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Bulletin de la Society Impdriale des Naturalistes de Moscoii. 

 Vol. IV., 6 plates; Vol. V., 4 plates. Moscow, 1832. 



The papers which are the more interesting to naturalists have 

 the following titles: — Remarks, by M. de Hedenstrom, in fur- 

 ther elucidation of some points in his Fragmens sur la Siherie, 

 Seance publique du 25 Dec. 1832, pour celebrer la Vingt- 

 cinquieme Annee de I'Existence litteraire de la Societe. The 

 report read at the meeting goes to show the extent, usefulness, 

 and consequent importance of the Society's labours in the 

 25 years. Sur les Mastodons et le Tetracaulodon. This is 

 a collective essay, in which the essence of what is known on 

 the osteology, &c., of 7 species of Mastodon is given, and in 

 which the characteristics of a related new genus, named by its 

 describer, Mr. Godman, Tetracaulodon (epithet mastodon- 

 toideum), found in the state of New York, U.S., are detailed, 

 and compared with those of the Mastodons. Of T. masto- 

 dontoideum Godman two plates, exhibitive of the structure 

 of its head and teeth, are given. De nova generis Felis specie. 

 Considerations sur les principaux Organes des Insectes, par 

 G. le Comte de Laveau. Observationes in Plantas Rossicas 

 et Descriptiones specierum novarum : auctore Chr. Steven. 

 Nova Dipterorum genera offert illustratque Henning Jensen. 

 Catalogus systematicus (after Meigen's method) Dipterorum 

 in Livonia observatorum, a B. A. Gimmerthal. Enumeratio 

 Noctuarum Uralenses Montes inter et Wolgam fluvium habi- 

 tantium, auctore E. Eversmann. Note sur un Genre de Po- 

 lypiers nouveau, presente sous le nom de Rhysmotes (epithet 

 petiolatus), par G. Fischer : figures of the animal and its poly- 

 pidom, are added. Analecta ad Faunam Insectorum Ros- 

 sicam, auctore G. Fischer. 16 coloured figures of insects 

 illustrate this essay. — In vol. v. Enumeratio Coleopterorum 

 Rossise meridionalis obvenientium, quae annorum 1827 — 1831 

 spatio observavit I. Krynicki. Coloured figures of 12 of the 

 species described are added. Decades tres plantarum nova- 

 rum Chinas Boreali et Mongoliae Chinensi incolarum, auctore 

 N. Turczaninow. A List of the Butterflies of Volhynia and 

 Podolia. Catalogue de quelques Lepidopteres des Antilles, 

 avec la description de plusieurs especes nouvelles, par 

 M. Menetries. In both volumes there are papers on subjects 

 of geology, and on fossils. 



Fischer-, Gotthelf, de Waldheim : Notice sur le Phlocerus, 

 Genre Noveau d'Orthopteres de la Russie. 8vo, with a 

 plate. Moscow, 1833. 

 - Phlocerus (pklao, to compress; keras, a horn; compressed 



antennae) MenetricszV Fischer (M. Menetries, known by his 



