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committed a capital error, and both as certainly assume the tone of 

 infallibility. I have my private opinion of Mr. Westwood's lucubra- 

 tions, but I am not reviewing him here. 



Of Kirby and Spence's ' Introduction to Entomology,' Mr. Stainton 

 speaks as a work of two volumes, and gives the contents of Vols. I. 

 and II. Is it possible that Mr. Stainton, the self-elected and auto- 

 cratic expositor and critic of our bibliography is unacquainted with 

 Vols. III. and IV., constituting in themselves the most learned and 

 elaborate ' Introduction to Entomology' that was ever written ? 



' Annals and Magazine of Natural History' Nos. 96 and 97, dated 

 December, 1855, and January, 1856 ; price 2s. 6d. each. London : 

 Taylor and Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet Street. 



No. 96 contains the following papers :- — 



' On the Batrachian Ranunculi of Britain.' By Charles C. Babing- 

 ton, M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



' On the Mechanism of the Aquatic Respiration, and on the Structure 

 of the Organs of Breathing in Invertebrate Animals.' By Thomas 

 Williams, M.D. Lond. 



c On the Genera of Mollusca, and on the Genus Assiminia in par- 

 ticular.' By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. 



'A few Remarks on the Brachiopoda.' By Thomas Davidson, 

 Esq., F.G.S. 



'On the Phenomena of the Reproduction of the Chitons.' By 

 William Clark, Esq. 



1 Note on Lin aria Sepium of Allman.' By Charles C. Babington, 

 M.A., F.R.S., &c. 



Bibliographical Notices : — Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera 

 of Birds contained in the British Museum ; by G. R. Gray, F.L.S. 

 Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series con- 

 tained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons; prepared for 

 the Microscope ; vol. ii. 



Proceedings of Societies : — Zoological. 



Miscellaneous : — Shropshire Mollusca ; by J. Gwyn Jeffreys. Note 

 on the Arrested Development of the Tadpole of the Common Frog; 

 by W. Davies. List of Species of Mollusca obtained by Professor 

 Goodsir from Spitzbergen ; by R. M' Andrew, Esq. 



No. 97 contains the following papers: — 



1 On the Conjugation of Cocconeis, Cymbella and Amphora, together 

 with some Remarks on Amphiphora alata ? Kg.' By H. J. Carter, Esq. 



