2 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



the existenoe of native iron in a malleable state in Liberia, Africa— p. 250-253. 

 (Same) Character of the so-called Verd-Antique Marble — p. 260-263. (Same) 

 Remarks on the Protocarbonate of Iron in the coal measures — p. 289. (Same) 

 On alternating beds of coal in New Brunswick, analogous to the cannel beds in 

 Scotland — p. 306. (Jackson) Geology of parts of New Brunswick and Nova 

 Scotia — p. 242-250. (Same) Chemical composition of Serpentine marbles 

 known as Verd Antique — p. 314-319. (Same) On the formation of Stalactites. 

 — p. 335. (Mason) Laterite from the valley of the Sitang, Burmah — p. 226. 

 (Rogers) Theory of the origin and accumulation of the Protocarbonate of Iron 

 in the coal measures — p. 283-288. (Same) On the saltpetre earth from Ten- 

 nessee — p. 334. (Same) On the growth of Stalactites— p. 336. (Storer) On 

 beds of extinct oysters in the Charles River, &c. — p. 268. (Warren) On re- 

 markable gigantic Fossils and Foot marks recently discovered — p. 298-306. 

 (Same) On a gray Sandstone Slab with impressions on both sides — p. 209. 

 (Wyman) Fossil Bones of Reptiles from the sandstone of the Connecticut 

 valley — p. 238. (Same) Experiments on the formation of rain-impressions on 

 clay— p. 253. (Same) On Foot-prints in the Carboniferous strata of Pennsyl- 

 vania, probably Reptilian — p. 258. 



Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 

 Vol. VII. No. XII. 1855,1856. 



Zoology. (Meigs) List of Human Crania of the Morton collection — p. 420- 

 422. (LeConte) On the N. American species of Bats — p. 431-438. New species, 

 Vespcrtilio pallidus. (Same) Descriptions of two new species of Hesperomys, 

 cognatus, gracilis — p. 442. (Cassin) New and little known birds from the U. S. 

 Exploring Exp<diton, and the Academy Collections — p. 438 441. New species, 

 Muscipela cyaniceps, Philippine Islands ; Mohoa braccata, Sandwich Isles. (Le 

 Conte) Descriptive Catalogue of the Ranina of the U. S. ; with a plate — p. 423- 

 431. New species, Rana conspersa ; R. capito, figured. (Uhler) Descriptions 

 of ten new species of Coleoptera of the U. S. — p. 415-418. (Leidv) Notices of 

 some Tapeworms — p. 443. New species, Teenialaticephala, pestifera, strigis-aca- 

 dicse, lactea, gibbosa. Botany. (James) Enumeration of Mosses of Northern 

 U. S., not comprised in Gray's Manual, some of them new species — p. 444 447. 

 The additions amount to 47 species, of which are described as new, Catharinea 

 crispa, Hypnum subtenue, and another species not named. Paleontology. 

 (Conrat) Note on the Miocene and Post-Pliocene deposits of California, with 

 descriptions of two new fossil corals : a new species of Pentamerus — p. 441. 

 Reports on Library and Museum of the Academy — p. 449-453. 



Vol. VIII. No. I., II. A.D. 1856. 

 Zoology. (Cassin) Notes on N. American birds in the collection of the 

 Academy, Philadelphia, and National Museum, Washington— p. 39-42. Spizel/a 

 breweri, Anser albaius, n. spp. (Hallowell) Description of several species of 

 Batrachia Urodela, with remarks on the geographical distribution and the classi- 

 fication of the Caducibranchiate section — p. 6-11. Ambystoma laterale, n. sp. 

 (Kennicott) Description of a new snake, Regina kirtlandii, from Illinois — p. 

 95. (LeCont< ) Coleoptera of the United States : I. Myuetophagidae — p. 12-15. 

 II. Phalaciidae — p. 15-17. III. Note on the genus Li tTiodus Schcenherr— p. 19. 



IV. Notice of three new genera of Scaraba3ida3— p. 19-25. Aphonus, allied to 

 Ligyrus ; six species of the former, and six of the latter genus. Polymoechus 

 allied to Pachylns. Pleocoma, doubtful whether of the Dynastidse or Geotrupidce. 



V. Analytical table of the species of the genus Chlcenius — p. 25 29. Thirty-eight 

 species, besides some that are doubtful. (liogeis) Synopsis of the species of 

 Chrysomela, and allied genera, inhabiting the U. S. ; from LeConte's collection ; 

 with a plate — p. 29-39. Fourteen new species described and figured. Blepharida 

 n. g., distinguished by the cleft ungues, type Chrysomela rlwis Foist. Cent. 

 (Leidy) A synopsis of Ent< zoa, and some of their ecto-congeners, observed by the 

 author — p. '42 58. One hundred and seventy two species enumerated; manyde- 



