148 Scientific Intelligence. 
pleasure to all who may have occasion to consult it. A. AG. 
14. Illustrations of North American Entomology ; by TowN- 
SEND GLovER. Orthoptera. Washington, 1872.—The author very 
modestly states that it is not his design to present scientific or 
highly finished engravings of Orthoptera, but merely figures, 
giving a general idea of their form, size and color, to aid the 
young entomologist in the identification of species. He has, aed 
their Tendons ; by the Rev. Samuren HavenrTon, F.RB.S. 
—The fore feet of vertebrate animals are often used merely 4 
organs of locomotion, like the hind feet; and in the higher mam 
mals they are more or less “ cephalized,” or appropriated as hands 
to the use of the brain. ere 
The ad oe use of a hand, when thus specialized in its action, 8 
grasp objects; while the proper use of a foot is to propel the 
animal forward by the intervention of the ground. 
In the case of the hand, the flexor muscles of the fore arm act 
upon the finger tendons, in a direction from the muscles toward 
