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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien.—Trans¬ 
actions of the Zoological and Botanical Association of Vienna. Vol. 
IV. 8vo. Vienna, 1854. 
Miscellaneous. —List of members, and proceedings of the association—p. 146, 
with a plate. (Frauenfeld) Journey to the coasts of Dalmatia in May and June, 
1854 — p. 445-462. Zoology.— (Kotschky) The Ibex of South western Asia 
( Aegoceros cegagrus )—p. 201-210. (Schwab) List of the birds of a part of 
Moravia and Silesia, with notices of the time of breeding and migration, and des¬ 
cription of the nests and eggs—p. 487-534. (Hanf) On some rare birds occurring 
in the environs of Mariahoff, in Upper Styria, and on the change of plumage in 
the ptarmigan—p. 617-628. (Finger) On Circa'etos gallicus Boje—p. 597-600. 
(Heckel) Systematic catalogue of the fishes of the Salza—p. 189-196. (Frauen¬ 
feld ) Identification of a carabidous insect described by L. Miller; new rhyncho- 
phorous beetle without eyes, described by Schmidt, and some new insects detected 
by him in the caves of Schiska; with two plates—p. 23-34. (Same) On the pre¬ 
paratory states of Plinthus megerlei Pz.—351-354. (Brauer) On the internal 
structure and metamorphosis of the Neuroptera (Ascalaphus macaronius and 
Myrmeleon teiragrammicus) ; with three plates—p.463-472. (Kirchner) List of 
Neuroptera found in the district of Kaplitz in the circle of Budweis in Bohemia— 
285-316. (Giraud) Notes on Hymenoptera—p.601-608. (Hornig) Early states 
of some Lepidoptera—p. 15-22, 541-544. (Same) Notes on Lepidoptera, on occa¬ 
sion of a visit to the Mangert and Rombon Alps in Istria—p. 177-184 (Dorf- 
meister) On some Zygsense occurring in Styria—p.473-482. (Same) Economy 
of the larva of Limenitis populi; with a plate—p. 483-486. (Mann) Enumeration 
of Lepidoptera collected in an excursion to Upper Carynthia and the Austrian ma¬ 
ritime provinces, in May and June, 1854—p. 545-596. (Egger) New Austrian 
Diptera and other observations on that order ; with a plate—p. 1-8. (Egger and 
Frauenfeld) Natural History and metamorphosis of Chionea araneoides; with the 
anatomy of the larva and perfect insect (by Brauer); with a plate—p. 609-616. 
(Schiner) Fragments on Diptera—p. 169-176. (Same) List of the Austrian Dip¬ 
tera (p. 1, Adlida) —p. 355-444. Botany.— (Ortmann) Observations on some 
species of plants, and additions to the indigenous flora of Lower Austria. (Beer) 
Attempt at a classification of the Bromeliacece —p. 185-188. (Same) On the 
function of the aerial roots of tropical Orchidete—p. 211-212. (Pluskal) Appen¬ 
dix to Phanerogamous flora of Lomnitz—p. 197-200. (Reichardt) List of plants 
collected in Bohemia by Neumann—p. 253-284. (Neilrich) On Aconitum stoer - 
kianum Rchb.—p. 535-540. (Kerner) Contributions to the flora of the Muhl- 
viertel—p. 213-220. (Pokorny) Prolegomena to the cryptogamic flora of Lower 
Austria, P. 1. Revision of the literature, and systematic enumeration of all 
the species hitherto recorded—p. 35-168. (Frauenfeld) Enumeration of the Algse 
of the Dalmatian coast—p. 317-350. Paleontology —(Hagen) On the Neurop¬ 
tera in amber—p. 221-232. 
Verhandlungen des Natur-Historischen Vereines der Preussischen 
Rheinlande und Westphalens. Transactions of the Natural His¬ 
tory Association of Prussian Rhine-land and Westphalia. New Series. 
Vol. I. 8vo. Bonn, 1854. 
Geology. —(Roemer) The Calcareous formations of Westphalia, with a geognostic 
map—p. 29-180. (Dickert) Models of interesting Mountain districts—p. 362- 
364. (Noeggerath) Pseudomorphous crystals in the shape of common salt, in 
the oolitic limestone of Eicks in Eifel; with a plate—p. 385-392, and an appen¬ 
dix, p. 458. (Bischoff) Analysis of u Petrified Coal”- p. 378-382. (Same) 
Analysis of vein stuff from the lowest run of Kunstenflotz, coal formation of Saar- 
briicken—p. 482. (Schneider) Surfaces of attrition, from Eifel—p. 383-384. 
(Same) Erratic Blocks of the Lower Rhine—p.483-484. (Wirtgen) Petrifactions 
of the Devonian System at Bertrich—p. 372-374. (Wirtgen and Zeiler) Com¬ 
parative view of the petrifactions of the Grauwacke of the Rhenish Provinces—- 
p. 459-481. (Goppert) Report of a Tour of inspection made in 1850, through 
