1876.] Scientific News. 569 
consists of twelve volumes, two of them double, illustrated by one hun- 
dred and thirty-four plates. It treats of about six thousand genera; in 
the nine volumes by Lacordaire the species of each genus are enumer- 
` ated; but Chapuis has considered this unnecessary since the appearance 
of Gemminger and Harold’s Catalogue. Each volume has an index of 
its own, and the final volume (published in April), a systematic and al- 
phabetical index to the whole, occupying over one hundred and fifty 
species. 
—The Annals, published by the late Lyceum of Natural History for 
over half a century, will be continued under the name of Annals of the 
New York Academy of Sciences, by that Society. Contributions to its 
pages, and subscriptions, are respectfully solicited. The yearly subscrip- 
tion is two dollars, payable in advance. Communications may be ad- 
dressed to Prof. D. S. Martin. 
— We have from time to time drawn the attention of our readers to 
the zodlogical station founded by Dr. Dohrn at Naples. How useful 
this aquarium and laboratory combined has proved to zodlogists in Eu 
rope is shown by the very satisfactory first annual report, just issued. 
The large building is situated on the Villa Reale or royal park of Na- 
ples, a yard and a half below the level of the sea, on the sand-beach of the 
shore of the Bay of Naples. The lower story or basement is divided 
into two sections, containing a cistern room of seven hundred and four 
square yards, with conduit, engine, and pump rooms. Four four-inch 
pumps maintain a constant circulation in the large aquarium, and there are 
pumps for filling the smaller aquaria and for pumping in the sea water. 
The larger basin contains one hundred and twelve cubie yards (metres) 
of water. The room for the public is two hundred and sixty square 
yards in extent, and there is a large and thoroughly equipped laboratory, 
a library, rooms, with a large corps of assistants, including four fisher- 
men, who are constantly collecting material. The station cost about 
$75,000, and the annual running expenses appear to be about $10,000. 
e report closes with an extended list of apparatus for laboratory work 
and a table showing the time of appearance of the different species of 
animals and their reproductive season, of much use to naturalists who 
may desire to know the particular date for the appearance of certain ani- 
mals they want to study. The catalogue of those’who have worked at 
the station includes forty-six names of European naturalists, no Amort- 
‘an among them. ‘There is also a list, of museums and universities to 
Which choice collections have been sent. 
— The geology and physical geography of O 
Zealand, is discussed in a report to the Provincial Council of Otago, by | 
Messrs, Hutton and Ulrich. The volume is illustrated by a colored 
geological map and lithographic plates, and conveys a good idea of the 
Scenic and geologic features of New Zealand. 
tago, a portion of New 
