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Annularia, Asterophyllites, Sphenopteris, ? Hymenophyillites, 
Odontopteris, Neuropteris, Dictyopteris, Cyatheiies, Alethopteris, 
coors "Walchia, besides some others.—Jairb. f. Min., 1875. 
. Batrachians in bituminous shales of the Permian at Millery, 
A. Gaudr lab of shale 
Petrolei, because of the affinities to the Salamanders, and their 
occurrence in oil- bpiarae: shales, They are high eam the largest 
35 mm. ; and yet they were probably adult traces of scales 
were found. The fore and hind limbs are four-toed and near y of 
the mise size.— Ann. Mag. N. H., IV, xv, 233. 
15. log, in peo —On the Peninsula of Brunswick, in the 
u : 
Serres an aggregate —- of about 2€ feet. The age of the 
Teones Muscorum, or Figures Pins ig aan of most 
of those Mosses peculiar to North on ae which have not 
yet been figured; by the late Wiitram 5. Su LLivant, LL, 
Posthumous Supplement ; with 81 copper rps Imp. 8vo. Cam- 
“ idge: Charles W. Sever. London er & Co. December, 
1874.—To give an idea of the nature this volume, and of the 
circumstances under which it has been produced an nd published, 
we append the brief reface, written by the author of this notice. 
Sa the bes pac of the Icones Muscorum, in the year 1864, 
the lamented author made careful studies and sketches of the 
Copious new materials as they came to his hands, with a view to a 
