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NOTICES OF SERIALS. 
Botany. —(Fritsch) Observations on vegetation, made at Vienna and in other 
parts of Austria, during the year 1854—p. 294-328. 
Geology and Paleontology. —(Schauroth) Geognosy of the district of 
Recoaro, province of Vicenza ; with a. map and three plates—p. 481-562. Many 
new fossils of the triassic formation are described and figured. (Stur) The 
deposits of Neogene (Miocene and Pliocene) Diluvium and Alluvium in the 
North-eastern Alps and the adjacent region—p. 477-539. (Peters) The Nerinem 
of the Upper Jurassic formation in Austria; with four plates—p. 336-366. Of 
Nerinea , ten new species are described and figured, and one of Cerithium. 
(Sandberger) Anoplotheca, n. g. of Brachiopoda; with a plate—p. 5-8. (Hauer) 
Cephalopoda of the lias of the North-eastern Alps—p. 183-186. (Reuss) Pale¬ 
ontological miscellanies; notice—p. 144, 145. (Kenngott) Mineralogical notes, 17th 
sequel—p. 152-179. (Zepharovich) Jaulingite, a new fossil resin—p. 366-370. 
Vol. XVII. ; with Forty-three Plates and a Map. 1855. 
Zoology and Physiology. —(Tiirck) On the diminished rate of pulsation in 
attacks of neuralgia—p. 317-330. (Wedl) Nervous system of the Nematodea ; 
with a plate—p. 298-312. (Same) On the heart of Menopon pallidum ; with a 
plate—p. 173-180. This parasite, common among the feathers of the barn-door 
fowl, shows a distinct organ placed in the penultimate segment of the body, behind 
the dorsal vessel, with an intervening bulb. The pulsations of this heart, in full 
vigour, were from 112 to 120 in the minute. The existence of a similar organ was 
ascertained in several other species of Mallophaga, but the transparency of the 
integument in Menopon pallidum affords the greatest facilities for the observation 
of it in vital action. (Hyrtl) Accessory branchial organs and intestine in the 
Clupeacei ; extract—p. 163-165. (Kner) Contributions to Ichthyology; with 
six plates—p. 92-162. (Same) Clarotes new genus of Siluroidei; wit'o a plate 
—p. 313-316. This fish was found alive deep in the sand in sinking a well near 
Khartoum in Sennaar. (Fitzinger) Report on the animals brought over alive by 
Consul- administrator Heuglin, from Egypt, Nubia, Abyssinia, &c., for the Imperial 
menagerie at Schonbriinn—p. 242-253. This important collection includes a 
young female of the rare Buhalus caffer , which has never before been seen alive 
in Europe, and is not even represented by a stuffed specimen in any museum. 
Also, a new species of sheep Ovis syenitica , and a handsome new antelope Adenota 
meyaceros. Among the birds is the first living specimen ever brought to Europe 
of Aquila rapax. (Fitzinger) Felts poliopardus , n. sp.; with a plate—p. 295- 
298. Two skins of this new gray panther were purchased in London, and are 
supposed to have been brought from tropical W. Africa. 
Botany.— (Lorenz) On the formation of the masses of Aegagropila sauteri; 
Report on, by Fenzl—p. 254-257. 
Geology and Paleontology.— (Zeuschner) On the diffusion of the loam 
(Loess) in the Carpathian mountains—p. 288-295. (Heckel) On the fossil fishes 
of Austria; extract—p. 166-168. (Glocker) On the occurrence of Stilpnomelane 
—p. 401-410. (Filipuzzi) On Paraffin—p. 425-439 ; Analysis of coal from the 
triassic beds of Cludinico—p. 440-442. (Haidinger) Comparison of Augite and 
Amphibole as to their principal crystallographic and optical characters—p. 456- 
475. (Zeuschner) Geological notices, extract of letter—p. 475-478. (Osnaghi) 
Analysis of the mineral water of Galdhof in Moravia—p. 443-448. (Scherkel) 
Analysis of the mineral water of Schmekser Bad in the Carpathians—p. 449-455. 
(Wohler) Fall of meteoric stone at Bremervoerde in Hanover, extract of letter— 
p. 56, 57 ; Analysis of the meteoric stone of Mezoe-Madaras in the Siebenburgen 
—p. 284-287. (Russegger) On the earthquake of the 30th September, 1855— 
p. 479, 480. 
Zeitschrift fuer Wissenschaftliche Zoologie herausg : , v. C. Th. v. 
Siebold tr. A. Koelliker. Journal of scientific Zoology, edited by 
Siebold and Koelliker. 8vo. Leipzig. Vol. VI.; with Seventeen Plates. 
1854-1855. 
(Guanzati) Observations on a singular Infusory animalcule (Amphileptus 
moniliyer) ; extract from a collection of essays on science and art: Milan : 1796— 
