1818.] Scientific Intelligence. 385 



Frazer Tytler, Lord Woodhouselee. By the Rev. Arch. Alison, 

 L.L.B. F.ll.S. Lond. and Edin. We shall insert this very in- 



teresting memoir in our next number. 



Article X. 



SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE, AND NOTICES OF SUBJECTS 

 CONNECTED WITH SCIENCE. 



I. Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. 



A number of individuals in Philadelphia have for some years 

 been accustomed to meet at leisuie hours for the purpose of 

 communicating to each other such facts and observations as 

 were calculated to promote the knowledge of the natural sciences 

 among themselves, and of extending it among their fellow 

 citizens. On April 25, 1817, they were by the legislature of 

 Pennsylvania incorporated into a society under the title of the 

 Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. They have made 

 some progress in the formation of a museum and a library ; and 

 since the time of their incorporation, they have begun to publish 

 a journal in the octavo form. By Jan. 1, 1818, eight numbers 

 were published, making in all 218 pages. The first four num- 

 bers consist of a sheet each ; the next three of two sheets ; and 

 the eighth, which is the last number that I have yet seen, con- 

 sists of three sheets and i of a sheet ; but of it ! ■§■ sheets are 

 filled with the act of incorporation, the constitution of the society, 

 and a catalogue of the books and museum belonging to them. 



This Academy cannot but greatly promote the advancement 

 of all the branches of natural history by making us better 

 acquainted than we have hitherto been with the natural produc- 

 tions of the vast continent of America. To give my readers 

 some idea of the subjects treated of in the Journal of this 

 Academy, I shall transcribe the contents of the numbers pub- 

 lished during the year 1817. 



1. Description of six new Species of the Genus Firola, 

 observed by Messrs. Le Sueur and Peron in the Mediterranean 

 Sea in the Months of March and April, 1809. By C. A. 

 Le Sueur. 



2. Account of a North American Quadruped, supposed to 

 belong to the Genus Ovis. By George Ord. 



3. Description of seven Species of American Fresh Water 

 and Land Shells, not noticed in the Systems. By Thomas Say. 



k4. Descriptions of several new Species of North American 

 Insects. . By Thomas Say. 

 5. Observations on the Genus Eriogonum and the Natural 

 Order Polygoneae of Jussieu. By Thomas Nutall. 

 Vol. XII. N°V. 2B 



