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principally Gneiss. I possess a specimen of the shell almost an inch by six- 

 eighths. — J. W., Aberdeen, October 24:th., 1851. 



Our correspondent has very kindly forwarded us some small specimens of this 

 very elegant patella. The discovery of this shell on the east coast of Scotland 

 is* interesting, and it is probable that by searching in other favourable localities^ 

 some additional habitats might be found. — B. B. M. 



Crustacea from the stomach of a HaddocJc, (Morrhua seglefinus.) — T removed 

 from the stomach of a male Haddock caught by hook and line a few miles 

 from the harbour, the following: — Alpheus ruler. — Four perfect specimens and 

 fragments^ old and young in abundance. Gonoplax angulata. — One old and 

 four young specimens, rather imperfect; fragments of hands, arms, etc. 

 Atelecyclus heterodon, Leach, (Septemdentatus, Montagu.) — Two full-grown and 

 five young ones; arms and hands in abundance. Ehalia Cranchii. — One perfect 

 specimen. Galathea nexa. — Three perfect specimens; arms and hands. Gebia 

 deltura. — Two perfect specimens; arms, hands, etc., in abundance. Pagurus 

 Bernhardus. — x\rms and hands. Foriunvs marmorens. — Carapace, amis and 

 hands of one specimen. lu addition to these Crustacea the following were also 

 obtained: — Tarntella terebra. — Three full-grown shells, empty; two containing 

 Pagurus loevis. Sepiola Bondeleta, partially dissolved by the juices of the 

 stomach. Aphrodita aculeata. — Perfect. All these specimens from one 

 stomach. — W. P. Cocks, Falmouth, May l^th., 1851. 



Shells from Trawl Befuse. — This morning Miss Vigurs found in Trawl refuse, 

 the Voluta loevis, alive; Bulla cylindracea, dead shell; Fusus harvicensis, dead 

 shell; Ghemnitzia rufa, alive; and Dr. Vigurs a fine living specimen of the 

 Tritonia Hombergii — Molgula oculata, from the same stuff". — Idem. 



Sphinx atropos. — The Caterpillar of this Moth was. captured by me at 

 Coatham, in the same garden as the Rose Pastor, feeding on potatoes, where 

 it has been regxilarly taken for the last three years : it measured three inches 

 and .a quarter. A similar specimen was taken at Marske, near Redcar. — ■ 

 D. Ferguson, Bedcar, October 8th., 1851 . 



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Phyfo Theology; or. Botanical Sketches intended to illustrate the Works of God, 

 in the Structure, Functions, and General Distribution of Plants. By 

 John Huttox Balfour, M.D., Professor of Medicine and Botany, Univer- 

 sity of Edinburgh. 1851. 



O.VE marked feature of the present day is the rapidly increasing taste for 

 scientific knowledge among all classes of the people, and the corresponding 

 facilities afforded for its acquirement. The importance of such knowledge is 

 now pretty generally acknowledged by those whose daily employments call upon 

 them for a certain amount of scientific information, as well as by a large class 



