Jiihh'(>(jraj)h{ca1 Xutices, I'll 



is loTifrer and ninro an^Milatcd and tlie elytra and alxlomon 

 loss distinctly sc'ul|ilurcd. 'J'Ik; antcnna» are rather slcndi-r, 

 ■with the first joint almost twice as lon;^ as the second ami 

 the three last as Ijroad as tln-y are long, the terminal one 

 having a short linger-like process at the end. 



BIBLIOGllAnilCAL NOTICES. 



Catalogue of the Indian Dicapo'f Crustacea in the Collection of 

 the Indian Museum. — Tart 111. Macrura. Fasciculus 1. The 

 Prawns of the Peneus Group. ]iy A. Alcock, M.B., LL.l)., 

 C.I.K., F!K.S. Calcutta : Printed by Order of the Trustees of 

 the Indian Museum. 190G. Price 7 rupees. 



This is the Third, but an independent, Pait of a !Monojrraph of the 

 Decapod Crustacea of tliat portion of the Oriental Iloiiion which 

 lies uithin the political boundaries of liritish India ; and it deals 

 only with the prawns of the maniple Peneus. Nevertheless it 

 should prove of real service to all interested in the study of the 

 Crustacea, for there are few who can draw upon so wide a know- 

 ledge of this group as Dr. Aloock. This part, like those Mhieh have 

 preceded it, is piofusely illustrated by means of a large series of 

 plates, and this should add much to the value of the work. 



Dr. Alcock points out that the Penei swarm in the warm waters 

 of the Indian seas, and form a large part of the food of many fishes. 

 But, " beyond this," he remarks, " they in themselves constitute a 

 not inconsidcral>le part of that plenteous harvest of the sea which 

 in this country [India] still runs to waste for want of capital and 

 enterprise. What the prawn-fisheries of India might be worth it 

 is dillicult to say ; but a statement ])ublished by Kishinouye. in the 

 ' Journal of the Fisheries Bureau of Tokyo ' for the year 1900, that 

 the dried prawns annually exported from Japan to China are valued 

 at 200,000 yen (or a little over i:20,000), shows that there must be 

 possibilities in them." 



A Treatise on Zoologif. Edited by E. Rat Laxkester, M.A., LL.D., 

 F.Il.S.— Part V. 'Mollusca. By Paul Pelseneek, D.Sc. London: 

 Adam & Charles Black", IDOG. 



When we say that Dr. Pelseneer's volume on the ^Mollusca is in 

 every way worthy of the earlier volumes of this great Treatise, we 

 have bestowed high praise ; and in doing so we entertain no fears 

 but that this expression of opinion will meet with the approval of 

 all those who will have occasion to consult its pages. 



Written originally in another tongue, iL has been translattd, and 



