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species ; Cardita densata; Cytherea subimpressa, C. liciata, C. eversa, 
C. pyga; Pectenelixatus. Carboniferous species ; Bellerophon scissile. 
Izip., for March and April, 1845. . 
Deacraghinn of a New Vulture from Vera Cruz; by Joun Ciaikes 
p- 212.—The Cathartes Burrovianus. ‘‘C. capite nudo, levi, naribus 
magnis, ovatis, corpore omnino nigro, viridi-cerulescente subnitido, sub- 
tus pallidiore ; plumis extendentibus sursum super posteriore cervicis, 
parvo spatio in pectore nudo. lis longis, remigibus et rectricibus ni- 
gris, scapis primarum albis et conspicuis, tertia prima longissima.” 
Long. tot. (exuvii) 22 unc., rostri 25, ale 18, caudz 83. 
Descriptions of New Coleoptera of the United States; by F. E. Meu- 
SHEIMER; continued from p. 160—pp. 213. The following species.— 
Elater fuscatus, E. testaceipes, EK. ursulus; Cryptohypnus obliquatulus, 
C. guttatulus ; Oophorus erassicollis ; Corymbites atropurpureus, C. hir- 
ticollis, C. interstitialis; Diacanthus (?) signaticollis; Pristilophus (?) 
sordidus, P. femoralis; Agriotes truncatus, A. striatulus, A. pubescens ; 
Dolopius isabellinus, D. oblongicollis; Adrastus testaceus ; Campylus 
flavinasus, C. (?) bivittatus. Ruipicrnip#: Sandalus rubidus, 8. brevi- 
collis. Crsrionip#: Atopaornata, A. bicolor, A. fusca. CyPHoNIDE: 
Nycteus (?) thoracicus; Eubria (?) nervosa; Scyrtes solstitialis. 
10. The Chemistry of Vegetable and Animal Physiology: by Dr. 
G. J. Munper, Professor of Chemistry in the University of Utrecht. 
Translated from the Dutch, by P. F. H. Fromezere, First Assistant in 
the Laboratory of the Agricultural Chemistry Association of Scotland. 
With an Introduction and Notes, by Prof. James F. W. Jounston, 
F.R.88.L.&@E. First American Edition, with Notes, by B. Situt- 
MAN, Jr. Part I, 12mo, pp. 176. New York and London, Wiley & 
Putnam, 1845.—We have before noticed the appearance of a part of 
Milder’s valuable treatise on the Chemistry of Physiology in its Amer- 
ican dress. The first part complete has now been before the public for 
several weeks, embracing the following subjects in five chapters. 
Chap. l—Chemical and Organic Forces. Chap. II.—Inorganic, Or- 
ganic, and Organized Bodies: Plants and Animals. Chap. I/L—The 
Atmosphere in its connection with Organic Nature. Chap. 1V.—Wa- 
ter considered in its Connection with Organic Nature. Chap. V.—Re- 
lation of the Soil to Organic Nature. 
From the somewhat speculative turn given by the author to the first 
chapter, on Chemical and Organic Forces, it was feared by some of his 
readers, that the work would possess a less practical and useful charac- 
ter than was to be hoped for, from the renowned professor of chemis- 
try in the University of Utrecht. This groundless apprehension is 
abundantly set aside by the chapters which immediately follow. As it 
