tid Scientific Intelligence. 
would represent one of the commonest adaptations to aquatic life. 
ng th 
proposed (considering also that paste: mixed two or three 
species under £. aeerines) to drop that name in favor of the 
later but most appropriate name of 4. yuccefolium Michx. 
moevens like this i is sielshly true of the Mexican and South 
American species of this group. Even if not themselves aquatic, 
ae are very probably descendants of Hryngia which were 80, 
and so inherit an adaptive character which has in its turn been 
<— to terrestrial conditions. 
rom the catalogue which Prof. Decaisne gives of the species 
sieraicassa in the herbarium at the Jardin des Plantes, it is 
noticeable that several of our United States species are wantin 
especially the species of Oregon and aaa ie 1, and LF. Ravenelii 
and #. prealtum Gray, of the south ; ich specimens are 
desired in one that these desiderata at Paris may be aes 
14. On the Origin and Metamorphoses of Insects iby "Joun 
Lussocx. Nature Series. (Macmillan & Co.) —Thi s little book is 
full of interesting information relating not only to insects, but to 
various other animals. The facts are presented in a clear - at- 
tractive style and are cone with great candor, in reference to 
their bearings on the theories of evolution. The ilustrations are 
numer srs s and well sims 
15 nand Apes: an exposition of structural emctioee 
and digerence bearing upon questions of affinity and ainda by 
Sr. RGE Mivarr. 8vo, with numerous illustratio New 
ject of st as well as upon the origin of man. ‘The gene 
scope of the work is sufficiently indicated by the table of contents: 
art I, External form, habits , geographical distribution and classi- 
fication ; Il, External skeleton and internal skeleton ; oY 
ous sys stem, visceral ai eAiONys summary of characters and ea 
ures of affinity and origin. 
eu raise Anatomy of the Domesticated Animals; 
by A CuanEan, translated = edited by George Fleming. 957 
pages, ahs 8vo, 450 illustrations, New York. (D. Appleton * 
-Co.)\—This is a valuable is4 comprehensive treatise, and is un- 
doubtedly the best manual relating to this subject, in the Ragi 
pe see e. 
Structure of Animal Life. Six Lectures delivered at 
a hes Academ y of Music, in January and February, 18825 
by Lovts Aeass third edition. New York, 1874. (Scribner, 
Arms tiem, o. .) This is essentially a mere reprint of the ee 
edition. typography, otherwise good, is marred by the use a 
the = rude od often incorrect wood-cuts, apparently copies 0 
: ac. be 4 
Many of these are no better than caricatures of nature, for whic 
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