- 
Miscellaneous Intelligence. 277 
The “ Cytherea Sayii Conrad,” p. 147, should be Cytherea Say- 
ana Conrad, Jour. Phil. Academy, pe Vii, p. 124, 1834; the refer- 
ence to Gould, “p. 34,” should be « Callista convexa 
should be Cytherea convexa Say ; iia ‘finally the correct reference 
for “ Callista convexa” is Adams’ Gen., ii 25. is species is 
teally a Callista, sila * we adopt Rém mer’ "5 eubgentis, Caryatis, to 
which * also belon nae But Conrad’s grounds for rejecting Say’s 
name, convexa, seem to be insufficient,—at least I am unable to find 
dinithar species we Callista with the same name. “ Mercenaria 
violacea Stimpson,” should be AZ. violacea Schumacher, “ Modiola 
modiolus Linn,” should tedd ©. ergiaee lus Turton, (Mytilus 8 modi- 
olus Linn.), and MM. barbatus is no doubt a distinct Mediterranean 
Species. “ Seapharca transversa Say,” should be S. transversa H. 
A. Adams, (Area transversa 
The following names, quoted a ag eee Stimpson epi? nee 
Tryon, Conrad, ete., as ‘crkeditlins are found in 
Genera of Rebons Mollusca, and some of them, pe as, in are 
works :— Amycla Gouldiana, . dissimilis, Tritia trivitt a, Ce- 
rithiopsis Emersonii, Lunatia eros, L. ‘tris ihe Turb wns 
a, An ng ulus tenera, A, polita, Peruse tenta, Macoma seat. 
Bhichipdonee pe oats Seapharea transversa v. 
IV. ASTRONOMY. 
Elements of Asteroid (109); by E. H. F. Prrers, of the 
ua “entlesee of wee Uiince. Communication dated 
Clinton, Oneida Co., N. Y., November 25, 1869.*—The followin 
e ements of asteroid (109) are computed from my observations of 
Oct. 9, 20 and 31. 
E ph lake Oct. 0°0 piety mean time. 
[on — 
Lonsivede ¢ of rihelio is 58 48 
Longitude of pei = 4 51 jai Mean Equ. 1870°0 
Inclination of ecliptic, 7 56 56°55. 
gle of praia 17 25 14°13 
Mean daily moti 809'"*580. 
Logarithm of sage semi-axis, 074278314. 
V. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
l On Foresand We u; by B. A. Goutp. —(We copy below. 
ing WON ac abla address ‘of Dr. Gould, at a meen a Sa Am 
Can Association last August, at Salem, Mass., as retiring 
ie of the Association. )— 
ists are now of accor 
nor destroy ed,” and that “the quantity o 
as eternal and unalterable as the quantity of matter.” January 
announcement was issued on a loose slip in connection with the 
ournal. 
rd that “force can neither be created 
f force in nature 1s just 
Its various 
* This 
wemiber of this J 
