Notices of New Books. 4685 



1 Characters of the Genus Opisthoporus, an Eastern form of the 

 Cyclostomacea, with Remarks on its Affinities, and Notes on several 

 Opercula.' By W. H. Benson, Esq. 



'On Artificial Sea Water.' By Philip H. Gosse, A.L.S. 



' Notes on Swiss Mollusca.' By J. Gwyn Jeffreys, Esq., F.R.S. 



' Sketch of the Life of the late Professor Edward Forbes.' By 

 J. H. Balfour, M.D., Professor of Botany, Edinburgh. [From * Trans- 

 actions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.'] 



Bibliographical Notices: — 'The Entomologist's Annual for 1855;' 

 edited by H. T. Stainton. ' A Catalogue of British Fossils ;' by John 

 Morris, F.G.S. (second edition). 'Popular Conchology;' by Agnes 

 Catlow (second edition). 



Proceedings of Societies : — Zoological. 



Miscellaneous : — Note on the Reproduction of Ligula ; by M. Brulle 

 [from the ' Comptes Rendus' for October 23, 1854, p. 773]. Descrip- 

 tion of the Animal of Cyclina Sinensis ; by Dr. J. E. Gray. Observa- 

 tions on the Development of Actinia; by M. Lacaze-Duthiers [from 

 the ' Comptes Rendus' for August 28, 1854, p. 434]. 



No. 86 contains the following papers : — 



' Some Account of the Actiniadae found upon the Coast near Teign- 

 mouth, Devon.' By Robert C. R. Jordan, M.B. Lond., Professor of 

 Comparative Anatomy, Queen's College, Birmingham. 



'On a Monstrous Oyster Shell.' By George Busk, Esq. 



' On Hypericum anglicum.' By Charles C. Babington, M.A., 

 F.R.S. , &c. [From the 'Proceedings of the Botanical Society of 

 Edinburgh.'] 



'On the Ornithology of Malacca.' By A. R. Wallace, Esq. 



* Descriptions of the Animals of certain Genera of Bivalve Shells.' 

 By S. P. Woodward, Esq., F.G.S. 



'On Fossil Echinoderms from the Island of Malta; with Notes 

 on the Stratigraphical Distribution of the Fossil Organisms in the 

 Maltese Beds.' By Thomas Wright, M.D., &c. 



' Notes on British Zoophytes, with Descriptions of New Species.' 

 By the Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A. 



'On the Marine Vivarium.' By C. S. Harris, Esq. 



Proceedings of Societies : — Zoological — Linnean — Royal — Botani- 

 cal of Edinburgh. 



Miscellaneous : — Observations on the Nests of Humming Birds ; 

 by John Gould, Esq., F.R.S., &c. [from Proc. Zool. Soc. July 26, 

 1853]. On a Marsupial Frog [Notodelphys ovifera) from Venezuela; 

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