62 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



Nautili by Whale fishers— p. 256-259. (Moerch> On the genus Onustus— p. 

 238-243. (Koren and Danielssen) Embryology of the Pectinibranchia— p. 256- 

 259. Botany. — (Sandahl) Comparative view of the vegetation of Billinger and of 

 Kinnekulle — p. 190-203. (Agardh) Remarks on Saxifraga control em a, and the 

 species allied to it— p. 170-174. (Same) On the parts of the flower in the 

 Salicinae — p. 174-180. (Angstroem) On the Swedish species of Botrychium—-p. 

 181-190. Geology and Paleontology. — (Nillson) On fossil bones of Whales 

 found in the Swedish territory, and on a Delphinus orca stranded on the coast of 

 Bleking, in the Spring of 1851— p. 55-64. (Retzius) The fossil bone of Luz— 

 p. 270-274. (Weibye) On the phenomena of Friction in Scandinavia — p. 155- 

 164. (Klee) Observations on the Alluvial Sandstone of Denmark — p. 145-155, 

 (Igelstrcem) Geognostical and Mineralogical description of the Parish of Werms- 

 kog, and part of the adjoining parishes in Wermlandslaen — p. 123-145. Miscel- 

 laneous. — (Worsaae) The utility of Antiquarian studies of Natural History — p. 

 39-48. 



Acta Nova Societatis Regi.e Scientiarum Upsaliensis. Transactions 



of the Upsal Royal Society of Science. New Series. 4to. Upsal. 



Vol. I. Part II. 1855. 



(Areschoug) New and imperfectly known species of Phycece collected in the seas 



out of Europe. (Forselles) An attempt briefly to characterize the Rocks according 



to the present state of Mineralogical science. 



GERMANY. 

 Zeitschrift fuer die gesammten Naturwissenschaften u. s. w. redigirt 



von C. Giebel und W. Heintz. Journal of the Natural Sciences in 



general, published by the Natural History Association of Saxony and 



Thuringia. 8vo. Halle. 



Vol. VIII. July to December. 1856. 



Essays (Philippi) On the species of Helix indigenous in Chili — p. 89-93. 



(Same) On the Shells of the Straits of Magellan— p. 94-106. (Schmidt) List 

 of the indigenous Mollusca of Northern Germany; with critical remarks — p. 120- 

 169. (Same) On the Balece, and Balea-like Clausilice of Siebenburgen — p. 407- 

 413. (Same) On the Organ of Hearing in the Mollusca ; with two plates — p. 

 389-407. (Koehler) Minute chemical examination of the tongues of Gastropoda 

 — p. 106-112. (Krceyer) On the Crustacean genus Sergestes — p. 413-418. 

 (Same) On Pachybdella, Peltogaster and Sylon; parasitic genera of Crustacea — 

 p. 419-622. Both essays extracted from the Proceedings of the Danish Royal 

 Society for 1855. (Hoek) On Calicolyle kroeyeri Diesing, an intestinal worm from 

 Raja batis ; extracted from the Proceedings of the Swedish Academy, 1856 — p. 

 507-512. (Gerding) Studies of the chemical constitution of Lichenes ; with 

 reference especially to the formation of the colouring matter in plants ; extracted 

 from Bley's Archives — p. 112-119. (Nillson) On fossil remains of Saurians and 

 Fishes in the Chalk of Schonen ; extracted from the Proceedings of the Swedish 

 Academy, ad. 1856 — p. 504-507. (Giebel) The Chalk formation in Thuringia 

 — p. 169-174. (Same) On the remains of Saurians and Fishes in the Keuper of 

 Thuringia ; with a plate— p. 422-429. The remains, found by Mr. Picard, belong 

 to the following species — Noihosaurus cuvierii Querist.; Amblypterus decipiens 

 Gieb. ; Saurichthys mougeoti, apicalis, acuminatus, Ag. ; Hybodus tenuis, plica- 

 tilis, mougeoti, obliquus, Ag. ; H. thuringiae n. sp.\ Acrodus gaillardoti Ag. 

 (Eisel) On the Zechstein of the environs of Gera— p. 16-18. (Bruns) Analysis 

 of the Lead dross from the smeltings of the Upper Harz — p. 495-499. (Kuh- 

 lemann) Analysis of some Minerals of the Upper Harz — p. 499-504. Short 

 Communications — (Prosch) On the spouting of Whales— p. 514. (Schioedte) 

 On a new species of Niphargus discovered in England ; extracted from the Pro- 

 ceedings of the Danish Royal Society, a.d. 1855 — p. 429-430. (Stenhammar) New 

 Hortus siccus of Swedish Lichenes — p. 512-514. (Giebel) Geological synopsis of 

 primeval Insects — p. 174-188. The author urges the importance of this long neg- 



