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blishment which, the capital having no University, somewhat 
supplies the place of a national college and musuem, and which 
numbers among its staff the distinguished names of Donati in 
Astronomy, Maurice Schiff in Physiology, Ugo Schiff in Che- 
mistry, Pargioni-Tozzetti in Zoology, and Parlatore in Botany. 
THE South Kensington authorities have printed syllabuses of 
the courses of lectures already delivered at the Museum, under 
the title of ‘‘ Instruction in Science and Art for Women.” We 
have before us “‘ Notes of fifteen lectures on Physics, by Pro- 
fessor Guthrie,” and ‘‘ Notes of ten lectures on Botany, by 
Professor Oliver.” We commend both these programmes to 
lecturers on natural science, as models of what scientific lectures 
ought to be—thorough, exact, and yet popularly intelligible. 
WeE have received a German edition, by Dr. Oppenheim, of 
Wurtz’s History of Chemical Theory, from the time of Lavoisier 
to our own day. 
Tue Paisley and Renfrewshire Standard prints an unpublished 
letter of Wilson the ornithologist. It is dated Nashville, Ten- 
nessee, May Ist, 1810, and deals more with the manners and 
customs of the people than with his favourite science of Orni- 
thology. 
Mr. KeITH JOHNSTON, jun., publishes a map of the Lake 
Region of Eastern Africa, showing the sources of the Nile, 
recently discovered by Dr. Livingstone. To it is appended an 
interesting account of the progress of discovery in the Lake Region, 
with notes on its physical features, climate, and population. 
Dr. J. LEoN SoubErirAN has reprinted from the Annals of 
the Linnean Society of Maine-et-Loire an article on the herring 
fishery, which gives an account of the fishery from the earliest 
times in the different countries of Europe, and of the various 
modes of curing the fish. 
THE Architect, for April 9, describes the projected new 
buildings for Owens College, Manchester. The designs for 
the first portion being now complete, the works will shortly be 
commenced ona site about a mile to the south of the centre of 
Manchester, on the west side of Oxford Road. The style of the 
building is Gothic, of a collegiate and early type. 
C. G, EHRENBERG’s ‘‘Gediachtnissrede auf Alexander von 
Humboldt,” presented to the Academy of Sciences at Berlin, is 
a graceful centenary tribute to the memory of the great savant. 
THE Commissioners for the Annual International Exhibitions 
of selected works of fine and industrial art and scientific inven- 
tions have issued a code of rules for educational works and 
appliances produced in the United Kingdom, or produced abroad, 
but submitted to the British judges. We suspect that exhibitors 
will find it somewhat difficult to determine under which of the 
denominations named in the commissioners’ list they should 
range themselves; thus we find “philosophical instrument 
makers’ and “optical instrument makers,” with separate head- 
ings for ‘* microscope makers,” ‘telescope makers,” ‘‘stereo- 
scope makers,” &c. We should hardly have thought that it 
would have been necessary to make arrangements for the 
special exhibition of objects under the heads of “coloured saucer 
makers,” ‘‘ pink saucer makers,” ‘‘ preparers of botanical speci- 
mens,” ‘‘ Ward’s case makers,” &c. Everything intended for 
exhibition must be sent in by Wednesday, the 8th of February, 
1871. 
M. CLorz has detected in the leaves of Zucalyptus globulus, 
a tree which has been recently largely introduced into France 
for purposes of ornamentation, a substance extremely analogous 
to camphor. Ten kilogrammes of fresh leaves give 275 grammes 
of this new substance, the formula for which is C.,H,)0,, and 
its boiling point 175° C. 
A MONTHLY journal has been started in Jena devoted to 
the interest of Sericiculture. We have before us the first 
number of the Sviden-bau Zeitung fiir Nord - deutschland ; 
bearing the names of Dr. E. Hallier, H. Maurer, and J. Zorn, 
as Editors. 
MADREPORARIA OF THE RED SEA 
Tue following table is required to complete Prof. Duncan’s account in NATURE, No. 24, p. 612, of the Madreporaria dredged up 
in the /orcaupine Expedition. 
The specific names given in the table are those finally adopted by Prof. Duncan :— 
Name. No.) Latitude. | Longitude. | Depth. | Temp. Remarks. 
| 
= A fi A 1 aire 6 fathoms. 5 4 
| I. Caryophyllia borealis, /leming | 2] 51 57 N.| 10 23 W. | 30-40 2°00 | Specimens very numerous. ’ dy 
Syn. C. clavus. B5;| kobe hee cooeoco.. |) Aceecg |) cebetoeco The species is found in the coralliferous British seas and 
C. Smithii - | 59 26 N.| 8 23 W. 795 42°65 Mediterranean. Fossils in Miocene and Pliocene of 
C. cyathus and many varieties. | | Sicily. At great depths in Mediterranean (recent). 
2. Ceratocyathus ornatus, Segvenza +++.) 88 | sseesesse | seeesne 705 42.65 |One specimen Not known elsewhere ; the genus is, with 
| | this exception, extinct. The species is fossil in the 
| | Sicilian Miocene. 
3. Flabellum laciniatum, Za. & TZ. 3 | 5151 N.| 11 50 W. B70 u)| ikessesser . |Specimens numerous. 
Syn. Ulocyathus arcticus, Savs 25|56 41 N.| 13 39 W. 164 46°5 This is a well-known Norwegian recent form. 
4. Lophohelia prolifera, Pallas, SP. se 5|52 4N.| 12 8 W. 364 48°8 Specimens numerous. 
Syn. All the species hitherto pub- | |The variability of this species at different depths is so great 
lished, viz. :— | that all the known species must in consequence be con- 
I. anthophyllites, Ed. & &H. | 13 | 53 42 N.| 13 55 W.- 208 49'°6 sidered varieties of one form. Recent in Norwegian seas, 
L, subcostata, Ed. & H. | 14 | 53 49 N.| 13 15 W. 173 49°6 Mediterranean, and off the Shetlands. Fossil in Miocene 
L. affinis, ES vee “las |54 5 N.| 12 7 W. | 422 | 47°0 and Pliocene deposits of Sicily. A variety is found off the 
L. Defrancei, Defranc 25 | 50 41 N.| 13 39 W. 164 | 46°5 American coast. A considerable number of specimens was 
L. gracilis, Seg UeNTA wre +! 54 | 59 50 N. 6 27 W. 363 Brs found in the “cold area” at depths from 500-600 fathoms. 
and several varieties. | 
5. Amphihelia profunda, oles, se 54 | 59 56 N. 6 27 W. | = 363 Biss Many specimens. 
6. —— oculata Linneus, sp.» cele) evaweeces Be |he coon a3 The necessity for absorbing Dis/ohelia is stated in the fol- 
A R | lowing pages. 
7- —— miocenica, Seguenza sejeusses || esevssoss, [| enneer ||| (evvseeeve The species of Amphihelia range from the Miocene to the 
8. ——atlantica, nodis present day ; but only A. ocuéata has hitherto been found 
9. ornata, #o0bis ... in recent fauna, 
to, Allopora oculina, Bhvenbergueseesesee| 54 | sseceseee Seth écoeta. |) ccoocooeg A few specimens. 
: W. ‘oO Dredged in Lightning Expedition. A recent form. 
11. Balanophyllia (Thecopsammia) socialis, so14o Li EP 7 3 @ eee 
Pourtales, sp. ‘| 54 | 59 56 N.| 627 W 363 315 These are West Indian forms, and are included in Theco- 
var costat oi] psammia, a subgenus, by Pourtales. 
britan 
Jeffreysia ... 61 10 N.| 2 21 W. 5 29. 
12. Pliobothrus symmetricus, Pourtales..| 22 | esse Fppotriscn saree Cold orem It is a West Indian form. 
ee ee ee ee eS 
Total species, r2 ; species absorbed, 9. Good varieties numerous. 
Greatest depth from which species were dredged, 705 fathoms. 
Lowes temperature of sea at bottom whence corals were dredged, 29°'9. 
