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The Annals and Magazine of Natural History; including Zoology, Botany, 



and Geology. No. 115, July; No. 116, August ; No. 117, September, 1857. 



With Plates. London : Taylor and Francis. 



No. 115, July. — (Dr. Max Schultze) Contributions to the knowledge of the 

 Terrestrial Planarise from communications from Dr. Fritz Mueller, of Brazil, and 

 personal investigations. (Dr. F. Mueller) Description of a new species of 

 Earth-worm. (W. B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S.) Remarks on MM. 

 Koren and Danielssen's Researches on the development of Purpura Lapillus. 

 ( H. J. Carter) On the ultimate Structure of Spongilla, and additional Notes on 

 Freshwater Infusoria ; with a plate. (Arthur Adams, F.L.S.) Notice of the 

 animal of Turbo Sarmaticus and other mollusca from the Cape. (R. M. Andrew, 

 F.R.S., and L. Barrett, F.G.S.) List of the Echinodermata dredged between 

 Droutheim and the North Cape. (L. Barrett) Descriptions of four new species 

 of Echinodermata ; with a plate. Bibliographical Notices. Proceedings of 

 Learned Societies. Miscellaneous. (Professor Troschel) On the Saliva of 

 Dolium galea. (C. W. Peach) On the occurrence of the Harvest mouse in 

 Cornwall. (Dr. Schmidt) Notice of the Baradla Cavern, near Agtelk in 

 Hungary. (M. Fairholme) On the Australian Dugong. 



No. 116, August. — (Professor Japetus Steenstrup) Hectocotylus formation in 

 Argonauta and Tremoctopus, explained by observations on similar formations in 

 the Cephalopoda in general. (E. J. Chapman) On the occurrence of the genus 

 Cryptoceras in Silurian Rocks. (Andrew Murray) List of Coleoptera received 

 from Old Calabar, on the West Coast of Africa. (T. Anderson, M.D.) Notes 

 on the Indian species of Lycium. (William B. Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S.) On 

 the development of Purpura Lapillus. (Dr. P. De Filippi) Observations on the 

 Larvae of Trematode Worms. (J. Koren and D. C. Danielssen) Observations 

 on the development of the Star Fishes. Bibliographical Notices. Proceedings 

 of Learned Societies. Miscellaneous. (Hugo Von Mohl) On the causes of 

 the opening and closing of Stomates. (M. Sars) Description of new Norwegian 

 Annelides. (C. C. Babington) On Gladiolus imbricatus. (George Norman) 

 Notes on some new and rare Diatomaceae from the stomachs of Ascidias. 

 (Professor Langer) On the Vascular System of Anodonta. 



No. 117, September. — (Hugo Von Mohl) Researches on the mode in which 

 Gum-Tragacanth is formed. (John Lycett) On the sands intermediate the 

 Inferior Oolite and the Lias of the Cotteswold Hills, compared with a similar 

 deposit upon the coast of Yorkshire. (John Nietner, Colombo, Ceylon) Descrip- 

 tions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. '(Rev. P. B. Brodie) Remarks on the Lias of 

 Barrow, in Leicestershire, compared with the lower part of that formation in 

 Gloucestershire, Worcestershire, and Warwickshire. (John Denis Macdonald, 

 H. M. S. Herald) Observations on the Microscopic examination of Foraminifera 

 obtained in deep sea bottoms at the Feejee Islands ; with a plate. (E. Claper- 

 ede) On the development of Neritina fluviatilis. (Professor Karl Gegenbaur) 

 Observations on Trachelius ovum. (Dr. L. Radlkofer) On true Partheno- 

 gensis in Plants. Proceedings of Learned Societies. Miscellaneous. (M. 

 T. De Lacaze Duthiers) On the nervous system of Dentalium entalis. (M. 

 Sars) Description of some new Norwegian Polypes. (J. D. Macdonald, 

 H. M. S. Herald) On the Natural History of the Conway Rat. (D. C. Danielssen 

 and J. Koren) Description of Sephoractinia, a new genus of Actinias from 

 Norway. (Dr. E. Moore) On the occurrence of Uroceras Gigas in Cornwall. 



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 and for America, W. Rodgers. Vol. VI. No. 1. July, 1857 : to be continued 

 quarterly. 8vo. Price 6s. ; with Four Plates. 

 No. 1, July. — (Dr. H. C. Lombard) Mountain Climates considered in a Medical 



point of view. (W. Baird, M.D., F.L.S.) Notes on the Food of some fresh- 



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