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[May 12, 1 88 1 



JfeT'iiv' international des Scicwes liiologiqiics, March, iSSl. — 

 Prof. Stra- burner, the history of ibe actual state of the cell 

 theory. — M. Debierre, phy-ical and biological dynamism. — 

 Prof. Ray Lankester, embiyology and classification of animals. 



Brain : a J onrna! of Neurology. — Part 13 for .\pril, 1S81, con- 

 tains, of nriyinal articles: — Dr. J. C. Bucknill, on the late I O'd 

 Chief Justice (Sir A. Cnckhurn)"of England. — Dr. B. Branni ell, 

 on the differential diagnosis of paralysis. — Dr. A. Flint, jun., 

 on the cause of the moven-ents of ordinary respiration. — Dr. 

 Julius Althaus, on some points in the diagnosis and treatment of 

 brain di'ea'e. — Dr. C. S. W. Cobbold, observations on certain 

 optical illusions of motion. — Bevan lewis, methods of preparing, 

 demonstrating, and examining cerebral structure in health and 

 disease. 



Revui des Seienccs Naturelles, 2™= !erie, tome 2, No. 4, 

 IVJarch, 1881, contains : — M. A. .Salvalier, on the mechanism 

 of respiration in the Chelonians ([ilates 5 and 6). — Dr. E. 

 Jourdan, notes on the anatomy of Distomum clavatuin, 

 Rud (plates 7 and 8). — M. A. Villot, another word on 

 the fresh-water Pliocene of the Bas Dauphine. — M. Collnt, 

 provisional study of the Anthracotherium remains from the 

 lignites of Volx. — M. Viguier, note on the lithograiihic chalks 

 of Nebias. — M. Kieffer, on the herborisations of Strobelberger 

 at Montpellier in 1620 (/?««).— Scientific review of works pub 

 lished in France on zoology, botany, and geology. 



yournal of the Atiatic Society of Bengal, 1880, No. 4 (vol. 

 xlix. Part 2). — W. T. Blanford, contributions to Indian Mala- 

 cology, No. 12 — new land and fresh-water shells from Southern 

 and Western India, Burmah, the Andanians, &c. (plates 2 and 

 3). — J. Wood Mason and L. de Niceville, diurnal Lepidoptera 

 from Port Blair, with descriptions of some new or little-known 

 species, and of a new species of Hestia from Burmah (plate 13). 

 — \V. T. Blanford, description of an Arvicola (A. IVynnei) from 

 the Punjab Himalaya. — Capt. G. F. L. Marshall and L. de 

 Niceville, new species of Rhopaloeerous Lepidoptera from the 

 Indian region. — J. Wood Mason, Parantirrhrea Marshall!, the 

 type of a new ge us and species of Rhopaloeerous Lepidoptera 

 from South India. 



Verhandliingen der k. h, zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft 

 in irien, Bd. xxx.. Heft 2, 1881, contains the njinutes of pro- 

 ceedings, June to December, 1S80, and the following memoirs : — 

 F. Krasan, report in connection with new investigations on the 

 development and origin of the lower organisms (plate 7). — Dr. 

 A. V. Krempelhuber, a new contribution to the Jicl en flora of 

 Australia. — Th. Beling, the metamorphosis of Ctvnoniyin ferrii- 

 ginea, Scop. — Prof. Josef Mik, on the mounting and collecting 

 of LMptcra, de'criptions of new Diptera, and dipterological 

 notes (plate 17). — H. B. Moschler, contribution to the Lepido- 

 terous fauna of .Surinam, No. iii. (plates 8 and 9). — S. Schulzer, 

 mycological contributions. — J. Stussiner, Leftotnastax Sinionis, a 

 ne\v species of subterranean beetle. — Hans l.eder, on the 

 Coleopterous fauna of the Caucasus, No. iii., in co-operation 

 with Dr. Eppelsheim and E. Reitter. — D. Hire, the Molluscan 

 fauna of the Liburnian Karst. — Fritz Wacht), contribution to 

 our know ledge of the European gall-producing insects (plate 18). 

 — Count E. Keyserling, new American spiders (plate 16). — Dr. 

 Ludwig Lorenz, on Distomum robustum, sp. n., from the Afri- 

 can elephant (plate 19). — A. von Pelzeln, on a hornless deer. — 

 Dr. F. Low, on a more exact knowledge of the procreativeness 

 of the sexual individuals in Pemphigus. — Dr. R. Drasche, on a 

 new species of Echiurus from Japan (E. unieinctus), and remarks 

 on Thalesseina erythyogrammon, Leuckart (plate 20). — Dr. R. 

 Bergh, monograph of Polyceridce (plates 10 to 15). 



Gegenbaur's morphologisches fahrbuch, vol. 17, part I, con- 

 tains — Prof. Oscar Herburg, on the exoskeletonof fishes : No. 3, 

 the Pediculati, the Discoboli, the genus Diana, tlie Centriscid;e, 

 some genera of Triglids, and the Plectognathi (plates I to 4). — 

 On the duplex nature of the ciliary ganglion, by Prof. W. Krause 

 (plate 5). — On the abdominal muscles of the crocodiles, lizards, 

 and tortoises, by Dr. Hans Gadow (plate 6). — Contributions 

 to the developmental history of Petroniyzon, by W. B. Scott 

 (Princeton), (with plates 7 to II). — On the "pars facialis" of 

 the lachrymal bone, by Prof. Gegenbaur. 



Rivista Scientifico-Industriale, No. 6, March 31. — On earth- 

 quakes, by Dr. Bassani. — New plant, by S. Fenzi. — Determin- 

 ation of the velocity of sound in chlorine, by Prof. Martini. 



Sitzungsberichte der naturforsckenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig, 

 1879-80. — On double monstrosities in fishes, by Prof. Rauber. 



— On the finer struc'ure of milk-glands, by the same. — On 

 Aphtha;, by Prof Hennig.— On reults of glacier thrust, by Prnf. 

 Credner. — On the geological results of a deep boring at the 

 Berlin Railway at 1 eipzig, by the same.— On the reduction ..( 

 anatomical forms to equal size, by Prof. Ilennig. — On the 

 system of spinal ganglia, by Prof. Rauber.— On chlorophyll, by 

 Dr. Sachsse. — On an optical combination which may be applieil 

 as objective of a tele-cope, by Dr. von Zahn.— On Lichen 

 bomhicinns, by Prof. Hennig. — On the development of cells to 

 organs of locomotion, by Dr. Simmroth. — On Negrito skeletons 

 from the Philippines in European museums, by Herr Meyer. — 

 On the cycle of forms of fome unicellular algfe, by Hev- 

 Richter. 



Atti delta R. Accademia del Lincei, vol. v. fasc. ix. — On the 

 discharge of condensers, the theory of the electrophorus, and i»s 

 analogy with condensers, by Prof. Villari. — New observations of 

 Pechiile's comet at the Royal Obervatory of the Roman Col- 

 lege, by P. Tacchini. — Two solar regions in contniuous activiiy 

 during 1880, by the same — On the motion of a heterogeneous 

 fluid ellipsoid, by S. Betti. — New rnethod for the volumetric 

 evaluation of molybdenum, by Signors Mauro and Dunesi. — On 

 some compounds of the furfuric series, by Signors Ciamician 

 and Dennstedt. — Separation and determination of nitric and 

 nitrous acid, by S. Piccini. — Observations on the method com- 

 monly adopted in treatment of like fundament.al questions ot 

 infinitesimal analysis, by S. Casorati. — On the dr.ainage works 

 of the Roman subsoil, by S. Tommjsi Crudeli. 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 

 London 

 Zoological Society, May 3.— Prof. W. H. Flnver, LL.D., 

 F.R.S., president, in the chair.— Prof. F. Jeffrey Bell, F.Z.S.,read 

 the first of a series of papers on the systematic arrangement of the - 

 Astcroidea. In the present comojunication the author directed 

 attention to the lar),'e number — more than eighty — of de-cribed 

 s| ecies of the genus Asierias, the subdivision of which had 

 never yet been attempted. After a list of the species with 

 reference to one de^cription of each, and a list of the synonyms, 

 he proceeded to describe and make use of certain charai ters as 

 an aid in the classification of the species ; the number of rays, 

 of madreporiform plates, and of amhulacral spines forming the 

 more important, and the form and character of the spines the 

 less imj^ortant points. The author then proposed a mode oi 

 formulating results Ijy the use of certain symbols, and concluded 

 by describing five new species. — A communication was read 

 from Dr. M. Watson, F.Z. S., containing some observaii ^ns on 

 the anatomy of the generative organs of the spotted hyaena, in 

 continuation of a previous paper on the same subject. — Mr. 

 Oldfield Thomjis, F. Z.S., read a memoir on the Indian species 

 of the genus Mus. The present paper was an attempt to clear 

 up the existing confusion m the synonymy of the Indian species 

 of this genu<, of which the author recognised atiout nineteen as 

 valid. — A communication was read from Mr. Edgar A. Smith, 

 containing remarks on some specimens of Cypriea decipiens, 

 lately received by the British Museum. — A second paper by Mr. 

 Smith contained the de-cription of two new species of shells 

 from Lake Tanganyika. — Capt. G. E. Shelley read a paper 

 containing an account if seven collections of birds recently made 

 by Dr. Kirk in the little explored regions of Eastern Africa. 

 Two new species were proposed to be called Coccystes albo- 

 twtatus and Urobrachya Zanzibarica. — Mr. Arthur G. Butler, 

 F.Z.S., read a paper on a collection of Lepidi^ptera made in 

 Western India, Beloochistan, and Afghanistan by Major Charles 

 S« inhoe. The collection contained examples belonging to three 

 new genera and fifteen new species. 



Chemical .Society, May 5. — Dr. Roscoe, president, in the 

 chair. — The following pa, ers were read : — On the action of 

 huuiic acid on atmospheric nitrogen, by E. W. Prcvost. The 

 author has repeated some of the experiments of E. Simon 

 (Land. Vers. 67a^J,xviii.) on the above action ; he is quite unable 

 to confirm the results of that investigator, and concludes that 

 under ordinary circumstances no formation of ammonia takes 

 place when humic acid and nitrogen are allowed to remain in 

 contact. — On the active and inactive amylamines corresponding 

 to the active and inactive alcohols of fermentation, by R. T. 

 PUmpton. The author has prepared and examined the mono-, 

 di-, and triamylamines and some of their compou ds. The 

 active amylamines polarise strongly ; their salts do not crystallise 



