Miscellaneous. 
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Caligus Stromii — Strom, Kiobenhavn, Selskabs Skrifter, x. 23. t. 7. 
f. 1-7. 
Female. Carapace oval, the frontal plate somewhat prominent, 
without sucking discs; thorax about the same length as the carapace, 
narrower at upper extremity, broader at posterior extremity and ter- 
minating in two rounded lobes. The horny tubercles on the medium 
line of the lower portion of thorax above the vulva, large and simple. 
Abdomen long and narrow, nearly as long as the thorax, terminating 
in two lobes which give olf several short, stout, plumose setae. The 
sternal fork is short and simple. The oviferous tubes are long. — 
Length of whole body (exclusive of tubes) half an inch. 
Male. The male is much smaller than the female. ITe carapace 
is oval, much larger in proportion to thorax than in female ; thorax 
narrow and posteriorly notched rather than lobed on each side. Ab- 
domen much shorter than in female, terminating setae of caudal ap- 
pendages longer and beautifully plumose. About half the size of 
female. 
The Cal. Vespa (female) of M. Edw^ards is only 3 lines long and 
has the carapace narrow in front and very broad posteriorly, while 
in this species the carapace is almost an exact oval, and the animal 
(female) is fully half an inch in length. In C. Vespa the horny 
tubercle at base of thorax is small and setiferous, while in this species 
it is simple and of considerable size. The Vespa is said by M. Edwards 
to have been found in the gills of a salmon. This species I found on 
different parts of the body of the fish ; and I have since then received 
specimens from Dr. Johnston, wEo found them also on the body of 
the salmon. M. Edw'ards does not appear to have ever seen the 
male. — From the Transactions of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 
vol. ii. p. 259. 
Fossil Infusoria in Amber. 
In a paper recently read before the Berlin Academy, Prof. Ehren- 
berg drew attention to the occurrence of fossil Infusoria in amber, a 
fact of considerable interest connected with the phaenomena of the 
tertiary formation of the earth’s surface. The following nine species 
had already been detected by him in amber : — 
Amphora gracilis. 
Coccone’is borealis. 
Cocconema Cistula ? 
Fragilaria rhabdosoma } 
Navicula affinis. 
Navicula amphioxys. 
Bacillum (tenuis). 
Pinnularia capitata. 
Gastrum. 
Navicula amphioxys is most numerous, and with Cocconeis and 
Amphora together with Finnularia Gastrum form the mass. — W. F. 
Obituary. 
The Chevalier Carl Johan Schonherr, Royal Counsellor of Com- 
merce, Knight Commander of the Royal Swedish Order of Wasa, 
Knight of the Polar Star, Member of the Royal Society of Stock- 
holm, Honorary Member of the Entomological Societies of London 
and France, and of numerous learned bodies in Sweden and other 
