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each order. The Dendroccela are divided into two divisions, Acarena and 
‘ar 
Careno 
the other freshwater Planariz and places it with such forms as Cephalo 
genera hitherto considered sufficiently well established, which are et- " 
um, Dendrocolum, Pro O 
 cerodes, Fovia, Bdelloura, Geoplana, and Rhynchodemus. The lle 
genera of Dendroccela are Dicelis, Prosthecereus, Homalocerceus, Gone — 
carena, Carenocerceus, and Sphyrocephalus. Of these several have ben — 
previously established under different names. Prosthecereeus may be 
adopted, as Quatrefages’ name Proceros is preoccupied. Goniocarena 8 
Dugesia Girard, Carenocereeus is Nautiloplana Stm., and Sphyrocephalus i 
: 
should not be considered as the mouth, as it is certainly the aperture = 
through which food is introduced into the body. Oken’s name ones 
is adopted (although it is exactly synonymous with Zineus, Sow.) a4 
made to include Amphiporus, Acrostomum and Baseodiscus of Diesing, — 
M. Schmarda for an exceedingly interesting and beautiful work. W:* . 
4. A Supplement to the Parearad © sir-drealbing Mollusks {S - 
United States and the Adjacent Territories of North America; by : 
G. Binyzy. Boston, 1859. 8vo, pp. 207, and 6 colored plates. 
tracted from the Journal of the Boston Society of Natu pane! 
This much needed supplement to Dr. Binney’s great work con 
of the science during the seven years which have elapsed since peer : 
their proper place in the synonymy. Besides these, we have : . number 
descriptions of all the recently discovered species, of which 
together in the first part of the volume, The writings of for a re . | 
upon our land-snails are properly discussed, and their dee to which 
they should be'referred. Thus the whole subject is thorough acceptable 
up to the date of Jan. Ist, 1859, and the work forms 4 most #00 
contribution to American conchology. Coasts of Nort 
5. Catalogue of the Recent Marine Shells found on the rtland, Me, 
and South Carolina ; by J.D. Kurtz. 8vo, pp. 10. , 
8 ; 
the years 1 a ‘ 
species given is 204, an increase of 78 over that gv 
