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Bulletin de la Societe Zoologique de 

 France (Paris, February, 1896). M. Edouard 

 Chevreux discusses and figures Gamniarus berilloni, 

 a crustacean species, while M. A. DoUfus con- 

 tributes an article on the "Terrestrial Isopod 

 Crustacea of Mexico," in which he describes and 

 figures the following new species : Armadillo dugesi, 

 and Metoponorthus sanssurei. M. Jules de Guerne and 

 M. Jules Richard describe a new copepod crustacean 

 from Boghara, Turkistan, Diaptomus blanci, with 

 figures in the text. This part also contains the 

 Presidential Address by M. E. L. Bouvier. 



Annaes de Sciencias naturaes. (Oporto, 

 1896.) Dr. Paulino de Oliveira continues his 

 " Catalogue of the Hemiptera of Portugal," while 

 the same author in conjunction with Dr. Lopes 

 Vieira continue their " Catalogue of Mammalia of 

 Portugal." A further contribution on " The Fishes of 

 the Cape Verde Islands," by Don Joao Cardoso, 

 jun., will be welcomed by ichthyologists. The 

 Editor, Dr. Augusto Nobre, continues his " Mollusca 

 and Brachiopoda of Portugal," while continuations 

 of " The Coleoptera of Sabrosa," by Don Correa 

 de Barros, and " Birds of Portugal," by Mr. W. 

 C. Tait, complete this part. 



La Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes (Paris, 

 May, 1896). M. E. L. Bouvier contributes the 

 first instalment of a paper on a family of 

 Crustacea, i.e. the Paguridae (hermit crabs) of the 

 European Seas. A woodcut oi Eupagurus Bernhaydus 

 and some minor details of other species accompany 

 the text. M. Schlumberger gives a resume of a 

 contribution by M. Schaudinn in " Sitzungs Bericht 

 der Gesellschaft von Naturforschende Freunde," on 

 Plastogamy and Karyogamy of Foraminifera. In a 

 continuation of his paper on " Myriapod Fauna of 

 France," M. H. Broelemann describes a new species, 

 Jtihis odieri, in which he figures the pair of copu- 

 latory legs. M. M. Cossmann conintues his review 

 of Palaeoconchology, in which he deals with the 

 fauna of the " Muschelkalk of Lombardia," by 

 Dr. Annibal Tommasi ; " Versteinerungen des 

 Lias und UnterooHth von Chile," by W. Moericke ; 

 " Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Kreide in den 

 Siidalpen," by Georg Boehm ; " Ueber einige 

 Kreide versteinerungen vom Gabun," by F. 

 Kossmat ; " Synopsis dei molluschi terziari delle 

 alpi Venete," by M. Vinassa de Regny ; "Die 

 Pontische Fauna von Kurd im Comitate Tolna," 

 by Dr. Eraerich Lorenthey ; and "Beitrage zur 

 Kenntniss der unter pontinischen Bildung des 

 Szilagyer Comitates und Siebenburgens," by Dr. 

 Emerich Lorenthey. 



Annalen des K. K. Naturhistorischen 

 HoFMUSEUMS (Vienna, 1895 ; vol. x., parts i and 

 2). — Professor Dr. R. Hoernes contributes an 

 important article on a rare fossil shell, Pcreiraia 

 gervaisii, originally assigned to Pkurotoma, but made 

 the type of a new genus by Crosse. Its occurrence 

 in Austria was first made known by Schlonbach, 

 and subsequently specimens were found in Miocene 



formations of lower Carniolia and Hungary ; two 

 lithographed plates and two figures in the text give 

 a good idea of this handsome shell. Herr 

 Friedrich SiebenroCk treats of the .skeletons of 

 Scincoideae (sand-lizards) and Anguidea: (blind- 

 worms), with one plate and four figures in the text. A 

 monograph of the genus Sphex (digging-wasps), by 

 Herr Kohl, illustrated by two lithographed plates 

 of anatomical details of a large number of species, 

 will be found very useful by hymenopterists. A 

 voluminous report, for 1894, on the different 

 departments of the Museum, by the Director, 

 concludes Part i. Ethnologists and Anthropologists 

 will iind in Part 2 a very interesting and 

 instructive article by Dr. Wilhelm Hein, on 

 the evolution (Entwickelungsgeschichte) of orna- 

 ments of the Dyaks, illustrated by twenty-nine 

 figures in the text, showing many complicated 

 patterns of various objects in the museums of 

 Vienna, Hamburg, Amsterdam and Leiden. Dr. 

 Gustav Mayr, in a paper on African Formicideae, 

 describes several new species of ants. The Curator 

 and Director of the botanical department of the 

 Museum, Dr. Giinther Ritter Beck von Mannagetta, 

 communicates the seventh part of his " Flora of 

 South Bosnia and the neighbouring part of the 

 Hergegovina," dealing with Papaveracea; — Umbelli- 

 ferae. Students of Foraminifera will be pleased 

 with the paper by Professor A. Rzehak on "Some 

 remarkable forms from the Austrian Tertiary," with 

 two plates illustrating many new and beautiful 

 species. 



La Feuille des Jeuxes Naturalistes. (Paris, 

 June and July, 1896.) Students of Crustacea will 

 find the conclusion of M. Bouvier 's synoptical 

 tables on "The Pagurinea; of the European Seas," 

 with many figures in the text, \ery useful. M. 

 Oberthtir, in his continuation of " Mimicry in 

 Insects," deals with Papilio, in which many 

 instances of this curious and interesting phenomenon 

 occur. M. Xavier Raspail writes on the Marsh 

 Otter {Mustela hitreola), also known as the European 

 mink, the existence of which, in France, seems 

 to have been doubted, having been frequently 

 confounded with the polecat. Numerous captures 

 in various parts of twelve Departments pro\e its 

 existence in that country beyond doubt. The con- 

 clusion of the series of articles by M. Broelemann 

 on "The MyriapodousFaunaof France," with figures 

 in the text, will be welcomed by students of this 

 class of Arhropoda. M. E. de Laroy writes on the 

 breeds of horses in Holland ; according to that 

 author these horses have retained more of the 

 primitive type than in any other country. The 

 three principal breeds are those of Friesland, 

 Guelderland and I'trecht. The first contains a 

 remnant of the Andalusian type, which is attributed 

 to importations made during the occupation of 

 Holland by the Spaniards in the sixteenth 

 century ; black appears to be the predominant 

 colour in this breed. The Gueldre horse is larger 

 than the former, very strong and gentle, and 

 possesses particular qualification for use as a coach- 

 horse ; it is stated to be a cross-breed between the 

 indigenous horse and that of Oldenburg, and 

 resembles the Normandy horse to such a degree as 

 even to deceive connoisseurs ; in colour it is usually 

 a bay. The Utrecht horse is intermediate between 

 the two other breeds, resembling both in many 

 respects ; it is considered a handsome and good 

 carriage horse, being very energetic and sagacious ; 

 like the latter it is usually of a bay colour, but 

 darker. Three photogravures accompany this 

 interesting article, representing each breed. 



