402 Edinburgh Neiv Philosophical Journal, 8rc. 



tker beautiful nor ornamental, nor are the specimens selected and 

 disposed with the nicety and neatness which might have been wish- 

 ed for by some finical collectors. Notwithstanding this, we are told 

 that the sale of the work has already exceeded the anticipations of 

 its respected author, a fact which is cheering, since it indicates the 

 existence of a greater number of scientific botanists in this country 

 than we were disposed to reckon on, for assuredly Mr Berkeley will 

 number no mere amateur among his subscribers. We cordially re- 

 commend the work, which is, indeed, indispensable to every one en- 

 gaged in the critical study of British Fungi. Each fasciculus con- 

 tains sixty specimens, pasted on separate pieces of paper, so that 

 they may be arranged hereafter in accordance with the " system" 

 which the purchaser most approves of. 



Transactions and Periodicals. — British. 



The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Conducted by Pro-* 

 fessor Jameson. July to October 1836. Edinburgh. A. & C. 

 Black. (Continued from p. 286.) 



I. Zoology. 



An unimportant Number to the Zoologist or Botanist. W. V. Thompson, 



Esq., " Memoir on the metamorphosis of the Macrourae or long-tailed Crustacea, 

 exemplified in the prawn (Palemon serratus.)" A short paper, stating that 

 changes similar to what the author described in the Brachyurae, took place in 

 the Macrourae. In Palemon, the larva, although different from that of the crabs, 

 is nevertheless a Shisopoda, generally of a totally different aspect from the pa- 

 rent animal, and provided at first with a very limited number of cleft members, 

 commonly two or three pairs, perfectly analogous to those of the Zoe. These 

 larvee also appear to undergo a successive developement, probably embracing 

 several stages. A plate is given Robert Jameson, Esq. Assistant Sur- 

 geon, 10th Regiment foot, " Notes on the Natural History and Statistics of the 

 Island of Cerigo and its dependencies." — Devoted to the physical appearances 

 of the island, its mineralogy and agriculture. 



II. Botany. 



Dr Graham, " Notes regarding some of the plants observed during the last 

 year in excursions from Edinburgh." 



The Magazine of NaUiral History. Conducted by J. C. Loudon. 

 Vol. ix. Nos. for Sept. Oct. (Continued from p. 288.) 



I. Zoology. 

 Taylor's Notes on natural objects observed while staying in Cuba, p. 449. 



Notices of modes of capturing fishes, p. 457 — = — Tatem on the elephant's 



mode of progression, p. 459 Waterton on the habits of the Windhover 



