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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
in the interior of oysters and cockles—p. 294-302. (De Quatrefages) Report on 
the Competition for the Grand Prise in Physical Science for the year 1853 : Sub¬ 
ject—to demonstrate, by actual observations and experiments, the mode of devel¬ 
opment of the intestinal worms, and of their transmission from one animal to an¬ 
other, and to apply the anatomical and physiological data to the determination of 
their natural affinities. The prize was awarded to Van Beneden, for an essay 
embracing the question in its full extent, but more particularly regarding the Tre- 
matodea and Cestodea. The successful essay, extending to 575 pages, folio, and an 
atlas of 92 plates, with nearly 1000 figures, is to be published at the expense of the 
Academy—p. 5-37. Zoophyta. —(Haime) On Cerianthus membranciceus ; with 
two plates—p. 341-389. (Muller) On the general plan of development in the 
Echinodermata; analysed by C. Dareste; with a plate—p. 153-175. List of New 
Works—p. 39, 200. 
Vol. ii., 1854. * — Vertebrata. —(Blondlot) On the Digestion of fatty sub¬ 
stances, and the Digestive process in general—p. 285-320. (Desportes) Longevity 
of a Pigeon—p. 249-254. The bird lived 26 years, and, in its old age, took to in¬ 
cubation, and reared the young birds. (Hollard) Monograph of the Balistidas, 
continued from vol. i., p. 339 ; with three plates—p. 321-366. (Lereboullet) Com¬ 
parative Embryology (continued from vol. i., p. 289)—p. 39-80. Annulata — 
(Van Beneden) Report on Kuchenmeister’s observations on Lingatula ferox ; 
extract from Bull. R. Acad. Belg_p. 380-382. (Gros) Note on the multiplica¬ 
tion of the Nematoidea—p. 36-39. (Lacaze-Duthiers and Riche) On the aliment 
of some insects inhabiting Galls, and on the production of Eat—p. 81-105. 
(Philippi) On the Propagation of the Trematoidea ; with two plates—p. 255-284. 
(Quatrefages) On Alternate Generation in Syllis—p. 143-151. (Same) On the 
Spermatozoa of Torrea vitrea —p. 152-154. Mollusca —(Aucapitaine) Observa¬ 
tions on the Terebrant Mollusca—p. 367-372. (Lacaze-Duthiers) On the Organi¬ 
zation of Anomia ephippium ; with two plates—p. 5-35. (Same) on the Repro¬ 
ductive organs of the Acephala Lamellibranchia ; with five plates—p. 155-248. 
Zoophyta— (Quatrefages) On the Organization of the Physalise ; with two plates 
—p. 107-151. Miscellaneous —On the manifestation of Polarity in the Chrono¬ 
logical distribution of Organized beings, by E. Forbes ; with remarks by Pictet; 
extract from Biblioth. Univ. de Geneve—p. 373-379. List of New Works—p. 80, 
105, 106. 
Vol. iii., 1855.— Physiology. —Memoirs on the origin of the Sugar in the 
liver and blood of Man and other animals, by Figuier—p. 17-51, 241-255; 
Bernard—p. 57-61 ; Leconte, p. 61-64. Lehmann—p. 52-56. Official Re¬ 
port on same, by Dumas—p 316-320. The constant presence of sugar in the 
liver of carnivorous as well as herbivorous animals being admitted, and that 
the vena porta also contains sugar after digestion of amylaceous or saccharine 
matter, the committee appointed to report, applied themselves to determine by 
experiment the disputed question, Whether the vena porta contains sugar in 
animals fed on flesh, and whether the blood in the supra-hepatic veins contains 
sugar, independently of the digestion of vegetable food. The first of these ques¬ 
tions they decide in the negative, the second in the affirmative. The report, 
therefore, without entering into the question, how or from what the liver produces 
the sugar, tends to establish the conclusions of Bernard, which attribute to that 
organ a saccharific function, and not one of mere secretion. The reporters have 
added a caution as to the tests employed to detect the presence of sugar, that all 
the phenomena of discoloration or reduction produced by organic substances, are 
fallacious or uncertain. When the sugar cannot be separated in specie, its actual 
presence should be verified by fermentation and evolution of carbonic acid, and, if 
possible, by extraction of alcohol from the residuum. ( Andral) On some Pathologi¬ 
cal facts bearing on the production of Sugar in the Animal economy—p. 346-351. 
(Bourguignon) On the communication of Scabies from animals to man, by con¬ 
tagion—p. 114-120. (Hollardj On the Osteogenic character of the Perforation 
* These Annals appear usually about half a-year after the nominal date on title-page; which 
must be borne in mind in any question that may arise as to priority. In like manner, Guerin’s 
Zoological Review is nearly three months behindhand; while the British periodicals are published 
regularly the beginning of the month for which they are entitled. 
