384 Recent Literature. [ May, 
done upon the histology of the tongue of these animals, and it is 
a favorable sign that in this country where so little has been ac- 
complished in histology, that these studies should originate here. 
The paper is illustrated by a rather coarse but well-drawn litho- 
graphic plate, and photo-engravings in the text. The author's 
conclusions are rather long and technical for reproduction in these 
described or figured. The very handy, well arranged and care- 
fully executed work of Mr. Rupertsberger, who was already 
favorably known as the author of several valuable papers on the 
habits and early history of European beetles, does away wit the 
difficulty. The number of species enumerated, of which either 
the earlier states, or at least the habits, have been described is 
remarkably large when compared with the small number of Col- 
eopterous larve described in our own country. : 
REporT OF THE STATE GEOLOGIST OF New JeERsEy!.—The an- 
nual report of the State Geologist of New Jersey, Professor Cook, 
contains among other interesting information, a classified cata- 
logue of the iron mines of the Highlands of the State. Also a 
geological map of the valley of the Passaic river and its sutf- 
roundings. The upper part of the valley is supposed to have 
been a glacial lake. 
published by Professor H. C. Lewis in his paper on the Trenton 
gravel, etc., in the Proceedings of the Philadelphia Academy, 
and adopts a number of the views there set forth as to age of 
gravels, &c., but without giving credit to the earlier publication. 
Kincstey’s Nores on CRUSTACEA.2—These notices contain de- 
scriptions of new species of crabs, with rectifications of synonymy 
and facts in their geographical distribution, based on the collection 
in the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 
The second notice is devoted to a revision of the fiddler-crabs OF 
Gelasimi. The value of Mr. Kingsley’s work on this genus con- 
1 Geological Survey of New Fersey. Annual Report of the State Geologist for the 
year 1880, 8vo. Trenton, John L. Murphy. f 
2Carcinological Notes, No. 1, 2, 3, 4. From the Proceedings of the Academy © 
Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, 1880. 8vo. pp. 34-37, 135-155, 179-224: 
