392 Proc. of Sct. Socs. and Selected Articles in Sci. Serials. [May. 
The following papers have been presented for publication :— 
Jan. 6. “ On the Nudibranchiate Gastropod Mollusca of the North 
Pacific ocean, with special reference to those of Alaska,” by Dr. 
R. Bergh of Copenhagen, Part 11.—“ The Terrestrial Mollusca 
inhabiting the Cook’s or Harvey islands,” by Andrew Garrett. 
Jan. 27. “ Carcinological Notes, No. 2; Revision of the Gelasimi,” 
by J. S. Kingsley. Feb. 17. “ A description of a new Crustacean 
from the Upper Silurian of Georgia, with remarks upon Calymene 
clintoni,” by A. W. Vogdes. Feb. 24. ‘‘ Pelagic Amphipoda,” by 
. Hale Street, M.D., U.S.N.—“ Carcinological Notes, No. 3,” by 
J. S. Kingsley. Mar. 9. “ Check-list of the Maioidea of the Pa- 
cific coast,” by W. N. Lockington. 
CALIFORNIA ACADEMY OF SCIENCES, Feb. 16.—A complete cat- 
alogue of the Fungi of the Pacific Coast, compiled by Dr. H. 
. Harkness and Justin P. Moore, was presented. An article 
by Justin P. Moore was read on “Edible Fungi” W. W 
Lockington read an article entitled, ‘Is Evolution Immoral ?” 
New York AcApDemy oF Sciences, March 22.—Mr. I. C. Rus- 
sell remarked on the former extent of the Triassic rocks of the 
Atlantic slope. 
Boston Society oF Naturat History. March 17.—Dr. M. E. 
Wadsworth discussed the iron ores of Lake Superior and their 
associated rocks. 
AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL Society, March 23.—Chief Justice 
Daly delivered the annual address upon the geographical work 
of the world in 1878 and 1879. 
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SELECTED ARTICLES IN SCIENTIFIC SERIALS. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND Arts.—March. The old 
river beds of California, by J. Le Conte. Note on the age of the 
Green mountains, by J. D. Dana. Western limits of the Taconic 
system, by S. W. Ford. Principal characters of American Juras- 
sic Dinosaurs, by O. C. Marsh. 
AMERICAN JOURNAL OF Scrence.—April. History of some Pre- 
cambrian rocks in America and Europe, by T. Sterry Hunt. 
Synopsis of the Cephalopoda of the Northeastern coast of 
America, by A. E. Verrill. 
JENAISCHE ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURWISSENSCHAFT.—January 31. 
The brain of Ammoccetes and Petromyzon planeri, with especial 
reference to the spinal-like brain nerves, by R. Wiedersheim. The 
skeleton of Pleurodeles waitli, by R. Wiedersheim. O. and R 
Hertwig continue their researches on the anatomy and histology 
of the Actinians. Special and general studies on the morphology 
and development of the Hydra, by W. Haacke. 
ZEITSCHRIFT FUR NATURWISSENSCHAFTLICHE ZOOLOGIE.—March 
1, The article of most general interest is by E. Nauck on the 
hard parts of the stomach of crabs. 
