308 
ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
This memoir is a popularly written account of all the marine 
swimming Entomostraca^ whether found by the author or other 
naturalists^ and is illustrated by a well-executed coloured litho- 
graphic figure of Anomalocera patersonii. 
Brandt, A. Physiologische Beobachtungen 'am Herzen des 
Elusskrebses. Bull, de kAc. Sc. St. Petersb. viii. 1805, 
pp, 416-430. 
This memoir details some physiological observations on the 
heart of the freshwater genus Astacus (Ecreyisse) as exemplified 
by experiments made with various chemical agents, a resume of 
which will be found under the head of the family Astacidce, 
Buchholz, R. Branchipus grubii (v. Dybowski), Schrift. 
Physik.-bkonom. Gesellsch. Konigsberg, 1864, pp. 93- 
108, tab. iii. 
This communication is a full description of Branchipus grubii, 
described by Dybowski in a memoir on the Phyllopoda in the 
neighbourhood of Berlin, in Wiegmann^s Archiv, 1860. 
Capello, F. de B. Descrip 9 ao de Tres especies novas de Crus- 
taceos da Africa occidental e observa^Ses acerca do Penceus 
bocagei (Johnson), Especie nova dos mares de Portugal. 
1864, 4to, pp. 11, with one plate. 
This memoir has been published separately, but will form 
part of the forthcoming volume of the Memoirs of the Lisbon 
Academy. It contains the description of a new species of 
Thelphusa, Sesarma, and P-alinurus, from the western coast of 
Africa, to which are added some observations on Penceus bocagei, 
described by Johnson in Proc, Zool. Boa. 1863, June, wlliob the 
author compares with P. caramote (Rondelet) . 
Claus, C. Ueber die Organisation der Cypriden. Zeitschr, 
ftir wissensch. Zool. 1865, xv. pp. 143-154, Taf. x. 
This memoir treats of the , structure of the Cypridae as ex- 
emplified chiefly in the species Cypridind messinensis, and is 
illustrated by well- executed figures. 
. Zur naheren Kenntniss der Jugendformen von Cypris 
ovum. Ibid. pp. 391-398, Taf. xxvii.-xxiii. 
This communication is a contribution towards our know- 
ledge of the development of Cypris, and shows the different 
forms that the shell assumes in its progress to the mature 
form. It will be found useful in the determination of species, 
particularly when, as in fossil forms, we have little to depend 
upon except the form of the shell. 
. Ueber die Geschlechtsdifferenzen von //(a/ocyjom. Ibid. 
pp. 398-403, tab. xxx. 
