4688 Notices of New Books. 



but one grain, the aggregate would be more than three times that of 

 the mother." 



No. 88 contains the following papers: — 



'A Comparative View of the more important Stages of Develop- 

 ment of some of the higher Cryptogamia and the Phanerogamia.' By 

 Charles Jenner. 



1 Observations on the Natural History and Habits of the Common 

 Prawn (Palcemon se?'ratus)S By Robert Warington, Esq. 



6 Report on a Collection of Diatomaceae made in the District of 

 Braemar by Professor Balfour and Mr. George Lawson.' By R. K. 

 Greville, LL.D., &c. 



'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. 



6 On Monopus medusicola, a species of Leech.' By Philip Henry 

 Gosse, A.L.S. 



'On Ancylus oblongus and A. fluviatilis. 1 By William Clark, Esq. 



1 On Actinophrys Sol.' By E. Claparede. [Abridged from Muller's 

 Archiv for December, 1854.] 



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

 cal of Edinburgh. 



Miscellaneous: — On the Anomalous Oyster-Shell; by Professor 

 J. S. Henslow. Description of a New Species of Corynactis ; by 

 William Thompson [from Proc. Zool. Soc, Nov. 8, 1853]. On the 

 Species confounded under the Name of Laminaria digitata, with some 

 Observations on the Genus Laminaria; by M. A. Le Jolis [from the 

 ' Comptes Rendus' for Feb. 26, 1855, p. 470]. Descriptions of two 

 New Species of Humming Birds from Pera; by John Gould, Esq. 

 [from Proc. Zool. Soc, November 22, 1853]. 



'A List of the British Species of Geodephaga, intended for marking 

 Desiderata and labelling Collections, taken from Mr. Dawson's 

 Geodephaga Britannica.' By G. Guyon, Richmond, Surrey. 

 Price (prepaid by post) Four Stamps. 



Tins, although merely a list of names, will be found highly useful 

 to the Coleopterist ; and I sincerely hope may have the effect of 



