Digest of Current Literature. 165 



" Calamorhynchiis, n. gen. Body elongated, slender, almost rod-like. Head 

 large, depressed ; produced anteriorly to the eyes in a broadly expanded, trian- 

 gular rostrum, constricted behind the eyes into a short, narrow neck. Superior 

 antennae, with the peduncle three-jointed ; in the female, straight. First and 

 second pairs of thoracic legs, small, chelate ; the fourth joint broad and long ; 

 the fifth, short and narrow. The last three pairs of legs with the basal joint 

 narrowly dilated ; the seventh pair diminutive. The sixth segment of the abdomen 

 long and narrow. Caudal appendages long and linear. Telson short, triangular." 



An interesting part of this article throws light upon the habits of 

 these Crustaceans. During the day-time, almost nothing could be col- 

 lected by the tow-net, except under peculiar conditions. A quiet sea 

 and a dark, cloudy night are the most favorable for this kind of collect- 

 ing. Bright moonlight and rough weather seem to drive them from 

 the surface. About twilight, or just after dark, they come to the sur- 

 face and remain for two or three hours. 



Prof. Leidy has incidentally examined the shore sands of Cape May 

 and Atlantic City, and found shells of Foraminifera between tides. 

 They all appeared to be Nonionina millcpora. 



Dr. J. G. Hunt examined the flower of Stapalta listerias under the 

 microscope, and observed flies eating the excretion covering certain 

 parts, but the instant any one touched, with its tongue, one of five 

 black spots, situated near the stamens, the tongue was seized and firm- 

 ly held, and the insect could only escape by tearing out the black spot, 

 carrying with it masses of pollen. Mr. E. Potts had examined 

 species of Asclepias, and found that the black spots in these flowers 

 were sensitive and possessed contractile power. 



Drs. Elliott Coues and H. C. Yarrow publish an article entitled 

 Notes on the Natural History of Fort Macon, N. C, and 

 Vicinity, being the continuation of a series of similar contributions. 

 As an appendix to the above, J. S. Kingsley gives a list of Decapod 

 Crustacea of the Atlantic Coast. 



NEW YORK MEDICAL JOURNAL. 



November, 1878. 



Dr. William Hassloch describes some results obtained in examining 

 certain FUNGi, using gold chloride as a staining fluid. He employed a 

 one-half^/d'r cetit. solution, which stains in from one to six hours, and 

 the specimens were mounted in diluted glycerin. 



According to these researches, the fine granules, seen in the myceli- 

 um and in various parts of these plants, are connected by very delicate 

 threads, giving a peculiar net-work appearance to the filaments. The 

 granules of yeast are likewise united in this manner. In the vacuoles, 

 isolated granules are also found. 



In the December number, Dr. J. E. Atkinson, of Baltimore, gives the 

 results of his experiments in the cell culture of Trichophyton ton- 

 surans. The paper is an interesting one. The cell used consisted of 



