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excavating Mickleton Tunnel. (Hugh Macmillan, F.B.S.E.) On" the rare 
Lichens of Ben Lawers. (Charles Jenner) On the spores of Cryptogarnic plants. 
(Richard Edmonds, jun.) An account of an Earthquake shock, on the 30th 
May, 1855, and of an extraordinary agitation of the sea on the 6th June, 1855, in 
Penzance; with observations as to the cause of the latter. (William Crowder, 
F.C.S.) Report on the Chemical composition of the Cleveland Ironstone Beds. 
(Alexander Bryson, &c.) On an improved method of preparing siliceous and other 
Fossils for microscopic investigation, with a description of a new Pneumatic Chuck. 
Reviews, Proceedings of Societies, Scientific Intelligence. 
Quarterly Journal or Microscopical Science. No. 15. April, 1856. 8vo. 
Price 4s. With Woodcuts and a Lithographic Plate. London: John 
Churchill. 
Transactions of the Microscopical Society of London. A simple form of por¬ 
table Microscope, with lever adjustment, which maybe adapted to several purposes ; 
by Lionel Beale, M.B., &c.; with figures. Report of .the Sixteenth Annual 
Meeting of the Society, and Address of the President. Journal of Microsco¬ 
pical Science. Original Communications. Further observations on the struc¬ 
ture of Appendicularia fiahellum ; by T. H. Huxley, F.R.S. ; with a plate. Note 
on the Reproductive organs of the Cheilostome Polyzoa ; by the Same. On the 
Reproductive organs of certain fungi; with some remarks on Germination. No. 
II. ; by Frederick Currey, M.A. On the similarity of form observed in snow 
crystals as compared with those of Camphor, under certain circumstances of crys¬ 
tallization ; by Joseph Spencer, Esq. Further observations on the same ; by 
James Glaisher, F.R.S. On an easy method of viewing certain of the Diato- 
maceae ; by J. Charles Hall, M.D. On defining the position and measuring the 
magnitude of Microscopic objects ; by the Rev. W. Hodgson ; with figures. On 
the development of the Enamel; by John Tomes, F.R.S., &c. Contributions to 
Micro-mineralogy; by Samuel Highley, F.G.S., F.C.S., &c. Reviews. Rudi¬ 
ments of Pathological Histology; by Karl Wedl, M.D.; translated and edited by 
George Busk, F.R.S. The Micrographic Dictionary; by J. W. Griffith, M.D., 
and A. Henfrey, F.R.S. The Microscope and its revelations; by William B. 
Carpenter, M.D., F.R.S., &c. ; with figures. Notes and Correspondence. 
Proceedings of the Microscopical Society; Dec., 1855, to February, 1856. 
The Zoologist. No. 162, April; No. 163, May; No. 164, June, 1856. 8vo. 
London : John Van Voorst. Price Is. each. 
No. 162, April:—Letters on Natural History, by the late Fred. Holme, Esq., 
to E. H. Rodd. Notices of New Books.—(Rev. Hamlet Clark, A.M.) Synony¬ 
mic List of the British species of Pbilhydrida, with notices of localities. We 
hope Mr. Clark will be induced to continue these notices of British Coleoptera. 
(J. Couch) Remarkable act in a Fox. (A. Hussey) Deer feeding on Horse 
Chesnuts. (A. C. Smith) Origin of the name Horse Chesnut. (A. F. Sealy) 
Honey Buzzard breeding in Hampshire. (H. W. Hadfield) Migration of the 
Swallow Tribe. (A. C. Smith) Particulars of the Occurrence of the Great 
Bustard near Hungerford. (A. F. Sealy) Occurrence of the Great Bustard (Otis 
tarda) in Cambridgeshire. (Hamlet Clark) Occurrence of Atypus Sulzeri in 
Britain. (R. H. Meade, F.R.C.S.) On the Preservation of Spiders. (J. 
C. Dale) Capture of Doritis Apollo in Britain. (S. C. Tren Beale) Capture of 
Pamphila Actaeon at -Lul worth Cove. (J. C. Dale) Note on the Occurrence of 
Exotic Sphinges in Britain and prefixed thereto a wicked little note by the 
Editor, which has caused a good deal of hubbub in the entomological world. 
(Edwin Sheppard) Notodonta Camelina not double brooded. 
No. 163, May:—(Joseph Greene) Adaptation of the colouring of Moths to 
Autumnal Tints. (G. Wailes) On the Occurrence of Lampronia praelatella, 
Nomada borealis, and xanthosticta, and Fenusa pumila. (John N. Winter) 
Occurrence of Choerocampa Celerio near Brighton. (E. Parfitt) Note on 
Cynips lignicola and description of its parasite (Callimome flavipes). (Edward 
Newman) What is Ilybius angustior ? (John Scott) Whom shall we follow ? 
another necessity and a few words about advertisements. (C. Miller) Terra 
