CONTENTS. 



ZOOLOGY. 



12. Upon Microscopic Animalculi, considered as a Cause 



of Putrefaction, . . . 208 



13. Analogy between the organised structure and lied 



Colour of the Globules in the Blood of Animals, and 

 of those Red Vegetable Globules namedjPro/ococcwsJ 

 Kermesinus^ .... 209 



14. Cause of the Eed Colour of Agates, . . 210 



15. On the Stinging Powers possessed by some Medusae, 211 



16. Phosphorescence of the Ocean, . . 212 



ARTS. 



17. Dr Traill's Indelible Ink, . . 213 



XX. New Publications* 



1. Gaea Norvegica. Conducted by Professor Keilhau. 



Part 1st 4to, with Geological Map and Plates. 

 Christiania, 1838. (In German.) . . 215 



2. Lethsea Geognostica ; or Figures and Descriptions of 



the Characteristic Petrifactions of the different Rock- 

 Formations. By Dr G. H. Bronn. 4to. Heidel- 

 berg. 1837, . . . .216 



3. A Systematic and Stratigraphical Catalogue of the 



Fossil Fish in the Cabinets of Lord Cole and Sir Phil- 

 lip Grey Egerton, together with an Alphabetical and 

 Stratigraphical Catalogue of the same Species, with 

 references to their published Figures and descrip- 

 tions. By Sir Phillip Grey Egerton, Bart., 

 M.P., F.R.S., F.G.S. 4to. London : 1837. 216 



4. The Zoology of the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under 



the Command of Captain Fitzroy, during the years 

 1832 to 1836. Part 2d, Mammalia, with numerous 

 Plates. By George R. Waterhouse, Esq., Cura- 

 tor of the Museum of the Zoological Society. Smith, 

 Elder & Co., London, . . .216 



5. The Natural History of the Quadrupeds of Paraguay 



and the River La Plata. Jiy Don Felix de Azara. 

 Translated from the Spanish, with numerous Notes 

 by W. P. Hunter, Esq., F.G.S., Z.S., &c. vol. 1. 

 8vo. Black & Co., Edinburgh; Longman & Co., 

 London, .... 2l7 



XXI. List of Patents granted in Scotland from 13th March 



to 11th June 1838 inclusive, . .217 



