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mountains of Toledo; with a plate—p. 182. (Rozer) Geological Memoir on 
the French Alps ; with a plate—p. 204. (Gas) On the Geological constitution of 
the Anthraciferous Formation of the Alps, and the difference between it and the 
Jurassic formation; with two plates—p. 253. (Daubrie) Experiments on the 
Artificial production of Silicates and Aluminates—p. 299. (Gaudry) Analysis of 
published accounts of Volcanic Eruptions of the Island Hawaii—p. 306. (Mar- 
tius) On the erosion of calcareous rocks by atmospheric agents ; with a plate—p. 
314. (Sismonda) On the Geological constitution of the Maritime Alps and some 
mountains of Tuscany—p. 320. (De Beaumont) Remarks on the preceding—p. 332. 
(Dancour) On Perowskite found in the Valley of Zermath—p. 332. Remarks on 
the preceding—p. 335. (Gaillardot) Geological description of Mount Djebel, 
Khaisoun, North of Damascus—p. 338. (Charrel) Letter on a fact which may 
indicate the Geological epoch of the formation of some Grottos and Caverns—p. 349. 
(Hebert) On some singular Fossils of the Paris basin—p. 349. (Agassiz) On the 
development of Organized beings; Letter to De Beaumont—p. 353. (Barrande) 
Report on Memoir by Kjerulf, on the Silurian basin of Christiania—p. 356. (De- 
lanoue) Simple mode of verifying the presence of Iron, Magnesia, and Manganese 
in Dolomites, marly and calcareous—p. 311. Langel on the cleavage of rocks— 
p. 363. 
Memoires de la Societe Imperiale des Sciences de Lille. Memoirs of 
the I. Scientific Society of Lille. 2nd Series. Vol. I. Paris, 1855. 
(Macquart) New Exotic Diptera,. 5th supplement; with 6 plates—p. 25-156. 
Chiefly from the collection of Mr. Bigot, of Paris. (Same) Herbaceous plants 
of Europe and their Insects ; Sequel to the Trees, &c., 2nd part—p. 157-330. 
Presentation by Mr. Macquart to the Museum of the Society of his Entomo¬ 
logical Collection and Library of Natural History—p. 430-436. 
Memoires de la Soc. Geol. de France. Memoirs of the Geological So¬ 
ciety of France. 2nd Series. Vol. I. Part I. Paris, 1854. 
(Coquand) Geological Description of the Province of Constantine; four plates, 
and 20| sheets of letter-press. (Haine) Description of fossil Bryozoaof the 
Jurassic Formation ; six plates and sheets. 
Memoires de l’Academie des Sciences, etc., de Dijon.—Memoirs of the 
Dijon Academy of Sciences, etc. Scientific Section for 1854. 8vo. Dijon, 
1855. (Brulle) On the History of the discovery of the Circulation of the blood— 
p. 79-83. On the claim that has been advanced for P. Sarpi as the discoverer. 
(Rouget) List of the Coleoptera of the Cote d’or—p. 85-144. The land and water 
carnivorous beetles. 
ITALY. 
Memorie della Reale Accademia della Scienze de Torino. Memoirs 
of the R. Turin Academy of Science. New Series. 4to. Turin. Vol. 
XIV. 1854. 
(Ghiliani) List of the Lepidoptera of the Kingdom of Sardinia—p. 131-247. 
Many new species described. (Gennari) A Century of new plants of Liguria— 
p. 249-273. (Figari and De Notaris) Agrostographiae Aegyptiacae fragmenta. 
Part 2. Grasses of Egypt and Nubia; with twelve plates—p.317-391. Sixty- 
two species described, of which twenty-seven new. 
Giornale dell’ I. R. Instituto Lombardo, etc. Journal of the I. 
Lombard Institute of Science, etc. 4to. Milan. Vol. VI. 1854. 
(Calderini) Microscopic observations on parasitical Mucedinece of the grape—p. 
31-44. The author agrees with the Reporters, that Amici, in his essay, had con- 
