298 Scientific Intelligence. 
anatomical investigations of the North American species of Bolina, 
Pleurobrachia, and Idyia ; a systematic tabular view of the known Cten- 
ophore; and a table of their geographical distribution. Among the 
most interesting of these investigations are the variations of form as de 
pendent on the development of different “spheromeres” or radiating 
wedges of which the body is made up; and the remarks on the circula- 
tion of chyme. 
The illustrations by Sonrel, Burkhardt, and Prof. Clark, are unrivalled 
in their way; Sonrel’s large drawing of Cyanea arctica is a miracle of 
skill and patience. T. L. 
Note.—The important chapter on individuality among acalephs is not 
mentioned here, because it has already appeared in this Journal, (vol. 
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like Bailly, Delambre, Biot, or of Englishmen resident in India, as Da- 
vis, Colebrooke, Bentley, Warren, and many others. It is remarkable, 
however, that while so much has been written on the subject, no wor 
has appeared before the present, from which the occidental scholar could 
find out what the Indian astronomy is,—how it exists, as a system © 
theory and practice, a science and an art, in the Indian mind. It 1s the 
want of any such work, which has given rise to the publication peed 
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a considerable number (for the most part, yet unpublished) in the» a4 
krit language. ns fale for ‘au irtoes” ahs Borys Sites a 
which appears to be the most highly-esteemed and the most get™ 
used ae i gathering : 
Pandits. He left India, indeed, without having accomplished of le- 
sign; but desiring still that his work should be made available for | 
