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the tidal and other currents as to cause a direct flow of the cold 
inshore waters to temporarily occupy this area, pushing outward 
the Gulf stream water.”——M. A. Milne Edwards, in the course 
of a summary of the work done by the Travailleur in the Medi- 
terranean, mentions the capture of some Gobies, Phycis mediter- 
raneæ, and Plagusiu lactea, at depths not exceeding 450 meters, 
and of Argyropelecus hemigymnus at 1068 metres; many crustacea 
which were known only from the Atlantic, inhabit the abysses of 
the Mediterranean, and a new species of Galathodes (G. marionis) 
blind (like its congeners of the West Indian seas and the Bay of 
Biscay), and having eyes devoid of pigment, was found. Among 
the Bryozoa many remarkable species establish a passage between 
those of the Atlantic and the Mediterranean, while some were pre- 
viously represented only by forms regarded as peculiar to the 
Cretaceous deposits. The three rare species of sharks taken at 
Cape Espichel (Portugal) in 1200 metres ( Centrophorus squamosus, 
C. crepidalbus, and Centroscymnus celolepis), seem never to quit 
the abysses of the ocean. Mr. B. Wright describes three Sty- 
lasterial and two Madreporian corals from the South seas. 
r. A, Gruber describes two forms of Amceba in which the body 
is surrounded by a fine layer of clear protoplasm, which must be 
roken through before a pseudopodium can be protruded. 
r. A. Günther, in a ninth contribution to the knowledge of the 
fauna of Madagascar, describes five new reptiles. Dr. L. Orley 
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scopic thread-worms leading a free existence in mould or waters 
without complex metamorphosis, and producing large eggs. 
Professor F. W. Hutton gives particulars of the structure and de- 
velopment of Siphonaria australis, states that it is a true pulmo- 
nate, and remarks that in their reproductive organs and dentition 
the pulmonates approach more nearly to the Opisthobranchs 
than to the Prosobranchs. Mr. O. Thomas describes two new 
Muride (long-haired rats), of rather large size, from Tasmania. 
~—G. A. Boulenger gives an account of the reptiles and batrachia 
collected by Mr. Whymper in Ecuador. The list includes a 
Cinosternon, an Amphisbzena, a new Coronella, and two species 
of Bothrops; in all twenty-seven reptiles, with twelve batrachia, 
three of them new.——F. D’Arruda Furtado notices a case o 
complete abortion of the reproductive organs in ten specimens of 
Vitrina from St. Michael’s, one of the Azores. 
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