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cannot well be exhibited, either from size, rarity, or (as among Mollusca) from the im- 

 possibility of preserving them otherwise than in fluids. A small subscription among 

 shell-collectors would procure an engraving of such as it would be most desirable to 

 have thus prepared, but they should be done in the very best style, or they would be 

 worse than useless. — /. S. Henslow ; Hitcham, Suffolk, February 22, 1854. 



Occurrence of Doris bilamellata, fyc. — I obtained a few specimens of this pretty 

 Doris from eight or nine fathom water, amongst Cellipora cervicornis ; also Doris 

 tuberculata from the sides of the quay, at low-water-mark ; and also one specimen of 

 a Doris allied to D. ripanda. — William Thompson ; Weymouth, February 14, 1854. 



Occurrence of Lucernaria auricula. — I have lately taken a dozen or two of this 

 pretty little zoophyte, being the first I have found in any numbers here. — Id. 



Notices of New Books. 



1 The Annals and Magazine of Natural History? No. 73, dated 

 January; No. 74, dated February; and No. 75, dated March, 

 1854. London : Taylor & Francis, Red Lion Court, Fleet St. 

 Price 2s. 6d. each. 



The January number contains the following papers: — 



' On the Structure of Echinoderms.' By Johannes M tiller. Trans- 

 lated from the German by Thomas Huxley, F.R.S. 



6 On a new Species of Tanager in the British Museum.' By Philip 

 Lutley Sclater, M.A. 



' Descriptions of new or little-known Species of Reptiles collected 

 in Ceylon.' By E. F. Kelaart, M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



1 Note on Spadix purpurea.' By Prof. Edward Forbes, F.R.S., &c. 



1 Descriptions and Illustrations of new Species of Verrucaria and 

 Sagedia found about Torquay, Devonshire.' By Richard Deakin, M.D. 



' Account of a M.S. of Laurence Theodore Gronov, lately purchased 

 for the British Museum, with a Collection of Dry Fish which it de- 

 scribes.' By John Edward Gray. Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. 



'A Catalogue of the Species of Ants found in Southern India.' By 

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, Madras Medical Establish- 

 ment. 



Bibliographical Notices : — ' The Palm Trees of the Amazon and 

 their Uses.' By A. R. Wallace. ' The Botanist's Word Book : an 

 Etymological and Explanatory Vocabulary of the Terms employed in 

 the Science of Botany.' By G. Macdonald and J. Allan. ' A Narra- 

 tive of Travels on the Amazon and Rio Negro, with an Account of 

 the Native Tribes, and Observations on the Climate, Geology, and 

 Natural History of the Amazon Valley.' By A. R. Wallace. 



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