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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
Sphinctothorax. Phonergates, Clopophora, Glymmatophora, Cleptria, Pantolestes, 
Harpagocoris, Phonoctonus, Sphagiastes, Laphyctes, Tribelocephala, Lopodytes, 
Tenagogonus; ( Hydrocorisce ) Ilyotrephes ; ( Homoptera ) Hypselometopum, Simo- 
tettix, Strongylodemas, Embolophora, Rhinotettix, Hapalomelus, Amblycotis, Tro- 
pidocephala, Acrometopum, Cystingocephala, Petalocephala, Euryprosopum. 
(Suiidewall) Branchiostoma caribseum, n. sp., p. 11-13. (Same) Occurrence of 
Perdix coturnix, Anas falcaria, Acipenser huso, in Sweden, p. 227, 228. ( Thomp¬ 
son) The Palpicornia of Sweden, p. 40-58. New species, Helophorus pallidipen- 
nis, H. seneipennis ( aquaticus Er .), H. laticollis ( granularis Zett. Ins. Lapp.) 
H. nivalis (, griseus var B. Zett. Ins. Lapp.) ; Limnebius truncatulus; Laccobius 
nigriceps ; Philydrus maritimus; Cercyon palustre, G. dorsostriatum (is C. depres- 
sum Steph.). (Wallengren) Ardea purpurea shot in Scania, p. 123. (Same'' 
The Hesperoideae of Scandinavia, p. 19-26. Eleven species, viz , Thanaos, 1; 
Heteropterus, 1; Hesperia, 4; Syrichthus, 5; one new S. andromedm, allied to 
S. malvae. (Same) Addenda to the Birds of N. W. Scania, p. 124, 125. (Same) 
Lepidoptera, new to Sweden, p. 169-174. Botany. —(Areschoug) Virginia, n. g. 
of Algae, from California; with a plate, p. 145-147. (Same) Spongocladia, n. g. 
of Algae, from Mauritius; with a plate, p. 201-209. (Same) On conjugation in 
Zygnemaceas, p. 251-258. (Fristedt) Botany of Torneabog, &c., p. 5—11. (Wall- 
man) Synopsis of the Characeae, p. 26-30. Miscellaneous _(Anderson) Letters 
(botanical) from Sydney and the Cape, p. 58, 75, 177. (Rosenschold) Letter, 
Insects of Paraguay, p. 109-114. 
Proceedings for the Year 1854. 8vo. Stockholm, 1855. 
Zoology. —(Hammargren) Varieties of colour; a black Lepus borealis and white 
Turdus pilaris—p. 19-21. (Same) On Parus borealis and the u edge-moult” in 
birds—p. 216-219. (Mewes) On change of colour in birds; with two plates—p. 
258-266. (Malm) Structure of flat-fishes, Pleuronectidae, more unsymmetrical 
in appearance than reality; with a plate—p. 173-183. (Retzius) On the drops of 
oil in the eggs of fish—p. 113-117. (Sundewall) On hybernation of swallows, p. 
135-140. (Same) On the condition of animals during the cholera—p. 6-12. 
(Bohemann) On the condition of insects during the cholera—p. 12, 13. (Same) 
The metamorphosis of Pipunculus fuscipes; with a plate—p. 302-305. The larva 
a parasite in the abdomen of different Cicadellinse. (Stael) The Swedish species of 
Delphax (thirty in all)—p. 189-197. (Same) New exotic Hemiptera—p. 231-255. 
(Wallengren) The Swedish species of Corisa (21 in all, 4 new)—p. 140-151. 
(Same) On Sphinx euphorbise L—p. 16-18. (Wahlberg) The humble bees of the 
North—p. 199-211. (Same) Additions to the Diptera of the North—p. 211-216. 
(Same) Occurrence of Sphecomyia vespiformis Gorsky , in Sweden—p. 151-156. 
(Thorell) On the male of the rare spider, Scytodes thoracicus—p. 197-199. 
(Asbjornsen) Marine fauna of the Norwegian coast—p. 121-125. (Liljeberg) 
Additions to the marine Mollusca of Kullen—p. 18, 19. (Wallengren) The 
land and fresh water Mollusca of North-eastern Scania—p. 118-125. Botany.— 
(Agardh) Structure and growth of the stem in Monocotyledones—p. 21-43. 
(Same) New forms of Algse (two new genera, Mesotrema, Halopeltis)—p. 107-111. 
(Fries) First supplement to the Flora Danica—p. 43-46. (Same) Two new 
Scandinavian plants—p. 255. (Wikstrom) Pleurospermum Austriacum, a Swedish 
plant—p. 46. (Wille) Experiments on vegetation (Report by Mosander)—p. 
344-355 ; chiefly relating to the quantity of azote taken up directly from the air. 
Paleontology _(Retzius) Fossil os petrosum of a whale—p. Ill, 112. Geo¬ 
logy, &c.—(Blomstrand) Contributions to the mineral geography of Sweden—p. 
296-302. (Ingelstrom) Minerals from Elfsdal—p. 66-70. (Same) New Swedish 
minerals—p.156-159. (Olbers) Analysis of a mineral water containing iodine 
(in letters to Erdmann) — p. 81-86, 219-224. Review.— (Retzius) Hyrtl on the 
arterial system of the Monotrema (Mem. Acad. Vienna, 1853)—p. 72, 73. 
Proceedings, &c. 
Aarsberaettelse, &c.—Annual Reports on the Progress of Science, 
viz.—(Bohemann) Natural History of Insecta, Myriapoda, Arachnida, for the 
years 1851, 1852 8vo. Stockholm, 1854—pp. 352—(Wikstrom) Botany for 
the years 1845-1848; second part, with appendix; (Forssell) Botanical notes of 
