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Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of the United States : By Fred- 

 erick Ernst Melsheimer, M. D. Revised by S. S. Haldeman and J. L. Le 

 Conte. 



Synopsis of the Marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan, or the Region 

 about the mouth of the Bay of Fundy, New Brunswick : By W. Stimpson. 



Contributions to the Natural History of the Fresh Water Fishes of North 

 America : By Charles Girard. 



Anatomy of the Nervous System of Rana pipiens, L.: By Jeffries Wyman, 



Catalogue of North American Reptiles, in the museum of the Smithsonian 

 Institution. Part I. — Serpents: By S. F. Baird and C. Girard. 



Botany. 



, Plantse "WrightianiB Texano-Neo Mexicanae: By Asa Gray, M. D. Part 

 I — pp. 146, and 10 plates. 



Plantse Wrightianae Texano-Neo Mexicanae. Part II. — An account of a 

 collection of plants, made by Charles Wright, in Western Texas, New 



Mexico, and Sonora, in the years 1851 and 1852: By Asa Gray, M. D. 



pp. 120, and 4 plates. 



Nereis Boreali- Americana, or Contributions to a History of the Marine 

 Alga9 of North America. Part I. — Melanospermese: By William Henry 

 Harvey, M. D., M. R. I. A.; pp. 152 and 12 colored plates. 



Nereis Boreali-Americana, or Contributions to a History of the Marine 

 Algse of North America. Part II. — Rhodospermae : By Wiliiam H. 

 Harvey, M. D., M. R. I. A.; pp. 262, and 24 plates, colored. 



Plantaa Fremontianaj ; or descriptions of plants collectod by Colonel J. 

 C. Fremont in California : By John Torrey, F. L. S. 1853 ; pp. 24, and 10 

 plates. 



Observations on the Batis Maritima of Linnasus : By John Torrev. 

 F. L. S. ^ ^ 



On the Darlingtonia Californica ; a new pitcher plant from Northern 

 California : By John Torrey, F. L. S. 



Palceoniology. 



A Memoir on Mosasauriis, and the three allied new genera, Holcodus, 

 ConosauruSy and Amphorosteus : By Robert W. Gibbes, M. D. 



Memoir upon the Extinct Species of Fossil Ox: By Joseph Leidy, M. D. 



The Ancient Fauna of Nebraska; or, a description of remains of extinct 

 Mammalia and Chelonia from the Mauvaises Terres of Nebraska : By 

 Joseph Leidy, M. D.; pp. 124, and 25 plates. 



Bibliography . 



Bibliography of American Natural History, for the year 1851 : By 

 Charles Girard. 



Notices of Public Libraries in the United States : By Professor C. C. 

 Jewett. 



Directions for Collecting, Preserving, and Transporting Specimens of 

 Natural History, Prepared for the use of the Smithsonian Institution. 

 Two editions. 



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