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in the Invertebrate Animals. We postpone any notice of this paper till its conclu¬ 
sion, as we find it is likely to lead to some controversy from the pen of Mr. George 
Newport, who, in a letter to the editors of the “ Annales,” expresses u his surprise 
and regret at such a mass of erroneous statements and states his intention of 
endeavouring to remedy the injury which these errors are likely to do to science 
by their promulgation. In the meantime, those who take any interest in this 
subject should give Dr. Williams’s papers an impartial perusal, as they evidence 
considerable care and attention, and will, no doubt, prove most suggestive to the 
inquirer. (Wright, Thomas) Contributions to the Palaeontology of Gloucester¬ 
shire. A description of some new species of Echinodermata, from the Lias and 
Oolites. Bibliographical Notices—(Unger, Dr. E.) Botanical Letters; (De Selys- 
Lonchamps, M. E.) Synopsis de Calopterygines, Brussels, 1853. Proceedings 
of Societies— Royal Institution of Great Britain —(Owen, Professor) On the 
Structure and Homologies of Teeth. Zoological Society —Specimen of Echiodon 
Drummondii (see Yarrell, Brit. Eishes, vol. ii., page 417), found on the shore of the 
harbour of Yalentia, Co. Kerry, after a violent storm from the west, which occurred 
on 23rd of January last. (Scott, A. W.) On Cystosoma Saundersii of Curtis and 
Westwood. Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Miscellaneous—(De Tchihatcheff, 
M. P.) On Vegetation of Mount Argaeus, in Cappadocia; (Gray, Dr. J. E.) On 
genera Volutella and Cymbiola ; (Kingsley, G. H.) On Notamea bursaria; 
(Beave, Lovell) On a new species of Helix , from Van Dieman’s Land ; (Martens, 
M.) On Colours of Plants. 
No. 77, May:—(Sclater, P. L.) Synopsis of the Eissisostral family, Bucconedce ; 
(Tyther, Capt. R. C.) On Eauna of Barrackpore ; (Wright, Thomas) Paleonto¬ 
logy of Gloucestershire (continued); (Bowerbank, J. S.) Reply to statements of 
Professor Sedgewick. This letter, from the honorary secretary of the Palseonto- 
graphical Society, which, though firm, is still courteously written, clearly shows, 
that the conversations respecting “ the Cambridge Eossils” was regarded by those 
engaged in the Palseontographical Society’s memoir, as a refusal to render them 
available for the purpose of that society. We deeply regret that there should be 
even an apparent want of courtesy shown by one naturalist to another, and the 
more so as it was, in this case, shown to one who was not a fellow-countryman. 
We, however, hope that the matter may still be so explained, as to prove that it 
was not intended to obstruct the efforts of those labouring for the Palseontographi- 
cal Society, when anxious to present its members with as a complete a monograph 
of the British fossil corals as materials existed for doing. We cannot conceive 
what purpose museums were ever intended for, unless to preserve, in a collected 
form, and to render available, under the most liberal regulations, to the student, all 
their treasures ; and we would hope, that no narrow-minded policy would prevent 
the, we must say, most reasonable request of M. Milne Edwards being acceeded 
to, if made, not to individuals , but to the u Board of Auditors,’’ or whoever else may 
be the governing body of the Cambridge Museum. The correspondence that has 
taken place will do, we are assured, considerable service, by teaching Museum 
Curators and University Professors that the opportunities placed at their disposal 
by their position, were never intended for exclusive use, or as means of personal 
aggrandizement, but that others have, under proper regulations, an equal right to 
share in them. (Leighton, Rev. W. A.) Monograph of British Graphideee (con¬ 
tinued) ; (Berkeley, Rev. M. J.) Notices of British Eungi; (Gray, J. E., Ph. D.) 
