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ger new collection—p. 141-144. (Teijsraann and Binnendijk) On some plant® 
from the Indian Archipelago, reputed to yield GuttaPercha—p. 115-122. (Croock- 
ewit) Chemical examination of Coal from the west end of Java—p. 85-88; of 
pitcoal—p. 128-130. (Fromberg) Guano, its Origin, Chemical composition and 
Operation as a Manure—p. 63-84. (Yon Gaffron) Geognostic table of the Metal¬ 
liferous beds of Mount Pangaron—p. 145-150. (Post van Tonningen) Quantita¬ 
tive Analysis of a Mineral water from the Residency Kadoe, &c.—p. 131-136. 
(Same) Do. from the Residency Rembang, &c.—p. 137-140. Short Communi¬ 
cations —Recent Volcanic islands in the Indian Archipelago; Pitcoal dug up at 
Batjan ; Occurrence of Pitcoal at the Kapoeas, western district of Borneo ; (Maier) 
Iron ore from Goenoeng Bessi, W. Borneo ; (Von Gaffron) Description of the 
great Diamond of Mattam, in Borneo; the Coal formation; Gutta Percha from 
Borneo ; Propagation of Coffee by seed ; (Martius) On the different sorts of Car¬ 
damom of commerce, and on Amomum danielli , volgens , Hooker; (Bleeker) 
Diagramma hcematochir —a new species of Ternate Bat; New Mollusca from the 
Indian Archipelago; Biography of Leopold Gmelin—p. 161-190; Report, Pro- 
gramm, and Minutes of the General Meeting for 1854 ; New Laws of the Associa¬ 
tion ; List of Members, &c.—p. 1-48; Extract from the Minutes of Council—p. 
151-160. 
BELGIUM. 
ROYAL BELGIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, ETC. 
Memoires he l’Ac. R. D. Sc. de Belgique. Memoirs. 4to. Brussels. Vol. 
XXVIII. 1854. 
(De Koninck) On a new genus of Crinoid (Woodocrinus macro da ctylus) from 
the carboniferous chalk of England, with a plate—pp. 8. (Same and De Hon) On 
the Crinoids of the carboniferous strata of Belgium, with 7 plates—pp. 215— 
comprises an extensive bibliography of the subject. Observations on Periodical 
Phenomena in Botany and Zoology—p. 79-104. 
Vol. XXIX. 1855. (Kickxj Observations on the Cryptogamic flora of Flan¬ 
ders, 5th hundred—pp. 70. (Houzeau) On the Direction and quantity of the 
Upheavings that have affected the soil of Belgium—pp. 39. Periodical Observa¬ 
tions in Botany and Zoology—p. 69-94. 
Memoires Couronnees de l’Ac. R. D. Sc. de Belgique. Prize Essays 
Vol. XXV. Brussels. 1854. 
(Chapuis and Dewalque) The Fossils of the Secondary strata of the Province of 
Luxemburg, with 38 plates, and pp. 325. 
Bulletin de l’Ac. R. D. Sc. de Belgique. Bulletin of Proceedings. 8vo. 
Brussels. Vol. XXI. 1854. 
Part I. (Kuechenmeister) On Taenia caenura—p. 206-308 ; (Lieberkuehn) On 
Psorospermia, with a plate—p. 160-168. (Poelman) On the System of Circulation 
in the Crocodilini—p. 67-73. (Spring) On species and varieties ; Report on a paper 
by Mathieu—p. 210-218. Part II. (Van Beneden) On Psorospermia, with a 
plate—p. 21-23; (Same) On Taenia csenura—p. 306-308. (Same) Congericola 
pallida —a new form of the Caligidae-—p. 583-589. (Dewalque) On the different 
stages of the Middle and Upper Lias of the Luxemburg—p. 210-228. (Leuckaert) 
On the Micropyle of the Eggs of Insects, a letter to Van Beneden—p. 655-657. 
Same) On the Development of the Diptera Pupipara—p. 851-853. (De Selys 
(Longchamps) Synopsis of the Gomphini—p. 23-112. (Same) Address on the 
Fauna of Belgium—p. 1020-1050. (Udeken) Enchytreus ventriculosus , n. sp., 
with a plate—p. 853-864. (De Vaux and Dumont) Report on an Essay, by Hou¬ 
zeau — p. 539-548 : see the Memoirs, Vol. XXIX., a.d. 1855. (Westendorp) 
Cryptogamic Plants, lately discovered in Belgium, with a plate—p. 229-246. 
Vol. XXII. a.d. 1855. Part I. (Van Beneden) Report on a Note by Kuechen¬ 
meister, on Lingatula ferox, with a plate—p. 21-32 ; (Martens) On the colour of 
plants—p. 157-179; (Quetelet) The influence of Temperature on vegetation—p. 
10-21 ; 479-490. 
