434 List of Patents. 



6. Illustrations of the Zoology of Southern Africa, S^c. S^c. By Andrew 

 Smith, M.D., Surgeon to the Forces, and Director of the Expedition 

 into the Interior of Africa. 4to : Smith, Elder and Company, Lon- 

 don. 



The following are the animals described, and the natural his- 

 tory given in the Sd, Sd, and 4th Numbers of Dr Smith's richly 

 ornamented and valuable work. 



Mammalia. — 1. Erinacasus frontalis, Smith. 2. Herpestes 

 badius, Smith. 3. Sciurus cepapi. Smith. Hippopotamus 

 amphibius. Maris Temminckii, Smith. 



Aves, — Accipiter polyzonoides, Smith. Prionops talacoma. 

 Crateropus Jardinii, Smith. Euplectes taha, Smith. Phile- 

 taerus lepidus, Smith. Vidua axillaris, Smith. Merops Bul- 

 lockoides, Smith. Pterocles variegatus. Francolinus Swain- 

 sonii, Smith. Francolinus Natalensis, Smith. Francolinus 

 pileatus, Smith. Francolinus subtorquatus, Smith. Hermi- 

 podius lepurana, Smith. 

 Reptilia. — Echidna ionorata, Smith. Lycodon capensis, Smith, 



Insecta. — The 3d Number of the Illustrations confined to 

 the Insecta, will be highly prized by entomologists, having been 

 contributed by W. S. Macleay, Esq. It contains two memoirs, 

 — one on the Cetoniidae of South Africa, the other on the Bra- 

 chyurous Decapod Crustacea, brought from the Cape by Dr 

 Smith. The illustrative coloured plates are perfect represen- 

 tations of the objects described. 



List of Patents granted for Scotland from 14M December 

 1838 to 15th March 1839. 



1. To Joseph Green, of Ranelagh Grove, Chelsea, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention of " an Improvement in Ovens." — 

 21st December 1838. 



2. To Thomas Nicholas Raper, of Greek Street, Soho, in the county of 

 Middlesex, gentleman, for an invention of " improvements in rendering fa- 

 brics and leather water-proof." — 21st December 1838. 



3. To John Howarth, of Aldermanbury, partly in consequence of a com- 

 munication from a certain foreigner residing abroad, and partly by inven- 

 tion of his own, for " certain improvements in machinery for spinning, ro- 

 ving, doubling, and twisting cotton and other fibrous materials." — 21st De- 

 cember 1838. 



4. To Stephen Geary, of Hamilton Place, New Road, in the county of 



