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species ; Cardita densata; Cytherea subimpressa, C. liciata, C. eversa, 
C. pyga; Pecten elixatus. alll species ; Bellerophon scissile, 
Iprp., for March and April, 184 
Description of a New Vulture =. Vera Cruz ; by Joun Cassin. 
p. 212.—The Cathartes Burrovianus. “C. capite nudo, levi, naribus 
magnis, ovatis, corpore omnino nigro, viridi-cerulescente subnitido, sub- 
tus pallidiore ; ; plumis extendentibus sursum super posteriore cervicis, 
parvo spatio in pectore nudo. Alis longis, remigibus et rectricibus ni- 
gris, scapis primarum albis et conspicuis, tertia prima longissima.” 
Long, tot. (exuvii) 22 unc., rostri 2}, ale 18, caudex 8}. 
Descriptions of New Calsieeers of the United ites ; by F. BE. Met- 
SHEIMER; continued from p. 160—pp. 213. The following species.— 
Elater fuscatus, E. testaceipes, E. ursulus ; Cryptohbypnus obliquatulus, 
C. guttatulus ; Oophorus crassicollis ; Corymbites atropurpureus, C. hir- 
ticollis, C. interstitialis; Diacanthus (?) sii: ; Pristilophus (?) 
sordidus, P. femoralis; Agriotes truncatus, A. striatulus, A. pubescens; 
Dolopius isabellinus, D. oblongicollis; Adrastus siiaiooes ; Campylus 
flavinasus, C. (?) bivittatus. Rureicertpz: Sandalus rubidus, S. brevi- 
collis. Crsrionip#: Atopa ornata, A. bicolor, A. fusca. CyPHoNIDE: 
Nycteus (?) thoracicus ; Eubria (?) nervosa; Scyrtes solstitialis. 
10. The Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Physiology: by Dr. 
G. J. Muupzr, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Utrecht. 
Translated from the Dutch, by P. F. H. Fromserc, First Assistant in 
the Laboratory of the Agricultural Chemistry Association of Scotland. 
With an Introduction and Notes, by Prof. Jamus F, W. Jounston, 
F.R.SS.L.&E. First American Edition, with Notes, by B. Sinu- 
MAN, Jr. Part I, 12mo, pp. 176. New York and London, Wiley & 
Putnam, 1845.—We have before noticed the appearance of a part of 
Milder’s valuable treatise on the Chemistry of Physiology in its Amer- 
ican dress. The first part complete has now been before the public for 
several weeks, embracing the following subjects in five chapters. 
Chap. I.—Chemical and Organic Forces. Chap. [.—Inorganie, Or- 
ganic, and Organized Bodies: Plants and Animals, Chap. II.—The 
Atmosphere in its connection with Organic Nature. Chap. IV.—Wa- 
ter considered in its Connection with Organic Nature. Chap. V.—Re- 
Jation of the Soil to Organic Nature. 
From the scnawtie speculative turn given by the author to the first 
chapter, on Chemical and Organic Forces, it was feared by some of his 
readers, that the work would possess a less practical and useful charac- 
ter than was to be hoped for, from the renowned professor of chemis- 
try in the University of Utrecht. This groundless apprehension is 
abundantly set aside by the chapters which Bc follow. As it 
