144 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
is, erg ‘ 
and their habits; ae ecepuens of various mature in ! 
sects ; and republications of several of his rarer ia most inaccess- 
ible papers. The plates are well executed, from drawings made 
by Harris, or formerly in his possession, The volume is accompa- 
v. 
ri The Dutt of North America, with —— Drawings 
and Descriptions ; by Wu. H. Epwarps. Part 3, quarto, with 
five colored fale. Philadelphia rogmearn Entomological Socie- | 
ty).—The third part of this admirable work excels, if possible, i in | 
the accuracy and beauty of the figures the two previous parts. 
The plates include 24 figures, SMisueteaisicag Argynnis monticola, A. 
Haleyone, Limenitis Proserpina, Lycena violacea, L. Lygd a- 
will prove of great rei eg to all students of this interesting group. 
The author bids fair to do for North American Butterflies, what 
a did for the birds. 
American Cervus. Read before the Ottawa Academy “of 
Sateral Recrais, May, 1868; by Joun D. Caton, LL. D.—In this 
paper we have a detailed description of the external covering of 
the deer and elk; and a very in — a account of the phenome- 
na connected with the growth a of their horns, bot 
under natural an no shattnawtaaenl ; together with many 
observations upon their — The author has had excellent op- 
portunities for studying large numbers of these animals in his ex- 
tensive parks, and has made amma additions to our cami 
of these subjects. 
7. Observations on the Genus Unio, together with cdescriptionh 
= new species in the family Unionide, and ner gag Tre of new 
cies felani Eons en B by mate Lea, LL. thi: I... 
their katoi vi Dr age in this twelfth volume of his Observa- 
tions on the Genus Unio, etc., describes 76 species of Unionide, 
28 of Spey sa, _ one of Paludinz. Of the Unionidae, 36 are 
the ‘nes : 
that the South American iain here included, (which he received 
in alcohol, from Don Patricio M, Paz of Madrid ,) have the same 
South American characteristics before noticed by him; that 1s, 
“round palpi or Bytes ys and “divergent folds” at the tips of 
the beaks, neither of which peculiarities has he found, he observes, — 
in any } North American species, 
