4524 Notices of New Books. 



* The Microscope, its History, Construction and Applications ; ' by 

 Jabez Hogg, M.R.C.S. 



Proceedings of Societies: — Royal — Zoological — Botanical of 

 E dinb urgh — Li nn ean . 



Miscellaneous : — On the Development of Caenurus cerebralis ; by 

 Professor Van Beneden. On the Capture of Thecacera pennigera; 

 by William Thompson. Note on Athyrium rhaeticum ; by S. O. Gray. 

 On the Occurrence of the Larvae of Sarcophaga in the Human Eye 

 and Nose ; by Dr. E. Grube ; from the Archive fur Naturgeschichte, 

 xix. p. 282. 



No. 82 contains the following papers : — 



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

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

 Williams, M.D. Lond. 



' On the remains of a Gigantic Bird (Lithornis Emuinus) from the 

 London Clay of Sheppey.' By Jas. Bowerbank, F.R.S., &c. 



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

 Years' Residence in that Island.' By Edgar Leopold Layard, F.L.S., 

 C.M.E.S., &c. 



c On the Fertilization of Ferns.' By W. Hoffmeister. 



' Upon a New Species of Alpheus discovered upon the Coast of 

 Herm (Channel Islands).' By W. V. Guise, Esq., F.G.S. 



' Descriptions of three New Species of British Actiniae.' By Philip 

 H. Gosse, A.L.S. 



Bibliographical Notices : — The Ferns of Great Britain. Illustrated 

 by John E. Sowerby. The Descriptions, Synonyms, &c, by C. 

 Johnson. 



Proceedings of Learned Societies: — Royal — Zoological — Linnean 

 — Botanical of Edinburgh. 



Miscellaneous : — On the Ccenurus cerebralis of Sheep ; by Dr. 

 Kuchenmeister, from the 'Bulletin TAcad. Royale de Belgique,' 1854, 

 p. 306. On the Occurrence of Zinc in the Vegetable Organism ; by 

 A. Braun, from PogymdorfT's ' Annalen,' vol. xcii., p. 175. Notes on 

 the Bovine Animals of the Malay Peninsula ; by George Windsor 

 Earl. 



