240 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
and plovers. Among the mollusks, Mr. Dall, in addition to other 
useful matters, describes a new species of Lepton (ZL. parasitieum) 
chiefly along the ambulacra near the mouth; a new genus and 
species, Kidderia minuta, related to Modiolarea; and anew w genus 
and species of Chitonidz (Hemiar get setulowiony4 is contributed 
by Dr. P. P. Carpenter. Mr. Da 0 gives a new any name 
under the preoccupied name, Katonia. Among the i inse cts, new 
facts concerning the remarkable wingless diptera are given, and 
ong the crustace : m 
villosa and Lysianassa Kidderi, and as doubtfal, Atylus(2) aus- 
tralis Miers(?), er ay ives useful notes on other species. oO 
Annelids, Nereis antarctica and Neottis pantie are descri 
as new, with a revision of the ¢ aracters the latter eo 
trale from mania are d bed as new, while Ophioglypha 
hexactis Smith is also full mete Of Anthozoa, pee — 
Anthopodium australe V., sp., and Primnodla 
Gray, both from New Seated: are soueribedk v. 
v. MISCELLANEOUS SCIENTIFIC INTELLIGENCE. 
1. Elements of Physical Manipulation ; by Enward C. Pick- 
ERING, Prof. Physics Massachusetts Tiativnte of Techiblowy: ait 
I pp. x, 316, 8vo. New York, 1876. (Hurd & Houghton. 
Tn preparing this volume as a sonip intial of the work of poe 
the first part was published three years ago, the author has greatly 
follow chapters upon mechanical engineering, meteorology, F we 
tical astronomy and lantern projections. At the end ¥* 
Mr. 
Tn the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, April, 1876, Pott on she 
C. Mstiten has published descriptions of several Kerguelen lida from 
English expedition. The Nereis Hatoni described by him, may, ‘rs may 
same as our N. antarctica, or a sexual form of it; and his Neottis a i 
be identical with our W, spectabilis, but his descriptions are not suf his cots OP 
to = an ae determination of these points. The tube 2 en of locality 
pears to be quite unlike that of = but this may be due to apa root 
Although this part of Dr. Kidder’s report had been in type = M Mhe paper 
ver eH wen several months sen s to its publication, early in M@y, 
yY Dr. McIntosh has priority of actual publication. cademy, 
Mr. A. Agassiz ae pablienad. in the Proceedings of the Am aig sriter it 
an interesting paper on the young stages of this moocice, £ found uf they bebe 
habiting the deep ambulacral furrows of the female specimens, vy inward from 
ao concealed and defended by the longer spines projecting ™ 
