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species, averaging nearly two pages to each species. (Sandberger) Clymenia 

 subnautilina, n. sp., the first and only speciesof the genus found in Nassau, with 

 a plate — p. 127-136. (Same) Concise notice of the work "Petrifactions of 

 the Rhenish formation in Nassau," with a comparative table of the members of 

 that System — p. 85, 86. (Dollfuss and Neubauer) Analysis of some specimens 

 of the Schalstein of Nassau — p. 49-82. (Fresenius) Analysis of the chief 

 mineral waters of the Duchy of Nassau, IV., The mineral springs of Langen- 

 schwalbach — p. 1-48. Proceedings, &c. 



Wuertembergische Naturwissenschaftliche Jahreshefte, herausgegeben 



von Dr. H. v. Mohl. u. s. w. Annals op the Wuertemberg Association of 



Natural Science. 8vo. Stuttgart. 



Volume XII. Parts I. and II. 1856. 



Zoology. (Koenig Warthausen) Contribution to the Fauna of Wuertemberg — 

 p. 72-89. (Weinland) On the tooth with which the young of the common ringed 

 snake, Tropidonotus natrix, is provided, in order to make its way out of the egg; 

 with a plate — p. 90-95. Appended are some remarks on the indefinite nature of 

 the characters that have been employed to distinguish the species of these rep- 

 tiles. (Klein) On the apparatus for moving the tongue in Manis macroura 

 Desm. (M. erassieaudata Griffith) — p. 96-99. (Krauss) Occurrence of the 

 black rat, M us rattus, in Wuertemberg — p. 117. Botany. (Koenig-Wart- 



hausen) On a plant of Agave americana which produced eight flower stems — p. 

 100-103. Paleontology. (Oppel) On some Cephalopoda of the Jurassic 

 strata of Wuertemberg— p. 104-108. (Quenstedt) On Pentacrinites colligatus ; 

 with a plate — p. 109-116. (Oppel) On the Jurassic formation of England, 

 France, and South-western Germany ; Section I., the Lower Lias ; Section II., 

 the Middle Lias— p. 12L312. 



Proceedings, Etc. — p. 1-71. (Rapp) Hybernation of animals — p. 23-81. 

 (Krauss) Insects injurious to Agriculture — p. 52-55. (Fleischer) Coccus abietis 

 L. and its parasites — p. 59. Besides the Coleopterous and Hymenopterous para- 

 sites, three species of Psocus are enumerated ; a circumstance which seems to 

 require more elucidation than is here afforded. (Veesenrneyer) Notice of a Her- 

 barium vivum, formed in the end of the 16th century by H. Harder — p. 55-59. 

 (Volz) Note on same — p. 120. (Jaeger) On the relation of parasitic plants to 

 the plant on which they grow — p. 63-70. (Kurr) The terrestrial and fluviatile 

 shells of the Tertiary formation of Upper Swabia— p. 38-47. (Fehling and 

 Kurr) Analysis of fossil fishes' teeth — p. 118. (Fiaas; On the deposits of 

 petrifactions in the Jurassic strata — p. 43-47. (Buhier) On the relation of the 

 river basins and the water shed to the mountains —p. 47-52. 



Abhandlungen der Math. Phys. Klasse der K. Bayerischen Akademie der 

 Wissenchaften. Transactions of the R. Bavarian Academy of Science. 

 Math. Physical Class. 4to. Munich. Vol. VII. 1853-1855. 

 (Fischer) Contribution to the Natural History of the Ostracodea ; with two 

 plates — p. 635-666. The author questions some of Zenker's recent statements 

 as to the composition of the oral organs in this order. The following new species are 

 described : — Cypris socialis, declivis, prasina, madeirensis, exerta, pahrmitana, 

 nitens, triangularis, rivularis, exscnlpta, narcotica, aspera ; Paradoxotoma n. g. 

 of Cytheridae, P. dispar a. sp. ; Cythere maculata, lurida ; Asterope grcenlandica. 

 Several of the species of Juiine, which had remained doubtful in consequence of 

 the brevity of his descriptions, are also illustrated. (Martius) Attempt at a 

 Commentary on the Plants in the works of Marcgrave and Piso on Brazil ; with 

 additional illustrations of the Flora of the empire, Section L, Cryptogama— p. 

 179-238. (Schceubein) On the proximate cause of the blue tinge which some 

 Fungi acquire spontaneously — p. 723-733. (Treviranus) On the structure and 

 development of the ovules and seeds of the Mistletoe; with two plates — p. 151- 

 178. (Roth and Wagner) The Fossil bones of Pikermi, in Greece ; with eight 

 plates— p. 371-461. See a brief notice at page 17 of our preceding volume. 



