330 Scientific Intelligence, 



II, pp. 589-698, with text figures and 12 pis. (See this Journal, 

 xiii, 321 ; xiv, 74 ; xv, 240, 488 ; xvi, 400.)— Mr. E. A. Smith, 

 in his report on the " Marine"' Mollusca " of the expedition, men- 

 tions that this collection is of special interest, as being the first 

 of any importance ever studied, from this region. Among the 

 380 species found, probably all of the more conspicuous forms 

 which actually occur there are represented, only the more obscure 

 or smaller ones having been overlooked. Although the fauna is 

 similar to that of the islands of the Indian Ocean, it is curious 

 that the larger proportion of the species have been previously 

 noted from the China Seas eastward and in the Pacific. Many 

 common widely distributed species are represented, although cer- 

 tain genera which occur in the surrounding seas do not appear. 

 About three-quarters of the species are known to exist in the 

 seas surrounding the Philippine Islands and Malay Archipelago 

 and farther north ; about one-quarter are similar to those from 

 Japan. Twenty-two species are described as new, most of which 

 are well figured. 



Mr. R. A. Punnett reports the collection of " Enteropneusta," 

 in numbers and variety of forms, to be the most extensive ever 

 made. Seven species and one genus ( Willeyia) are described as 

 new and the genus Ptychodera is for the first time thoroughly 

 studied. 



Mr. L. A. Borradaile continues his extensive studies of the 

 " Marine Crustaceans ;" his report on the "The Spider-crabs ( Oxy- 

 rhynchay being his tenth contribution. Of the twenty-nine 

 species recorded, three are described as new. " The Classifica- 

 tion and Genealogy of the Reptant Decapods " is also given. 



K. J. B. 



7. North American Fauna, No. 28, Index Generum Mamma- 

 Hum : A list of the genera and Families of Mammals by T. S. 

 Palmer, Assistant Biological Survey. Prepared under the direc- 

 tion of Dr. C. Hart Merriam, Chief of Division' of Biological 

 Survey. Pp. 984. Washington, 1904. — Of the three parts of 

 which this comprehensive work consists, part 1 (pp. 7-718), giv- 

 ing an annotated list of the generic names of mammals, was 

 begun in 1884 by Dr. Merriam and completed by Dr. Palmer. 

 Parts 2 and 3 have been prepared by Dr. Palmer alone ; they 

 give (2) an alphabetical list of families of mammals (pp. 719-776) 

 and (3) a classified list of the generic names arranged by orders 

 and families (pp. 777-984). 



III. Miscellaneous Scientific Intelligence. 



1. Christian Faith in an Age of Science / by William North 

 Rice. Pp. 425, New York, 1903 (A. C. Armstrong & Son).— The 

 question to which an answer is offered in this most interesting 

 volume is, " Can the faith which first breathed in the unscientific 

 atmosphere of the first century survive in the scientific atmos- 

 phere of the twentieth century?" 



