Botany and Zoology. 323 
by Mr. Seuaddles edad species of ymenoptera o the milies 
ni ‘ ; 
ress by the Secretary or Minzs, with Reports on the Geology, 
Mineralogy and Physical Structure of various parts iyi the Col- 
ony, . A. F. Murray, F. M. Kraust, N. Tay 
How1rr, W. Nicuotas, J. Cosmo Newser ry, and Profe ssor F. Mc- 
Coy.--The Report of Progress states the following facts brought 
out in Decade [V of the Prodromus of the Paleontology of Vic- 
toria by Professor Maven which is nearly ready for issue. Three 
plates are devoted to the Diprotodon which, “like the Megathe- 
rium of South America, was obviously a feeder on the twi igs and 
phon ne. like their diminutive cease nels Mie of m 
times ate V are represented Favosites Goldfussi, “ agreo- 
ing In every respect with the European Bnenaian coral,” Spirif- 
era levicosta, a species also of England and abounding se ea 
fiddle Devonian limestones of th ifel, Chonetes Australis, 
E C. 
“closely allied to the C. sarcinulata of the Rhenish Devonian 
beds,” Astervlepis ornata, “ almost identical with ego found 
in the Russian Old Red Sandstone; ;”? on Plate VI are figures o 
Archeopteris Howitti, Sphenopt eris Ti uunensis, and Cordaites 
sland. 
Mr. Howitt describes the basalts, and other rocks of North 
Gipaeedy | and gives “gab of thin slices of the rocks, with de- 
tailed deseri ons The volume contains also facts on other for- 
eet | in Vieto and much on auriferous veins. 
Tantalite. ae sa lately had sent to me a mass of tanta- 
tise weighing about 500 grams, somiitg from Professor Eugene A. 
Smith, State Geologist of Alabama; its exact locality in Alabama 
is not given. It is the first time that tantalite has been found in 
the United States; its specific gravity is over 7:2. It is a surface 
specimen, and has undergone partial decomposition in the crev- 
ices. It is an important “discovery at the ee a while this 
class of minerals is exciting interest. ; E SMITH 
ll ge! a8 und geographische Bichesinonias im Staate 
Minne Doctorate Inaugural dissertation by J. H. Kxoos, 
Mining: Rigiooer of Amsterdam. 58 pp. 8vo. Berlin, 1877. 
Ill. Borany AND ZOOLOGY, 
1. Morphology of the Dentary System in the Human Race.— 
Dr. E. La aMBERT, of Brussels, has given the characteristics of the 
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rrived at the following important conclusions, here derived from 
the — of the Royal Academy of Belgium, 46th year, No. 5, 
