216 REVIEWS. 
nations. Dr. Ljungman’s descriptions of new Ophiuride, and his useful 
synopsis of all the known genera and species, with several new forms of 
both categories should next be noticed. Also Prof. Lovén`s description 
f a new genus (or subgenus?) of Crinoids of the, Antedon tribe (Phanoge- 
nia typica) from India. His description of Leskia mirabilis, confirming the 
presence of the valvulate peristome and oe ascribed to this curious 
interesting analogy with the Cystidex, idend e some very valuidi 
observations upon the structure of this ancient type (vide the nepos 
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Japanese Glass-ropes had epee been erroneously represented as if 
down.t (T 
of Natural History. s Dr. Lindstróm has described a new spe- 
cies in ie brachiopodous genus Trimerella, from the Silurian limestone 
of zeba and added some important features to the knowledge of this 
singular ge He has also continued his valuable metn on the 
a ‘aside of that island, with the description of a and sup- 
posed true coral ( Calocystis cribraria), of the tribe bue. ony, from 
that remote epoch, and a new operculated species of Cysti Num. Dr. 
1 
phylloid corals had apparently widened the gap between these ancient 
* Pseudo-corals" (Anthozoa rugosa and tabulata), and the true corals o 
later epochs, but the recent discoveries by Dr. Duncan of some presumed 
transitional forms between both types, and the striking analogy pointed 
inds à fE 
acters thinie he formerly eaten: Finally I ‘shall cite Dr. Thorell’s in- 
teresting note on Aranea lobata Pallas, demonstrating its identity with 
Argiope sericea Oliv. (translated in the ** Annals"); also Prof. Elias Fries 
— ad synonymiam Hieraciorum. r. Raupach's notes on pe earth- 
quake at St. Pill. November 18, and December 11, 1867 r. Lin 
gus "Interesting PESSE penne? ~ popular belief a 
ws and sheep 
(also | antelopes) have the dse peee of cenis their own after- 
ipe: Prof. Steenberg's suggestions on the applicability of lichens t 





grape-sugar and alcohol, might perhaps also be of im- 

iiem 
o ec Mr. E. Billings, in the “Canadian Naturalist and Geologist,” 






: rime. fariner knowlege of the “Hyalonema,” from Santa Cruz, mentioned some years 
e Ya as existing in the i be very 
Section of Acad. Nat. ‘Science, Phila., Oct. 5, — 
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