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metamorphosis in a manner most acceptable to the entomologist. 

 The price is 10^. plain, 205. colomed. 



The Life of Linnceus, By Miss Brightwell, of Norwich. London : 

 John Van Voorst, Paternoster Row. 1858. 



A brief and unassuming compilation. It contains 191 pp. fcap. 

 ]2mo, and an etched frontispiece. The price is 36*. Qd. 



The Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. With illus- 

 trations. 1858. Part I., January — March; Part II., March — 

 April. London : Longman & Co., Paternoster Row. 1858. 



Part I. contains 112 pp. demy 8vo, 9 coloured plates and 1 plain. 

 Part II. contains 134 pp. demy 8vo, 7 coloured plates and 3 plain. 

 The plates are beautifully executed from drawings by Wolf. The 

 price of each part is 9.s. Qd. 



A CyclopcBdia of the Natural Sciences, By William Baird, M.D., 

 F.L.S., British Museum, with Map and numerous Illustrations. 

 London and Glasgow : Richard Griffin & Co., Publishers to the 

 University of Glasgow. 1858. 



This volume contains 613 pp. demy 8vo, a profusion of well-drawn 

 and well-engraved wood-cuts, and a zoological chart, showing the 

 distribution and range of animal life, in which the names of the car- 

 nivorous animals are printed in red and those of the herbivorous ani- 

 mals in blue, — a plan which catches the eye and conveys information 

 to the mind rapidly and effectively. Between this map and the letter- 

 press some slight discrepancies occur; thus the kangaroos or pouched 

 rodents are coloured blue in the chart, as being herbivorous, while in 

 the tabular view they appear as the fourth family of the order Ferae. 

 The price of this very useful volume is 12^. Qd: it is marvellously 

 cheap. 



