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of Chlorophyll in the Vine.’—G. Archangeli, “Ona Disease of the 
Vine ” (tab. 3).—G. Cugini, “ On the Hairs of Species of Plantago” 
(tab. 4—6). 
Zeitschrift fiir Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, vol. xxvii. part 4, 1876.— 
On the Anatomy of the Ophiuroid, Ophiactis virens, by H. Simroth, 
seventy pages, five plates.—On the Structure of the Brain in Arthro- 
pods, a Memoir describing the brains of Apis mellifica, Gryllus cam- 
pestris, Gryllotalpa vulgaris, Carabus viol., and Astacus fluviatilis, by 
M. J. Dietl, of Innsbruck, thirty pages, three plates. 
Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere, Rendiconti, vol. x. 
fasc. 1—On Helminthosporium vitis (Lev.), a Parasite of the Leaves of 
the Vine, by M. Pirotta.—On the Phenomena which accompany the 
Expansion of Liquid Drops, by M. Cintolesi. 
Ofversigt of the Stockholm Acad. of Sciences, 1876, No. 6.— 
Dr. Nordstedt and Dr. Wittrock have published a paper in this on the 
Desmidice and Afdogonia of the Tyrol and Italy. Two excellent plates 
display the several novelties. 
In Naturforscher (January 1877) we note the following papers :— 
On the Germination of the Fruits of Mosses, by P. Magnus.—On the 
Preparation of Pure Alcohol Yeast, by Moritz Traube.—New Re- 
searches on Bacteria, by E. v. M.—On the Exhalation of Carbonic Acid 
and the Growth of Plants, by L. Rischawi.i—Researches on Assimila- 
tion in Plants, by A. Stutzer. 
The Memoirs of the St. Petersburg Society of Naturalists, vol. vii., 
contains a series of valuable physiological contributions, the most im- 
portant of which are :—On the Comparative Anatomy and Metamor- 
phology of the Nervous System of the Hymenoptera, by E. K. Brandt. 
—QOn Changes in the Hye produced by the Section of the nervus 
trigeminus, by M. Chistoserdotf.—On the Nucleus of the Red Globules 
of the Blood, by A. F. Brandt. 
NOTES AND MEMORANDA. 
Death of Dr. Bowerbank.—It is with great regret that we have 
to announce the death of one of our most distinguished Fellows, 
J. S. Bowerbank, LL.D., F.R.S., which occurred at his residence at 
St. Leonards-on-Sea, on March 8, and which we believe was caused 
by an attack of bronchitis. He had lived beyond the time that is 
generally allotted to us; that is to say, he had more than completed 
his threescore and ten years, being in fact eighty at the period of his 
death. He has not of late communicated anything to the Society, but 
he was not on that account idle. On the contrary, he was at work almost 
till his decease. Indeed, it is but a few months since a paper of his 
on the Spongiade was read before the Zoological Society. Besides his 
