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MANCHESTER, ENG.— Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society: 
Memoirs and Proceedings, Vol. IX, 1894-’95, pp. 95-260. On the evidence afforded by 
Bode’s Law of a permanent contraction of the radii vectores of planetary orbits, by Henry 
Wilde, pp. 95-107. On Kaloxylon hookeri Will. and Lyginodendron oldhamium, by 
Thomas Hick, pp. 109-117; 1 pl. Limitations enforced upon mathematical forms of ex- 
pressions for physical quantities in a continuous medium, by R. F. Gwyther, pp. 119-132. 
Resistance and back electromotive force of the electric arc, by Julius Frith, pp. 139-151; 4 
figs. On the structure of the leaves of calamites, by Thomas Hick, pp. 179-190; 1 pl. Notes 
on glacial moraines in Cumberland and Westmoreland, by W. Brockbank, pp. 195-205; 3 pli. 
Vol. X, 1895-96, 160 pp. Helium and its place in the natural classification of elementary 
substances, by Henry Wilde, pp. 3-10; 1 pl. Some experiments on the latent heat of steam, 
by J. A. Harker, pp. 38-55; 3 figs. Relations of the physical and chemical forces, by Henry 
Wilde, pp. 61-79; 1 fig. On a sporangiferous spike, from the middle coal measures near 
Rochdale, by Thomas Hick, pp. 73-79; 1 pl. On an earthern vase found in the boulder clay 
Stockport, by Thomas Kay, pp. 87-92; 1 fig. Complete list of members, from 1781 to 1896, 
pp. 
Vol. XI, part 1. On Rachiopteris cylindrica Will., by Thomas Hick, 18 pp.; 1 pl. 
PENZANCE, ENG.—Royal Geological Seciety of Cornwall: 
Transactions, Vol. XI, part 9, pp. 568-742. On some fossils from the coast sections in the 
parishes of Padstow and St. Merryn, by Howard Fox; pp. 634-644. Illustrations of Cornish 
fossils, by J. H. Collins, pp. 645-654, 2 pll. Foraminifera of the Pliocene beds of St. Erth, 
by F. W. Millett, pp. 656-661; 1 pl. On the probable age of Lizard rocks, by Alexander Som- 
erville, pp. 662-668. On a supposed resemblance between the occurrence of native copper 
in the Lake Superior and Lizard areas, by Fras. J. Stephens, pp. 680-683. Cherts and as- 
sociated rocks, by Howard Fox, pp. 687-742; 4 pll. Index,8 pp. Laws and rules, 16 pp. 
Vol. XII, part I, 88 pp.; 5pll. Radiolarian and other cherts, by Howard Fox, pp. 39-72. 
Notes on Cornish fossils, by J. H. Collins, pp. 73-86; 2 pll. 
Laws and Rules of the Royal Geological Society of Cornwall, 16 pp. 
ITALY. 
BoLoGna.—R. Accademia delle Scienze dell’ Instituto di Bologna: 
Memorie delle Scienze Naturali, 23x30 cm., Serie V, Tomo IV, 1894. Eterocarpia ed 
eteromericarpia nelle Angiosperme, del Federico Delpino, pp. 3-44. Rassegna degl’ime- 
notteri raccolti nel Mozambico dal Carlo Formasini, di C. Emery G. Gribodo e G. Kriech- 
baumer, pp. 45-90. Contributio alla conoscenza della microfauna Terziaria Italiana, del 
Carlo Formasini, pp. 115-148. Fossili del Museo di Bologna, del Giovanni Capellini, pp. 
163-175; 3 pll. Osservazioni microscopiche circa l’interna fabbrica degli occhi delle 
squille, especialemente della Squilla mantis, del G. V. Ciaccio, pp. 231-248; 2 pll. Anato- 
mia della casuarinee, del Fausto Morini, pp. 249-300; 5 pll. Solfo cristallizato delle solfare 
di Romagna, del Luigi Bombicci, pp. 301-380; 3 pll. ‘ 
CATANIA.— Accademia Gioenia di Scienze Naturali in Catania: 
Bullettino delle Sedute, Fase. 3, 5, 7-11, 13, 20-22, 25,280 pp. Fasc. 39, 40, 41, 1895, 78 pp. ; 
42-45, 1896, 52 pp. 
FLORENCE.—Societa Entomologica Italiana: 
Bullettino, 1894-95, pp. 313-472; 9 pll. 
GENOVA.—Societa Ligure di Storia Patria: 
Atti, 19x28 em., Vol. XXVIII, 1896, 664 pp. Farmacia, etc., pp. 339-400, 
MILAN.—Societa Italiana di Scienze Naturali: 
Atti, Vol XXXYV, 1895, 320 pp.; 3pll. Vol. XXXVI, 1896, Fasc. 1, 2, 269 pp.: 4 pl. 
Memorie, 22x28 em., Tomo V, 1895. Monographia illustrata degli Uccelli di Rapina in 
Italia, del Giacinto Martorelli, 216 pp; 4 colored plates; 29 figs. 
Papua.—R. Accademia di Scienze, Lettere ed Arti in Padova: 
Atti e Memorie, Vol. X, 1894, 340 pp. ; XI, 1895, 264 pp. 
PALERMO.—R. Orto Botanico di Palermo: 
Bollettino, Vol. I, No.1, 40 pp. Appendix I, 78 pp. 
Pisa.—Societa Toscana di Scienze Naturali: 
Atti, Vol. VIII, 1891-’93, 241 pp.; IX, 1894-95, 310 pp.; X, 1895-96, pp. 1-120. 
Roma.—Accademia Pontificia de Nuovi Lincei: 
Atti, Anno XLVIII, 1895, 132 pp.; XLIX, 1896, 96 pp. 
R. Comitato Geologico @’Italia: 
Bollettino, Anno 1895, 510 pp.; 1896, Nos. 1,2, 258 pp. 
