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Miscellaneous. 



Species. Date when found 



carrying ova. 



Stenorhynchus phalan- Aug. 18, 1852. 

 gium. May 30, 1853. 



Stenorhynchus tenui- May 30, 1853. 

 rostris. 



HippolyteWhitei (mihi)* . June 14, 1853. 



Hippolyte Thompsoni . May 4, 1853. 



Palamon Leachii June 8,1853. 



Palcemon serratus June 1853. 



My sis vulgaris June 14, 1853. 



My sis Griffithsia June 14, 1853. 



General Remarks. 



In the first, very few ova were 

 left in the purse ; in those 

 caught in May 1853, the spawn 

 was so plentiful that the abdo- 

 men was thrown back on a 

 plane with the carapace. 



In spawn : ova of a light orange- 

 brown colour : the abdomen in 

 consequence of the large quan- 

 tity of ova was thrown back 

 on a level with the carapace. 

 This species when alive is of a 

 lovely pink or puce colour. 

 Weedy bottom, three fathoms. 



Several in spawn : the ova are 

 palish yellow, but much hidden 

 by the scales of the abdomen. 

 The prevailing colour of this 

 species is meadow green, with 

 (whilst alive) a white band run- 

 ning down the centre of the 

 back. In each there were two 

 teeth on the under edge of the 

 rostrum. Weedy bottom and 

 stones, four to six fathoms. 



Dredged some in spawn : the 

 ova are of a dirty green. Rocky 

 and weedy bottom, three to 

 five fathoms. 



This is now in spawn ; some few 

 have deposited their ova, which 

 are of a brownish drab colour. 



All in spawn ; it will be depo- 

 sited before the middle of July. 



In spawn : ova of a brownish 

 colour. 



In spawn. 



Experimental Researches on Vegetation. By M. Georges Ville. 



After stating that it has often been asked if air, and especially 

 azote, contributes to the nutrition of plants ; and, as regards the 

 latter, that this question has always been answered negatively, the 

 author remarks it is however known that plants do not draw all 

 their azote from the soil, the crops produced every year in manured 

 land giving a greater proportion of azote than is contained in the 

 soil itself. The question which he has proposed to himself for so- 



* This new and beautiful species of Hippolyte I have named after Mr. 

 Adam White of the British Museum. I have drawn up a specific descrip- 

 tion for the ' Annals ' for August. — W. T. 



