128 Scientific Serials. [ February. 
Swartz gave some-account of the results arrived at in the Monograph 
of the Rhynchophora of the United States, soon to be published by Drs, 
LeConte and Horn. 
BUFFALO SOCIETY or Sciences. — December 17, 1875.. A paper 
by Mr. Grote on Noctuidæ from the Pacific Coast of North America 
was read, and he remarked on a noctuid moth, Polenta Tepperi, from 
exas, 
Essex INSTITUTE, Salem, Mass. — December 6, 1875. -Rev. Mr. 
Wright gave an account of the structure of Indian Ridge, in Andover, 
Mass., which he regarded as an ancient moraine. 
SCIENTIFIC SERIALS? . 
THE GEOGRAPHICAL Macazine. — December, 1875. The Arctic 
Expedition, V. From Ritenbink to Upernavik. The Voyage of the Chal- 
lenger, by Capt. J. E. Davis. N. P. Barbot de Marny’s Geological Ex- 
ploration in the Region of the Amu Darye. The Basin of the Macken- 
zie River. The United States Geological Survey in the San Juan Coun- 
try. Stanley’s Exploration of the Victoria Nyanza, by E. G. Raven- 
stein. 
ward. The Slit as an Aid in measuring Angular Aperture, by R. Keith. 
ARCHIV FÜR NATURGESCHICHTE. — On the Genital Apparatus of - 
Spiders, by Dr. Bertkau. Natural History of the Hydrachnide, by P. 
Kramer. On the Budding of Cunine in the Stomach of the Geryonide, 
by B. Uljanin. Description of a Fin Whale, by G. Zaddach. 
ZEITSCHRIFT FÜR WISSEN. ZOÖLOGIF. (Siebold arfd Kölliker, edit- 
ors). — November, 20, 1875. The Development. of Sponges, by Oscar 
Schmidt. Researches on the Hexactinellide (Sponges), by W. Mar- 
shall. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND Arts. — January.. Descrip- 
tion of some Remains of an Extinct Species of Wolf and Deer from the 
Lead Region of the Upper Mississippi, by J. A. Allen. 
BULLETIN DE LA Société De GÉOGRAPHIE. — November, 1875. 
The Madeira and its Basin, by L’Abbé Durand. Terra del Fuego, by 
G. Marguin. 
JOURNAL DE ZO6LOGIE. — No. 5. The Unarmed Gephyrea, by H- 
Théel. The Reindeer of Prehistoric Times, by P. Gervais (the editor). 
Revur SCIENTIFIQUE. — November 27. The Genital Organs of Dec- 
apod Crustacea, by P. Brocchi. 
GLoBUs. — No. 23. Antiquities from Utah and California. 
NaTURE. — December 9, Eskimo Tales and Traditions. 
1 The articles enumerated under this head will be for the most part selected. 
