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Doris, and Tritonia, which in this state differ from the adult species in form. 

 M. Saabs has found three new species in the genus Spio of Otho Fabricius, and 

 thinks that this hitherto misunderstood group should be referred to the Nereids. 

 The genus Ophelia he believes to have been described in an inverse sense by the 

 learned naturalist M. Savigny, and that it also belongs to the Nereids. M. 

 Saars has also found a new species of Apodal Worm on the branchiae of 'Lamp-in 

 gutlatus, and an unpublished species in the stomach of a Beroe. Among the 

 zoophytes, M. Saars says that the Asterice, when first hatched, differ in form 

 from the adult animals. The singular animal before designated by him as the 

 Strobila, proves to be a young Medusa. The coasts of Bergen present many 

 new and singular genera, and, although so far north, are remarkably rich in marine 

 animals, several having been found there which have been hitherto seen only in 

 warmer regions. Surely our naturalists on the opposite shores of Scotland have 

 the same opportunities as M. Saars ; and might enlighten us concerning this 

 extraordinary part of creation if they were sufficiently encouraged, and the 

 expense of publishing could be defrayed for those who have other objects to which 

 their incomes must be devoted. — Athenaeum, April 14, 1838. 



Organic Changes in Nature. — The sluggish Cow pastures in the cavity of 

 the valley ; the bounding Sheep on the declivity of the hill ; the scrambling Goat 

 browses among the shrubs of the rock ; the Duck feeds on the water plants of 

 the river ; the hen, with attentive eye, picks up every grain that is scattered and 

 lost in the field ; the Pigeon, of rapid wing, collects a similar tribute from the 

 refuse of the grove ; and the frugal Bee turns to account even the small dust on 

 the flower. There is no corner of the earth where the whole vegetable crop may 

 not be reaped : those plants which are rejected by one, are a delicacy to another ; 

 and even among the finny tribes contribute to their fatness. The Hog devours 

 the Horse-tail and Henbane ; the Goat the Thistle and the Hemlock. All return 

 in the evening to the habitations of Man, with murmurs, with bleatings, with cries 

 of joy, bringing back to him the delicious tributes of innumerable plants, trans- 

 formed, by a process the most inconceivable, into honey, milk, butter, eggs, and 

 cream. — St. Pierre. 



New Animals. — Two new genera of Mammalia have been found in the East 



Indies, which border upon the Paradozurus ; one, called the Hemigalus, seems 



to connect the Genets to the above animal, and the other, under the name of 



Ambliodon, approaches these two and the Civet ; in consequence of which, MM. 



de Blainville and Isidore Geoffroy St. Hilaire propose to form a family, as 



follows : — 



/- Genus Civet. 

 Family \ Genet> 



Hemigalid*. \ H emigalus. 



