4266 Notices of New Books. 



Proceedings of Societies : — Zoological — Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh—Royal Society of Edinburgh. 



Miscellaneous : — On the Anatomy of Terebratula australis ; by M. 

 P. Gratiolet : translated from the ' Comptes Rendus ' for July 11, 

 1853, p. 45. On the Teeth of Peronia and Otina ; by J. E. Gray, 

 Ph.D., &c. Habits of Birds; extracted from Wallace's Travels. On 

 a Species of African Ant; by Dr. L. Imhoff : extracted from the Be- 

 richt Verh. Nat. Ges. 1852, p. 175. On a new Muscle-element in the 

 Thoracic Muscles of Insects ; by Dr. Burnett : extracted from Silli- 

 man's Journal for September, 1853. On Desmarestia pinnatinervia, 

 Mont.; by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A. On Oligoneuria rhenana; 

 by Dr. L. Imhoff: extracted from the Bericht Verh. Nat. Ges. 1852, 

 p. 177. 



The papers in No. 74 are thus intituled : — 



' Monograph of the British Graphideae.' By the Rev. W. A. Leigh- 

 ton, B.A., F.B.S.E. 



' Characters of a new European Pupa, and of a new Australian 

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



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

 T. C. Jerdon, Esq., Assistant Surgeon Madras Medical Establishment. 



' Note on the Greenland and Iceland Falcons.' By John Han- 

 cock, Esq. 



' On the Structure of the Echinoderms.' By Johannes Muller. 



c Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an Eight 

 Years' Residence in the Island.' By Edgar Leopold Layard, F.Z.S., 

 C.M.E.S. 



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

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

 Williams, M.D., Lond. 



' Catalogue of Reptiles collected in Ceylon.' By E. F. Kelaart, 

 M.D., F.L.S., &c. 



Proceedings of Societies : — Zoological. 



Miscellaneous : — Note on the Bird of Paradise, (Paradisea Apo- 

 dus) ; by M. de Lafresnaye : extracted from the ' Revue et Magasin 

 de Zoologie,' 1853, p. 339. New Observations on the Development 

 of the Intestinal Worms ; by Prof. Van Beneden : extracted from the 

 ' Comptes Rendus ' for November 21, 1853, p. 788. Further Obser- 

 vations on the Animal Substance analogous to Vegetable Cellulose ; 

 by M. Virchow : extracted from the ' Comptes Rendus ' for Decem- 

 ber 5, 1853, p. 860. 



