394 Miscellaneous. 



All the other form- known sea organisms, excepting the Litho- 

 dontia. 



NovoruTti''^^^'"'^ Characteres succincti. 

 Hkmxptychus. Animf/^'^'^^^^''^"'^ Naviculaceis liberum. Lorica 

 simplex aequaliter bi\^ silicea orbicularis (non concatenata ?) 

 intiis sej)iraentis imper^^ '^^ dimidiam fere radiorum partem in 

 loculos radiantes (nee s^°^ impressos) divisa, medio disco late 

 vacuo, radiato nee sept '^^"tro, denticulorum corona cincto, 

 radiorum experte, extren^^^'^S^'^'^ aperturis non conspicuis. 

 Sepimentis abbreviatis, cc;°^^''^^^°"'^"^ ^°^ alterne impressis, 

 centro coronato et aper^ marginalibus obsoletis ab Actino- 

 ptycho difFert. 

 H. ornntus disco subtilissin^''^^^^^^^ radiis 29 sequalibus, cellu- 



larum apparatu interposit??.'^^"^"^^- Diameter J^'". 

 Entopyla. Animal e Bac^"^ Naviculaceis (an Echinelleis ?). 

 Lorica prismatica compres'"'^^^^^^^^^^* (libera, an concatenata?). 

 Valvis in serie simplici re' ^^^^^ foliorum instar, contiguis, in- 

 ternis apertura maxima me* P^"^"^' externis inaequalibus trans- 

 verse striatis, altera integerl^ ('^°" perforata), altera ad utrum- 

 que apicem poro magno insie 

 I'orma arcuata ad Achnanthem^^^^^' ^^^^^^^^ forma Tessellce affi- 



nior est, maxime Biblario pror'l"^"'' ^^'^• 

 E. austi-alis, foliolis linearibus uti"^ ^°^ rotundato, foliolis mediis 

 in adultis numero fere \6 qq^^^^^^^^''^^^ lateralium in adultis 

 ultra 40 iisque {Surirellee mV ^^"^^ media flexuosa divisis. 

 Longit. 2?-"'. 

 Vidi juniora specimina ^ '" lone-a°^^°^^* intermediis tribus, costis 

 ^ inter aperturas 6. ^^ 



Syn. Surirella? australis, 1843 Ab^'^^' ^' ^^^^' — Proceedings of 

 the Berlin Academy. 



KXTENSIBILITY OF MEMBRANE AND '^^^'^^ ^^ '^^^ SERPENT TRIBE. 



The following facts, as illustrati" °^ ^^^ ^^^^^ extensibility of 

 membrane and muscle in the Serpe'^ ^"^^' ™*^ P*""^'® interesting 

 to some of your readers. 



On the 14th ultimo a Boa constric""" ^^'^^ sent for my inspection, 



which had that morning swallowed a'^^^^^°°^"S ^° ^°"^^ Chinese 



at Sungi Kranjie. It would appear ^^^ ^^^ ^"^^^ ^^^ ^^^" ^^^^ 



I king about the sty several days p,-^°"s *« his last meal which 



cost him so dear; he artfully howevti ^^^^P^^ ^^^ o^^'"^'' ^^ ^^^ 



swine, who had ineffectually attempted capture or destruction on 



these occasions ; but on the morning in ^"^^'^^°°' ^^^ ^°^ succeeded 



in getting entrance into the sty and ^^^'^^S helped himself to a 



porker, found himself in the dilemma o^ ^^^^ weasel in the bam,— 



he could not get out again. The owner"^™^ "P°" ^^^ ^"^ ^^'^ ^***^ 



of helplessness, and having called comrade^ ^" ^^^ assistance, secured 



the victim, torpid from his voracious exer''"^""' ^^^ brought him in 



triumph into town. 



Now you will say there is nothing nove* l" f^^ ^^^^ ' "f^e/'theless 

 the disparity of size between the carcase < P'^ ^^"^'^ 



