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under the Microscope, with relation to the Aperture of the Object Glasses—a paper 
of great interest to the practical observer. (Hepworth, John) On the Fly’s Foot 
(.Musca domestica) ; (Allman, George Jas. A.) On the Involution Theory of the 
Starch Granule. This paper leads to the following conclusions:—1st. That the 
Starch Granule consists of a series of lamellae, in the form of close, hollow shells, 
included one within another, the most internal enclosing a minute cavity, filled with 
amorphous (?) amylum; that the concentric striae visible in the granule indicate 
the surfaces of contact of these lamellae ; and that the so-called nucleus of Fritzsche 
corresponds to the central cavities. 2nd. That while the lamellae all appear to be 
identical in chemical constitution, yet the internal differ from the external in con¬ 
sistency, or other conditions of integration. 3rd. That the order of reposition of 
the lamellae is Centripetal . 4th. That while the Starch Granule is thus a la- 
mellated vescicle, it cannot be included in the category of the true vegetable cell, 
from which it differs, not only in the absence of a proper nucleus, but in presenting 
no chemical differentiation between membrane and contents. Translations; 
Notes and Correspondence, &c. 
Zoologist. No. 138, April; No. 139, May; No. 140, June. 8vo. London: 
Van Voorst. Is. each number. 
Within the last three months the following, among other articles, have ap¬ 
peared :— 
No. 138, April:—(Birkbeck, Robert) Notes on the Birds of Italy and Sicily, 
made in 1853; (Wourse, W. E. C.) Suggestions for ascertaining the Cause of 
Death in Birds and Animals; (Ashford, Charles) List of Fresh-water Mollusks 
found at Ackwork, Yorkshire; Notices of New Books; Proceedings of So¬ 
cieties, &c. 
No. 139, May:—(Smith, Rev. Alfred Charles) On the Manner in which Parent 
Birds occasionally remove their Eggs and Young; a very interesting Paper, evin¬ 
cing much patient observation on a comparatively little known subject. (Spicer, 
J. W. G.) Notes on Hybrid and Gallinaceous Birds ; (Rodd, E. H.) Occurrence of 
the American Stint ( Tringa pusilla ) near Penzance ; (Gordon, Rev. George) List 
of Mollusca found in the province of Moray, and the Moray Firth; this Paper is 
a continuation of the Fauna of Moray, previously appearing in the pages of the 
Zoologist,” &c. 
No. 140, June :— (Slaney, W. H.) The Corby Crows and the Rooks ; (Smith, 
R. H. S.) List of Land and Fresh-water Mollusks, found near Sevenoaks, Kent. 
In this list, which we have reason to believe was originally communicated to the 
Dublin University Zoological Assocation, we see by the author’s remarks on Helix 
nemoralis and H. hispida, that he is not u an humble convert ” to the views of 
modern Malacologists. (Hogan, A. R.) Catalogue of Coleoptera found in the 
neighbourhood of Dublin. We are glad to see this list of Dublin Coleoptera—the 
second which has ever appeared; nor is its value at all diminished by the high 
authority on which many of the species are recorded. We hope its publication 
will serve to increase the diligence of Irish entomologists, as we are disposed to 
believe that many species found in the district are not as yet enumerated, 
of which we hope soon to see a supplemental list. Notices of New Books ; Pro¬ 
ceedings of Societies, &c. For the list see Proceedings of Dublin University 
Zoological Association, pp. 32, 88, and 98, as given in our reports of its pro¬ 
ceedings.—Eds. 
