Miscellaneous Intelligence. 281 
“i The vertebral type of the cranium a Quinary one; T. C. Hi 
36. On Elasmognathus and its relations to the Tapiridee gen erally; THEODORE 
at. "Soa of the Topography, Geology and Antiquities of the Caucasus; F. 
38. pag tea of the lake shore near Chicago; J. 8. JewEt. 
39. On th the Mastodon in the deep-lying gold placers of Cali- 
_ eee S) 
On the old lake bats of = Prairie region; 8. J. W. 
41. On the formation of shells and Belemnites, and Phosphates of Iron at Mul- 
lica Hill, Wilner ce a ifs A. B. Engstrom 
42. On certain physical features ‘of the Mississippi River; G. K. Warren. 
43. The Darwinian theory of Development; Casa Moran. 
44. On ite Interpretation of Fossils; B. WATERHOUSE Hawxins. 
51. 
2. On the fall ish Rain, as pines by the Moon,;* by Pimy 
Exrtz Cuasz.—The disc iscussion of the Moon’s influence on the 
Weather has “ets rte révived by European meteorologists, and 
’ ‘Marticle by George Dines, Esq., in the Proceedings of the Meteo- 
tological tien Pe 36, ‘contains some valuable tables, whic 
seem to me sry of special attention. Mr. Dines was entrusted 
With the Journal of Miss Caroline Molesworth, of Cobham Lodge, 
forty synopses for five years, ten yeah twenty years, and 
years . 
ita ese su , as well as the data on which 
they are haan, lead the author to the “ decided opinion that the fall 
of rain ig in ai, way influenced by the changes of the moon, or by 
the moon?s a, 
of he in neee of the moon on the ocean tides, on the serge 
theater's barometer and magnetic Leer and on the wi 
; : "Tables, Pros. Met. So 
is method, The observations cover a period of a little more 
fe Metonic cycles, and by the tabular arrangement the ef- 
Of the revolution of the moon’s nodes, as well as those of va- 
Aw. J Procee of the American Philosophical Society, June 19, 1868. 
OuR. Sc.—Seconp Serres, VoL. XLVI, No. 137.—Sept., 1868. 
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