mblioiji-dphical Xotices. 459 



pis. 109-118; EchinoJermata. pis. 119, 120; Hydrozoa, pi. 121 ; 

 Aiithozoa, pis. 122-129; lladiolaria, pi, 130; Foraminifera, 

 pis. 131-133; and Diatomaceoe, pis. 134, 135. 



The conclusion drawn by W. H. Dall, Part I. page cl, is that the 

 Miocene of South Europe has a rather more tropical character than 

 that of Maryland. It is known that a northern fauna invaded the 

 Miocene area in Europe ; but in the Atlantic region the Chesapeake 

 formations show that, after an elevation of land and a somewhat 

 warmer climate, the tropical current was modified and more 

 temperate conditions prevailed at the end of the Miocene period. 



The geological map of the Miocene formations in Maryland 

 and eight plates (in Part I.) of good photographic views of 

 local Miocene sections, are useful adjuncts to this interesting 

 work ; and the same may be said of the full Index, divided into 

 " general " and " palseoutological," at pages 509-543" of the same 

 Part I. 



J. H. Pabre. Souvenirs Entomolorjiques. Etudes sur Vlastinct 

 et les Noces des Insectes. (Neuvieme Serie.) 8vo. Paris [19051. 

 Pp. 374. 



Here we have another volume of interesting natural history 

 romance (" Wahrheit und Uichtung ") from an elegant Erench 

 writer, who remiuds us somewhat of Alphonse Karr, but is at the 

 same time a trained and excellent naturalist, whose observations 

 are always of great interest and value. There is nothing dry or 

 technical in the writings of Fabre, and they might be read "and 

 appreciated for their delightful style by anyone who can read 

 Erench. 



The present volume, however, contains less matter than usual 

 relating to insects in the strict sense ; only the last two of the 

 twenty-five chapters are devoted to the pretty Coccid, Dorthesia 

 cliaracias, Latr., which is found on Eiqihorhia (other species of 

 the genus are found in Britain on nettle), and to the kermes of the 

 Ilex. The rest of the volume, exclusive of chapters 13 and 14, 

 " Souvenirs mathcmatiques," which contain general dissertations, 

 with which Fabre likes to vary his scientific writings, are devoted 

 almost entirely to Arachnida : spiders and scorpions, especially the 

 Lijcosa of jSTarbonne, Epeira fasciata, Clotho Darandi, and the 

 scorpion of Languedoc {Scorpio occitanus). There are a few illustra- 

 tions in the text — "La promenade a deux," on p. 305, representing 

 a pair of scorpions walking hand-in-hand, being perliaps tlie most 

 noteworthy. The first volume only of this series has yet been 

 translated into English ; but Fabre is an author whose works lose 

 80 much in translation that it is far better, for those who are able, 

 to read them in the original, for they are as good literature as good 

 science. 



