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Botanical Magazine, Mr. Allan Cunningham began a specimen of the botany 

 of New Zealand: he proceeds with his list, giving the Piper excehum, Pepe- 

 romia urvilleana, Damara austmlis, Pbyllocladus trkhomanoides and rhomboida- 

 lis, Podocarpus ferrugineas and totarra, Dacrydium mai t D. plumosum, D. excel- 

 sum, D. cupressinum, Urtica ferox, U. debilis, Elalostemn runosa, Hedicaria 

 denlata, H. macrophylla, H. angustifolia, H. scubra and Brousonetia papyriferar 

 When completed, Mr. C's specimen will constitute a valuable addition to 

 phvtological history. 23. Mr. Ogilby remarks on some parts of 4 and 9 of 

 the Annals, and then describes two new kangaroos from Van Dieman's Land ; 

 he distinguishes them as the Macropus. /ricclicus and M. rufiventer which is 

 the native wallabee. 24. Mr. Kotschy is exploring different count: ies of 

 Western Africa, as botanist to an expedition of Austrian geologists, and has 

 been very successful in his researches for new and rare vegetables. 



IV. Mr. Thompson describes zoologically the Surnea nyctea, or Snowy 

 Owl, from a specimen shot in the north of Ireland and from three live birds, 

 on whose economy and habits he makes new and interesting observations. 

 26. A fifth article on the natural history of the British Entomostraca, by 

 Mr. Bird, in continuation from the Magazine of Zoolorjy and Botany, is illus- 

 trated by a plate exhibiting fifteen well delineated figures. This paper is 

 devoted to the anatomy of the Daphnia pulex, D. vetula, D. reticulata and D. 

 cornuta, with their habitates and synonymes. 27. Mr. Berkeley renews his 

 notices of British Fungi, and describes the Lepostroma juncinum, Diderma 

 contextum, Didymitim melanopus, D. xanthopus, Diachca elegans, Stemonitis 

 typhoides, S. arcyroides, Arcyria ochroleuca, Ascosrkha chartarum with a full 

 and valuable " notice," Isaria arachnophila, /. intricata, Anthina flammea, 

 Syzyyites megalocarpus, Myxotricum chartarum, M. derlexum, Helminthospo- 

 rium clavariarum, Dematium echinobotryum, Marrosporium sarcinula, Asper- 

 gillus alteniatus, Botrytis citrina, B. curta, Penicillum fasciculatum, Oidium 

 chartarum, Epochniitm macrosporoideum, Sepodonium roseum, Xenodochus 

 carbonarius, Torula graminis, Cylindrosporium ficarise, Uredo artemesiae and 

 U. ponvpholygodes : in this article are several very interesting remarks and 

 a plate exhibiting six illustrations. 28. Mr. Schomburgh's photography of 

 the Triplaris americana or ant-tree is more comprehensive than that of his 

 predecessors, and it includes an account of the " light brownish" insect which 

 inhabits the hollows of the trees distinguished by its name. 29. From the 

 " Recherches Anatomiques et Physiologiqucs sur Garance" by M. Decaisne, 

 there is an extract in which the author communicates much highly-important 

 imformation on the root of the Madder : the English version is particularly- 

 well executed, and thus adds value to the very valuable original. 30. Mr. 

 J. E. Gray begins a catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with descrip- 

 tions of many new genera and species : he proposes a new arrangement — a 

 typical group, comprising the saurians and ophidians, and anneetant groups, 

 including the amphisbenians, chelonians and emydosaurians : this catalogue 

 will carry a reform-bill, uncontaminated with hypocrisy, selfishness, and 

 injustice, into the saurian corporations ; it deserves the best attention of 

 naturalists. 31. In a letter to Professor Lindley, the characters of nine new 

 species of Glumacea? are delineated by Dr. C. J. Ners von Esenbeck, who 

 assigns to them as appellations — the Melica colpodioides, Lophochlaena cali- 

 t'pmicfi, Polyantheriae hystr'nr, Poa donglasii, Chasmanthim ornithorinchum. 



