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Miscellaneous. 



colour is produced not by the Artemia, but by a minute animalcule 

 occurring in incalculable numbers, and to which he has given the 

 name of Monas Dunalii. This is fed upon by the Artemia, to which 

 it communicates its brilliant red colour, and whence has arisen the 

 error which M. Joly now considers he has corrected. — See an inter- 

 esting paper on Artemia Salina, Annates des Sc. Nat. xiii. p. 225. 

 1839, 1840.— See Ann. Nat. Hist. vol. iv. p. 357. 



FOSSIL FAUNA OF BRAZIL. 



Mons. Lund, in a late communication to the Editor of the Annales 

 des Sciences Naturelles, dated Lagoa Santa, 1st April, 1840, enu- 

 merates an increased list of fossil mammalia amounting to 101 spe- 

 cies. Among what he considers as the more interesting of his dis- 

 coveries is the metatarsal bone of a Horse, larger and of a more 

 flattened form than the corresponding bones in the living species. 

 This he has named Eqvus neogceus. Numerous remains of birds 

 have also been met with, among which are those of two species of 

 Rhea, one of them of a size much exceeding that of the existing R. 

 Americana. — Annales des Sc. Nat. for May, 1840. 



MR. SCHOMBURGK. 



This enterprising traveller is again about to leave Europe to survey 

 and make further researches in Guiana, for which purpose his ser- 

 vices have been secured by Government. The information which 

 that gentleman has added to our knowledge of the physical geogra- 

 phy and productions of Guiana have been already great, and we have 

 little doubt that the experience of former years and a liberal support 

 will enable him now to fill up what is wanting. To those unac- 

 quainted with his researches ; we would recommend a perusal of the 

 journals of his various expeditions to the interior of the country, 

 printed in the Journal of the Royal Geographical Society, by which 

 body he w r as originally patronized ; and an idea of its magnificent 

 scenery will be obtained from the series of beautiful views, litho- 

 graphed from original drawings, which are just ready for publication 

 by Messrs. Ackerman and Co. It is gratifying also to be able to 

 add that Mr. Schomburgk's exertions in the cause of science have 

 been appreciated by other governments as well as our own ; the 

 King of Prussia has granted to him the order of the Red Eagle, 

 while the Queen of Prussia and King of Saxony have each presented 

 him with handsome presents. 



ANOPLEURA BRITANNLE. 



It gives us pleasure to be able to state that the British Associa- 

 tion, at its last meeting at Glasgow, granted the sum of fifty pounds 

 sterling to assist in the publication of Mr. Denny's valuable Mono- 

 graph on the Anopleura, and appointed Sir W. Jardine, Mr. Selby, 

 Mr. Yarrell, and Dr. Lankester to be a committee to superintend 

 the application of the sum above mentioned. Notwithstanding, 

 however, this liberal grant, we know that the great expense attend- 

 ing the carefully and minutely engraving and colouring of the 



