64: NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



Description of the Chrysidae of Nassau, and an appendix containing the species of 

 the rest of Germany — p. 13-89. There are described as new species, of Chrvsis, 

 7 ; Holopyga, 2 ; Elarapus, 1 ; Notozus, 4; of which many, according to the author's 

 own admission, and judging from the characters assigned, probably far the greater 

 part, may prove to be mere varieties of known species. The number of species 

 found in the Duchy itself amounts to thirty. (Schenck) List of the Ants of Nas- 

 sau, according to the arrangement of Mayr, being a supplement to the Description 

 of the Ants of Nassau, in Part VIII. of the Annals— p. 90-94. (Same) On some 

 irregularities of the cells of the wing in Hymenoptera — p. 95, 96. (Sandberger) 

 Description of a variety of Papilio podalirius ; with a plate — p. 97. (Fuckel) 

 Additions and corrections to the List of the Phanerogamous plants and vascular 

 Cryptogamae of Nassau, in Parts VII. and VIII. of the Annals— p. 98-103. 

 (Sandberger) List of the Hymenomycetous fungi of the Duchy of Nassau — p. 104- 

 113. (Same) Geognostical sketch of the district of Keichelsheim ; with a map — 

 p. 114-126. (Greiss) On the Magnetism of Iron ore — p. 127 144. Analysis of 

 the Mineral springs of Weilbach, by Fresenius— p. 145-178. Of warm springs at 

 Wiesbaden, by Kerner and Carl — p. 179-204. Of lamellar Silicate of Lime from 

 Villmar, by Eglinger — p. 205 210. Of the ashes of Chrysanthemum segetum, by 

 Bangert ; with suggestions by Fresenius, for the extirpation of this troublesome 

 weed by employing it in the manufacture of potash— p. 211-215. Proceedings, 

 &c p. 216-241. 



Abhandluncen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Halle. Trans- 

 actions of the Society of Naturalists of Halle. 4to. Halle. 

 Vol. III. A.D. 1855, 1856. 

 Essays. — (Burmeister) Anatomy of Coracina scutata ; with a plate — p. 191- 

 212. (Schultze) Development of Arenicola piscatorum, and remarks on that of 

 some other Annelids ; with a plate — p. 213-223. (Irmisch) Contributions to the 

 Morphology of plants, No. V., VI. ; with three plates — p. 63-144. The subjects 

 treated in these two parts are various Labiate plants ; also Smilacina bifolia, con- 

 vallaria majalis, polygonatum, verticillata, and Paris quadrifolia. (Leichardt) 

 Contributions to the Geology of Australia, communicated by Girard ; with two 

 sheets of sections — p. 1-62. (Schweigger) Magnetism in its relation to Acoustics 

 — p. 145-189. Proceedings — pp. 75. (Volkmann) On the true office of 

 Muscular Elasticity — p. 57. (Burmeister) The characters of the species of Didel- 

 phis — p. 5. Characters of the genus Centurio — p. 28. South American species 

 of Canis— p. 42-44. The Picinas of Brazil— p. 31. The Trochilinae of Brazil 

 — p. 33. The Sphingidae of Brazil, classification of the species — p. 58-74. 

 (Schultze) Development of Petromyzon — p. 22-24. Structure of the gelatinous 

 Disk of Medusas— p. 1, 18-20. Propagation of Polythalamia— p. 35-39. 

 (Schlechtendahl) On Cibotium glaucescens of druggists — p. 3. On Sorghum 

 saccharaium — p. 7. Polyporus rhytidodes, n. sp., and on other species allied 

 to P. fomentarius — p. 16. On the genus Krameria, which yields the Ratan- 

 hia root, and on a new sort of this ; with other Botanical notices — p. 24- 

 26. On the date of the introduction into Europe of Datura — p. 26. The 

 specific distinction of Gotoneaster vulgaris and tomentosa, and on some other 

 species of this genus — p. 29. (Mueller) On accessory buds in Monocotyle- 

 donous plants— p. 45. On the arrangement of the leaves in various South 

 American plants — p. 46-48. (Burmeister) On the species of Pterodactylus — 

 p. 11-15. (Girard) Extinct Volcanoes of the Vivarais and Velay — p. 7. 

 General views of the Trias — p. 8. 



SlTZUNGSBERICHTE DER KAISERLICHEN AKADEMIE DER WlSSENSCHAFTEN. 



Proceedings of the Vienna Imperial Academy of Science. Math. Nat. 

 Hist. Class. 8vo. Vienna. 



Vol. XX. Parts II. and III. ; with twenty-nine Plates. 1856. 

 (Pelzeln) New and imperfectly known species of birds of the Imperial Museum ; 

 with extracts from Natterer's MS. Catalogue of the Trogonidae and Alcedinidae, 



