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MISCELLANEOUS NOTES. 



Zoological Laboratory at Newport, Rhode Island, 

 U.S. — The last report of the Harvard College Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology includes an admirable photograph and plan 

 and an account of the new laboratory established by Prof Alex. 

 Agassiz for the purpose of furthering systematic study of zoology, 

 especially from the embryological and microscopical side. New- 

 port seems to be rather favorably situated in respect of its position 

 and the facilities it affords for the study of marine forms of life. 



Watford Natural Hlstory Society and Hertfordshire 

 Field Club. — We have received a set of the Transactions of this 

 Society which appears to be in an unusually flourishing condition, 

 and the character of the papers printed appears to be on the 

 whole decidedly good. We note however that conchology does 

 not appear to have a place in the studies of the members, 

 although this might have been expected of a Society which at its 

 anniversary meeting in February last elected Dr. J. Gwyn Jeffreys 

 to the presidential chair for the year 1879. 



A New Catalogue of the Genus Partula. — Dr. W. D. 

 Hartman, of Westchester, Pennsylvania, informs us that he is at 

 present engaged on a catalogue of the genus Partula, including 

 their localities, when and where the descriptions were published, 

 and the dates of publication. This is a preliminary to a synony- 

 mic catalogue and a revision of the genus, for the compilation of 

 which he has unusual facilities, for in addition to his own fine 

 collection he has been favored with duplicates of the Pease collec- 

 tion from the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, 

 Mass. ; also specimens from Mr. R. F. Geale, the Smithsonian 

 Institution, and many private collections. 



