Vol. IX. *LI- mOHTS RESERVED . NO. 54. 



Rathp^al 



™ SeiERGE: 



A p/Eonthly I^evieW of Scientific ProgFcss. 



AUGUST, 1896. 



CONTENTS. 



Notes and Comments 73 



The Excusers of the Preliminary Notice — " Premature 

 Births "—Description of Species — The Larva of Leucosoleniu — Ne'w 

 Mammals from Victoria — A Placental Marsupial — The Plesio- 

 sauria^ Australian Pictographs — Oufens College Biological 

 Studies — Cambrian Fossils in Victoria— Lincolnshire Geology 

 — Fossil Monocotyledons — Cypresses— Diatoms — Studies on 

 Indian Garnets— The Sight of Children— Process-Engraving 

 in Colours — American Entomology. 



I. Joseph Prestiarich. By H. B. Woodward, F.B.S., F.G.S 89 



II. On English Amber and Amber Generally. By Professor H. Con- 



wentz, Ph.D. (With Plates I. and II.) 99 



III. Two Vieivs on Museums. — I. The Skeleton in the Museum. By 



F. A. Lucas. II. The Museum of the Future, By Professor 



A. Herrera . . . . 107 



IV. Sporozoa. By Professor E. Ray Lankester, M.A., LL.D., F.R.S. .. Ill 

 V. Lyell and Lamarckism : a Rejoinder. By Professor W. K. Brooks 115 



Some New Books 120 



The Student's Lyell: by J. "W. Judd.— Ethnology : by A. H. 

 Keane.— Cephalopods of the North Atlantic : by L. Joubin 

 (W. E. H.)— The Hymenoptera Aculeata of the British Islands : 

 by E. Saunders (O. H. L.). — L'Amateur de Papillons : by H. 

 Coupin. — The Flora of Dumfriesshire: by G. F. Scott-Elliot. — 

 Hois Plants Live and Work: by E. Hughes-Gibb. — Crystal- 

 lography for Beginners : by C. J. Woodward (W. J. Pope). — 

 Selborne for Children. — Thoughts on Evolution : by P. G. F. — 

 The Whence and the Whither of Man: by J. M. Tyler. — 

 W^arne's Natural History, Parts 26-30.— Elementarcurs der 

 Zootomie: by B. Hatschek and C. J. Cori (W. G. R.). — Boas' 

 Zoology, translated by J. W. Kirkaldy and E. C. Pollard. — 

 Index to the Foraminifera : by C. D. Sherborn.— Serials and 

 Announce ments. 



Obituary 136 



H. J. Slack — W. von Henke— F. Ludy — Dr. Hosius — Von Irgens- 

 Bergh — R. P. Delavay — G. Liebscher — J. Lerch. 



Nevrs of Universities, Museums, and Societies 137 



Correspondence 142 



A. B. Meyer —Sir H. Howorth— P. L. Sclater— F. A. Lucas. 



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