J06 Dr. Maton's and Mr. Rackett's 



are represented with the animals for the most part complete; but 

 the engravings are slight, and the shells are intermingled with 

 Zoophytes. 

 The microscopic subjects described by 



SOLDANI 



are principally shells, which this author discovered at Portofer- 



rara, the island del Giglio, and on the shores of Castiglioncello, 



la Follonica, &c. The Avork does not exhibit much method or 



science; but the species figured in it are extremely curious, many 



of them being wholly unlike any of the larger and well known 



ones. There are 148 plates, in which the shells are represented 



both of their natural size and magnified. 



As a physiological dissertation on the subject of Testacea, the 



letter of 



BONVICINI 



to Professor Girardi, inserted in the Mem. delta Soc. Ital., ought 

 to be mentioned here. It contains several curious experiments 

 relative to the organ of sight in the Snail tribe. 



In the " Magazin Encyclopidique" some facts respecting the life 

 of the Lepas anatifera may be found. They were communicated 



by 



M. MESAIZE, 



who seems to have had opportunities of paying considerable at- 

 tention to this singular species. 



"With the year 1789 commenced the Hehninthological part of 

 the grand work carried on in France under the title of " Encyclo- 

 pidie Methodique." This department had been undertaken by 



BRUGUIERE 



(the well known traveller in the East), who appears to have been 

 fully qualified for the completion of the laborious task ; but, un- 

 fortunately 



