132 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



under the Microscope, with relation to the Aperture of the Object Glasses — a paper 

 of great interest to the practical observer. (Hepworth, John) On the Fly's Foot 

 (Mitsca domestica) ; (Allmau, George Jas. A.) On the Involution Theory of the 

 Starch Granule. This paper leads to the following conclusions:— 1st. That the 

 Starch Granule consists of a series of lamellae, in the form of close, hollow shells, 

 included one within another, the most internal enclosing a minute cavity, filled with 

 amorphous (?) amylum ; that the concentric stria? visible in the granule indicate 

 the surfaces of contact of these lamellae ; and that the so-called nucleus of Fritzsche 

 corresponds to the central cavities. 2nd. That while the lamellae all appear to be 

 identical in chemical constitution, yet the internal differ from the external in con- 

 sistency, or other conditions of integration. 3rd. That the order of reposition of 

 the lamellae is Centripetal. 4th. That while the Starch Granule is thus a la- 

 mellated vescicle, it cannot be included in the category of the true vegetable cell, 

 from which it differs, not only in the absence of a proper nucleus, but in presenting 

 no chemical differentiation between membrane and contents. Translations ; 

 Notes and Correspondence, &c. 



Zoologist. No. 138, April ; No. 139, May ; No. 140, June. 8vo. London : 

 Van Voorst. Is. each number. 



Within the last three months the following, among other articles, have ap- 

 peared : — 



No. 138, April :— (Birkbeck, Kobert) Notes on the Birds of Italy and Sicily, 

 made in 1853 ; (Wourse, W. E. C.) Suggestions for ascertaining the Cause of 

 Death in Birds and Animals ; ( Ashford, Charles) List of Fresh-water Mollusks 

 found at Ackwork, Yorkshire; Notices of New Books; Proceedings of So- 

 cieties, &c. 



No. 139, May : — (Smith, Kev. Alfred Charles) On the Manner in which Parent 

 Birds occasionally remove their Eggs and Young ; a very interesting Paper, evin- 

 cing much patient observation on a comparatively little known subject. (Spicer, 

 J. W. G.) Notes on Hybrid and Gallinaceous Birds ; (Rodd, E. H.) Occurrence of 

 the American Stint (Tringa pusilla) near Penzance ; (Gordon, Rev. George) List 

 of Mollusca found in the province of Moray, and the Moray Firth ; this Paper is 

 a continuation of the Fauna of Moray, previously appearing in the pages of the 

 * Zoologist," &c. 



No. 140, June :— (Slaney, W. H.) The Corby Crows and the Rooks ; (Smith, 

 R. H. S.) List of Land and Fresh-water Mollusks, found near Sevenoaks, Kent. 

 In this list, which we have reason to believe was originally communicated to the 

 Dublin University Zoological Assocation, we see by the author's remarks on Helix 

 nemoralis and H. hispida, that he is not u an humble convert " to the views of 

 modern Malacologists. (Hogan, A. R.) Catalogue of Coleoptera found in the 

 neighbourhood of Dublin. We are glad to see this list of Dublin Coleoptera — the 

 second which has ever appeared ; nor is its value at all diminished by the high 

 authority on which many of the species are recorded. We hope its publication 

 will serve to increase the diligence of Irish entomologists, as we are disposed to 

 believe that many species found in the district are not as yet enumerated, 

 of which we hope soon to see a supplemental list. Notices of New Books ; Pro- 

 ceedings of Societies, &c. For the list see Proceedings of Dublin University 

 Zoological Association, pp. 32, 88, and 98, as given in our reports of its pro- 

 ceedings. — Eds. 



