinum Anglicum 

 of Lamarck; B, striatum of Pennant. 



A living specimen of the Buccinum glaciale was lately taken 

 by the dredge in Torbay. 



♦ For an abstract of this valuable memoir, see the present volume of the 

 Zool. Journ. p. 272. 



