318 Miscellaneous. 
colour is produced not by the Artemia, but by a minute animalcule 
occurring in incalculable numbers, and to which he has given the 
name of Monas Dunalii. This is fed upon by the Artemia, to which 
it communicates its brilliant red colour, and whence has arisen the 
error which M. Joly now considers he has corrected.—See an inter- 
esting paper on Artemia Salina, Annales des Sc. Nat. xiii. p. 225. 
1839, 1840.—See Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. p. 357. 
FOSSIL FAUNA OF BRAZIL. 
Mons. Lund, in a late communication to the Editor of the Annales 
des Sciences Naturelles, dated Lagoa Santa, lst April, 1840, enu- 
merates an increased list of fossil mammalia amounting to 101 spe- 
cies. Among what he considers as the more interesting of his dis- 
coveries is the metatarsal bone of a Horse, larger and of a more 
flattened form than the corresponding bones in the living species. 
This he has named Equus neogeus. Numerous remains of birds 
have also been met with, among which are those of two species of 
Rhea, one of them of a size much exceeding that of the existing R. 
Americana.—Annales des Sc. Nat. for May, 1840. 
MR. SCHOMBURGK. 
This enterprising traveller is again about to leave Europe to survey 
and make further researches in Guiana, for which purpose his ser- 
vices have been secured by Government. The information which 
that gentleman has added to our knowledge of the physical geogra- 
phy and productions of Guiana have been already great, and we have 
little doubt that the experience of former years and a liberal support 
will enable him now to fill up what is wanting. To those unac- 
quainted with his researches; we would recommend a perusal of the 
journals of his various expeditions to the interior of the country, 
printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by which 
body he was originally patronized; and an idea of its magnificent 
scenery will be obtained from the series of beautiful views, litho- 
graphed from original drawings, which are just ready for publication 
by Messrs. Ackerman and Co. It is gratifying also to be able to 
add that Mr. Schomburgk’s exertions in the cause of science have 
been appreciated by other governments as well as our own; the 
King of Prussia has granted to him the order of the Red Eagle, 
while the Queen of Prussia and King of Saxony have each presented 
him with handsome presents. 
ANOPLEURA BRITANNI&. 
It gives us pleasure to be able to state that the British Associa- 
tion, at its last meeting at Glasgow, granted the sum of fifty pounds 
sterling to assist in the publication of Mr. Denny’s valuable Mono- 
graph on the Anopleura, and appointed Sir W. Jardine, Mr. Selby, 
Mr. Yarrell, and Dr. Lankester to be a committee to superintend 
the application of the sum above mentioned. Notwithstanding, 
however, this liberal grant, we know that the great expense attend- 
ing the carefully and minutely engraving and colouring of the 
