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in the Invertebrate Animals. We postpone any notice of this paper till its conclu- 

 sion, as we find it is likely to lead to some controversy from the pen of Mr. George 

 Newport, who, in a letter to the editors of the " Annales," expresses M his surprise 

 and regret at such a mass of erroneous statements ;" and states his intention of 

 endeavouring to remedy the injury which these errors are likely to do to science 

 by their promulgation. In the meantime, those who take any interest in this 

 subject should give Dr. "Williams's papers an impartial perusal, as they evidence 

 considerable care and attention, and will, no doubt, prove most suggestive to the 

 inquirer. (Wright, Thomas) Contributions to the Palaeontology of Gloucester- 

 shire. A description of some new species of Echinodermata, from the Lias and 

 Oolites. Bibliographical Notices — (Unger, Dr. F.) Botanical Letters; (De Selys- 

 Lonchamps, M. E.) Synopsis de Calopterygines, Brussels, 1853. Proceedings 

 of Societies — Royal Institution of Great Britain — (Owen, Professor) On the 

 Structure and Homologies of Teeth. Zoological Society — Specimen of Echiodon 

 Drummondii (see Yarrell, Brit. Fishes, vol. ii., page 417), found on the shore of the 

 harbour of Valentia, Co. Kerry, after a violent storm from the west, which occurred 

 on 23rd of January last. (Scott, A. W.) On Cystosoma Saundersii of Curtis and 

 Westwood. Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Miscellaneous — (De Tchihatcheff, 

 M. P.) On Vegetation of Mount Argaeus, in Cappadocia ; (Gray. Dr. J. E.) On 

 genera Volutella and Cymbiola ; (Kingsley, G. H.) On Notamea bursaria ; 

 (Reave, Lovell) On a new species of Helix, from Van Dieman's Land ; (Martens, 

 M.) On Colours of Plants. 



No. 77, May: — (Sclater, P. L.) Synopsis of the Fissisostral family, Bucconedce ; 

 (Tyther, Capt. R. C.) On Fauna of Barrackpore ; (Wright, Thomas) Palaeonto- 

 logy of Gloucestershire (continued); (Bowerbank, J. S.) Reply to statements of 

 Professor Sedgewick. This letter, from the honorary secretary of the Palaeonto- 

 graphical Society, which, though firm, is still courteously written, clearly shows, 

 that the conversations respecting " the Cambridge Fossils" was regarded by those 

 engaged in the Palaeontographical Society's memoir, as a refusal to render them 

 available for the purpose of that society. We deeply regret that there should be 

 even an apparent want of courtesy shown by one naturalist to another, and the 

 more so as it was, in this case, shown to one who was not a fellow-countryman. 

 We, however, hope that the matter may still be so explained, as to prove that it 

 was not intended to obstruct the efforts of those labouring for the Palagontographi- 

 cal Society, when anxious to present its members with as a complete a monograph 

 of the British fossil corals as materials existed for doing. We cannot conceive 

 what purpose museums were ever intended for, unless to preserve, in a collected 

 form, and to render available, under the most liberal regulations, to the student, all 

 their treasures ; and we would hope, that no narrow-minded policy would prevent 

 the, we must say, most reasonable request of M. Milne Edwards being acceeded 

 to, if made, not to individuals, but to the " Board of Auditors," or whoever else may 

 be the governing body of the Cambridge Museum. The correspondence that has 

 taken place will do, we are assured, considerable service, by teaching Museum 

 Curators and University Professors that the opportunities placed at their disposal 

 by their position, were never intended for exclusive use, or as means of personal 

 aggrandizement, but that others have, under proper regulations, an equal right to 

 share in them. (Leighton, Rev. W. A.) Monograph of British Graphideae (con- 

 tinued) ; (Berkeley, Rev. M. J.) Notices of British Fungi ; (Gray, J. E., Ph. D.) 



