430 Scientific Intelligence. 
5. Description of a New Species of Cryptopodia from California; ° 
by James D. Dana. 
CRyProPopIA CCCIDENTALIS. Rostrum parvulum, sihapia me. 
ine postico r rectiusc culo, transverso, m rgine antero-laterali ar:uato, 
b . 
ibus ineeque subspinulosis, manu latitudinem carapacis longit sdine 
zequante, superficie superna pl Pedes 8 postici tenuiter ili 
articulis 3tio 4to 5toque — tarso tenui, 4-alato. Long. 1 

cepa ocsabaiabep 
The carapax has a triangular sharp-edged prominence on the et 
line behind the middle ; a doubly curving subtuberculate ridge extend- 
ing to the posterior angles ; a small denticulate ridge, extending from 
near the middle to either side of the base of the beak, the two od 
ing a seed area. The breadth of the carapax is nA inches, the me 
of the hand If in.; of the carpus 5 lines; of the arm 1 inch. The 
animal eas to have had when alive a villous saat eet the sched 
and upper surface of the hand. From Monterey, where it was pies 
by Wm. Rich, Esq. 
IV. Astronomy. 
1. New Planets, (Astron. Journ., 75. )—Mr. J. R. Hinp announces 
the discovery of another asteroid, on the 22d oF July, at 11h 25m, at 
Mr. rere s aan en in Regent's Park. It appears ? : star of the 
be We 
ei it in ee ess. The next day it preceded Egeria fol 
was 52” farther North. Professor Reuel Keith has anaed Vy Oy 
lowing elements from the Washington observations of Sept. 2, 
hey satisfy the middle place perfectly. 
Mean Equinox 1854.0 peak, Sept t. 2: 721 Greeny M. T. 
Mean anomaly, - 2° 36! 33'°3 
Long. perihelion, - - . is 5 
“asc. node, - a ‘ . 33 90 21 7 
Inclination, as ; 39 1 
Angle of excentricity, oe 
Log. semi-axis major, - . 4 p ees 
** mean daily motion, - - 2845712 ved 
2. New Comet, (Astron. Journ., 76.)—. oe new comet was it 
on the 13th of — Ae Mr. Robert Van Arsdale at Newark, N. J. at 30 
amare 30° was R, A. 88 21™ 36%, and Decl. +7 
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