NOTICES OF SERIALS, 
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Mexico. (Same) Description of four new species of Kinosternum—p. 180-190. 
(Same) Observations on Vespertilio leporinus of Linnaeus—p. 190-191. (Same) 
Descriptions of the Species of Trox (14) and Omorgus (11); inhabiting the 
United States—p. 211 -216 (Same) Some corrections in the Nomenclature of 
Coleoptera inhabiting the United States—p. 216-220. (Same) Descriptions of 
new Coleoptera, (28 spp.) collected by Dr. T. H. Webb, in the years 1850-1852, 
while Secretary to the United States Mexican Boundary Commission—p. 220- 
225. (Same) Synopsis of the Pyrochroides of the United States—p. 270-277. 
Nematoplus, n. g. (Same) Analytical table of the species of Hydroporus found in 
the United States; with descriptions of new species—p. 290-299. (Same) Synopsis 
of the Lathridiidse of United States, and Northern contiguous territories—p. 
299-306. (Same) The A mar as of the United States—p. 346-356. (Same) 
Synopsis of the Hydrophilidse of the United States—p. 356. (Leidy) Bones of 
Saurians ( Brimosaurus grandis , Cimoliasaurus magnus) from near Greenville, 
Arkansas; with a plate—p. 72. (Same) Remarks on a Review of his 
work, “ A Flora and Fauna within living Animals,” in the Gardeners Chro - 
nicle —p. 128,129. (Same) Synopsis of Extinct Mammalia from the Eocene for¬ 
mations of Nebraska—p. 156-157. (Same) Description of a fossil, apparently 
indicating an extinct species of the Camel Tribe—p. 172-175. (Same) 
On Urnatella gracilis , and a new species of Plum at ell a —p. 191, 192. (Same) 
Fossil Bones from the banks of the Ohio, Indiana—p. 199-201. (Same) 
On the question as to the identity of Bbotherium cavifrons with Ovibos moscha- 
tus —p. 209-211. (Stimpson) Descriptions of some of the new Marine Inverte- 
brata, from the Chinese and Japanese seas—p. 375. (Tuomey) Description of 
some new Fossils, from the cretaceous rocks of the Southern States—p. 167- 
172. (Wetherill) Occurrence of Gold near Reading, Pennsylvania—p. 233, 234 
Smithsonian Contributions to Knowledge. 4to. Washington. Vol.VI. 1854. 
(Stimpson) Marine Invertebrata of Grand Manan (Bay of Fundy), with 3 
plates—pp. 68, contains characters of several new genera, viz.:—( Acalephce) 
Grammaria, Acauiis ; ( Dendrocoela ) Nareda ; ( Tubicolce) Lumara ; ( Maricolce) 
Tecturella, Brada, Enonella, Cryptonota ; ( Isopoaa) Asellodes ; ( Amphipoda ) 
Leptothoe, Monoculodes, Ptilochirus, Pseudophthalmus. The author has observed 
the ventricose body of Praniza cernia f. filled with eggs, but has not remarked the 
fact, which we have verified in respect to the allied P. cceruleata of the British 
shores, that it is viviparous, and the young not very dissimilar to the parent. 
(Torry) Description of plants collected in California by Col. Fremont, with 10 
plates—pp. 24. The new genera characterized are—Spraguea ( Portulacece ) ; Fre- 
montia ( Bombaceee ), composing, with Cheirostemon , a peculiar section of the order ; 
Coleogyne (Rosacece) intermediate between Chrysobalanese and Dryadese ; Emple- 
ctocladus (Dryadese?); Carpenteria (Philadelphece) ; Sarcodes ( Monotropece ), 
which order, as he shows, is not separated by any important character from the 
Pyrolese. (Same) Observations on Batis maritima , Sfc., with a plate—pp. 8. 
(Same) On Darlingtonia californica, a new pitcher plant from California, with a 
plate—pp. 8. (Leidy) Remains of extinct Mammalia and Chelonians, from the 
Mauvaises terres of Nebraska, with 25 plates—pp. 124. An important contribution 
to Paleontology. The singular valley of subsidence, called Mauvaises terres, is 
about 19 English miles by 12 in extent, and from 100 to 300 feet below the plateau 
surrounding. The remains of animals occur in a stratum resting immediately upon 
the green sand, and belong to the Eocene period, probably coeval with the fossils 
of the Paris basin ; but are completely petrified, and bear no marks of having been 
rolled or water worn. The Mammalian remains are all of the order Ungulata, 
with the single exception of a Machcerodus ; but none of them identical with those 
of the Montmartre gypsum. The Chelonians, 5 species, belong to g. Testudo. 
Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History. 8vo. Boston, 
U. S. Yol. V. 1854-1855. 
(Ayres) On a preservative against the ravages of Teredo—p. 75-76. Asphalt 100, 
sulphur 40, arsenic 20 parts, applied hot as a paint to the dry wood. (Same) 
