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Abbildung der vorzüglichsten in Mitteleuropa heimischen Schmetterlinge. Nebst ausführlicher Anleitung Schmetterlinge zu fangen, aus Raupen zu erziehen und eine Sammlung anzulegen. Stuttgart: Thienemann. 1877.

Kirby (W. F.). A Synonymic Catalogue of Duurnal Lepidoptera. By W. F. Kirby. Supplement, March, 1871-June, 1877. London: Van Voorst. 1877. (8vo, 883 pp.)

[Am. Nat., XII., 118, 119.]

Packard (Alpheus S., Jr.). The Geometrid Moths of the United States. By A. S. Packard, Jr., M.D. With numerous Plates. Washington: Government Printing-office. 1877.

(Department of the Interior. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories.)

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 373, 374.]

MOLLUSKS.

Systematic.

Kobelt (W.). Katalog lebender Mollusken. 1. Serie. Frankfurt-amMain. 1877. (8vo.)

Martini and Chemnitz. Systematisches Conchylien-Cabinet. Von Martini und Chemnitz. In Verbindung mit L. Phillippi, L. Pfeiffer, Dunker, etc. Neu herausgegeben und vervollständigt von H. C. Kuster; nach dessen Tode fortgesetzt von W. Kobelt und H. C. Weinkauff. Sect. 80-81. Nürnberg. 1877. (4to.)

Anatomy.

Ihering (H. von). Vergleichende Anatomie des Nervensystems und Phylogenie der Mollusken. Von H. von Ihering. Leipzig: W. Engelmann. 1877. (fol.)

Oyster.

Moebius (Karl). Die Auster und die Austernwirthschaft. Von Karl Moebius, Professor der Zoologie in Kiel. Mit einer Karte und neun Holzschnitten. Berlin: Verlag von Wiegandt, Hempel, & Parey. 1877. (12mo, vii., 126 pp. and 1 Map.)

[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XV.]

Gasteropods.

Pfeiffer (Louis). Monographia Heliciorum viventium. Sistens descriptiones systematicas et criticas omnium hujus familiæ generum et specierum hodie cognitarum. Vol. VIII. Fasc. 4 (finis). Leipzig: Brockhaus. 1877.

Cephalopods.

Bobretzky (N.). Untersuchungen über die Entwickelung der Cephalopoden. Von Dr. N. Bobretzky, aus Kiew. (Nachrichten der k. Gesellschaft der Freunde der Naturerkenntniss, Anthropologie und Ethnogra

phie bei der Universität Moskau.) Bd. XXIV. Heft 1. Moscow. 1877. (4to, 73 pp., with 10 Plates.)

[Am. Nat., XI., 681.]

VERTEBRATES.

General.

Sclater (P. L.). List of the Vertebrated Animals now or lately Living in the Gardens of the Zoological Society of London. Sixth Edition. Printed for the Society. London: Messrs. Longmans, Green, Reader, and Dyer. 1877. (8vo, 5 pl., 519 pp.)

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Parker (William Kitchen) and G. T. Bettany. The Morphology of the Skull. By W. K. Parker, F.R.S., and G. T. Bettany, M.A., B.Sc. London: Macmillan & Co. 1877. (16mo, xv., 368 pp.)

[Am. Nat., XII., 119, 120.]

[Nature, XVII., 3, 4.]

Brain.

Mihalkovics (Vict. V.). Entwickelungsgeschichte des Gehirns. Nach Untersuchungen an höheren Wirbelthieren und dem Menschen dargestellt. Mit 7 lith. zum Theil färb. Taf. Leipzig: Engelmann.

PHYSIOLOGY.

Miscellaneous.

Du Bois-Reymond (Emil). Gesammelte Abhandlungen zur allgemeinen Muskel- und Nervenphysik. 2. Bd. Mit 21 in den Text gedr. Holzschn. 2 Tabellenbogen and 3 Taf. (2 lith. und 1 in Kpfrst.). Leipzig: Veit & Co. 1877. (8vo.)

Nervous System.

Allan (Grant). Physiological Esthetics. London: Henry S. King & Co. 1877. (8vo.)

[Nature, XVI., 98.]

Allan (Grant). Physiological Esthetics. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1877. (283 pp. [Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 760.]

By Grant Allan, B.A.

By Grant Allan, B.A.
Price, $1 50.)

Ferrier (David). The Functions of the Brain. By David Ferrier, M.D., F.R.S. With numerous Illustrations. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons. (323 pp. Price, $3 50.)

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XII., 752.]

Lewes (George Henry). The Physical Basis of Mind, with Illustrations being the Second Series of Problems of Life and Mind. By George Henry Lewes. London: Trübner & Co. 1877.

[Nature, XVI., 261–263.]

Maudsley (Henry). The Physiology of Mind. Being the First Part

of a Third Edition, Revised, Enlarged, and in great part Rewritten, of "The Physiology and Pathology of the Mind." By Henry Maudsley, M.D. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1877. (8vo, 547 pp. Price, $200.) [Popular (The) Science Monthly, XII., 111, 112.]

FISHES.

Beavan (R.). Hand-book of the Fresh-water Fishes of India: Giving the Characteristic Peculiarities of the Species at Present Known. By R. Beavan. With 12 Plates. London: L. Reeve & Co. 1877.

Bleeker (P.). Atlas Ichthyologique des Indes Orientales Néerlandaises. Publie sous les auspices du gouvernement colonial Néerlandais. Par P. Bleeker. Tome VII. Percoides I., Priacanthiformes, Serraniformes, Grammisteiformes, Percæformes, Datniæformes. Amsterdam. Frédéric Muller, Éditeur. 1877. (Gr. fol.)

Gervais (H.) and R. Boulart. Les Poissons: Synonymie, déscription, mœurs, frai, pêche, iconographie des espèces composant plus particulièrement la faune française. Par H. Gervais et R. Boulart. Avec une Introduction par Paul Gervais. Paris: J. Rothschild, Éditeur. 1877. (8vo, 3 vols.)

United States Commission of Fish and Fisheries. Part III., Report of the Commission for 1873-74, and 1874-75. Washington: Government Printing-office. 1876.

[Am. Nat. XI., 559.]

[Nature, XVI., 395, 396.]

Weyenberg (H.). Hypostomus plecostomus, Val. Mémoire anatomique pour servir à l'histoire naturelle des Loricaires. Cordoba. 1876. Leipzig, Mentzel in Comm. (8vo.)

AMPHIBIANS.

Smith (W. H.). The Tailed Amphibians, including the Cæcilians. By W. H. Smith. Detroit: Herald Print. (158 pp.)

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 629, 630.]

REPTILES.

Günther (Albert C. L. G.). The Gigantic Land-Tortoises (Living and Extinct) in the Collection of the British Museum. By Albert C. L. G. Günther, M. A., M.D., Ph.D., F. R.S., Keeper of the Department of Zoology. London: Printed by order of the Trustees. 1877. (4to, vi., 96 pp., 55 pl.)

BIRDS.

Gentry (Thomas G.). Life Histories of the Birds of Eastern Pennsylvania. By Thomas G. Gentry. Vol. II. Philadelphia: Published by the Author. 1877. (8vo, 399 pp.)

[Am. Journ. S. & A. (3), XIV., 426.]

Hartlaub (G.). Die Vögel Madagascars und der benachbarten Inselgruppen. Ein Beitrag zur Zoologie der Aethiopischen Region. Von G. Hartlaub. Halle: Druck und Verlag von H. W. Schmidt. 1877. (8vo, 425 pp.)

[Nature, XVI., 498, 499; XVII., 9, 10.]

Sharpe (R. Bowdler). Catalogue of the Birds in the British Museum. By R. Bowdler Sharpe. Vol. III. Catalogue of the Coliomorphæ, containing the families Corvidæ, Paradiseidæ, Oriolidæ, Dicruridæ, and Prionopidæ. London: Printed by order of the Trustees. 1877. (8vo, xiii., 344 14 pl.)

pp.,

[Nature, XVI., 541, 542.]

Vaughan (Victor C.). Notes on the Osteology and Myology of the Domestic Fowl (Gallus domesticus), for the Use of Colleges and Schools of Comparative Anatomy, and for the Independent Zoological Student. By Victor C. Vaughan, Ph.D. Ann Arbor, Mich. : Sheehan & Co. 1876. (12mo, 116 pp., with Cuts. Price, $1 50.) [Am. Nat., XI., 358;

XII., 48.]

MAMMALS.

Caton (John Dean). The Antelope and Deer of America. A Comprehensive Scientific Treatise upon the Natural History, including the Characteristics, Habits, Affinities, and Capacity for Domestication, of the Antilocapra and Cervidæ of North America. By John Dean Caton, LL.D. New York: Published by Hurd and Houghton. Boston: H. O. Houghton & Company. Cambridge: The Riverside Press. 1877. (8vo, 426 pp., with Portrait.)

[Am. Nat., XI., 354-358.]

Coues (Elliott). Fur-bearing Animals. A Monograph of North American Mustelidæ, in which an Account of the Wolverine, the Martens, or Sables, the Ermine, the Mink, and various other Kinds of Weasels, several Species of Skunks, the Badger, the Land and Sea Otters, and numerous Exotic Allies of these Animals, is contributed to the History of North American Mammals. By Elliott Coues, Captain and Assistant Surgeon United States Army, Secretary and Naturalist of the Survey. Illustrated with 60 Figures on 20 Plates. Washington: Government Printing-office. 1877. (Department of the Interior. United States Geological Survey of the Territories. F. V. Hayden, United States Geologist. Miscellaneous Publications-No. 8. 8vo, xiv., 348 pp.)

[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XIV., 422.]

[Am. Nat., XI., 618.]

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XII., 246.]

Coues (Elliott) and Joel Asaph Allen. Monographs of North American Rodentia. By Elliott Coues, Captain and Assistant Surgeon U. S. A., and Joel Asaph Allen, Assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Cambridge. Washington: Government Printing-office. 1877.

(Department of the Interior. Report of the United States Geological Survey of the Territories. Volume XI.)

[Am. Journ. S. and A. (3), XIV., 422.]

Flower (William Henry). An Introduction to the Osteology of the Mammalia. By William Henry Flower, F.R.S., F. R.C.S. Second Edition. London: Macmillan & Co. 1877. (16mo, 349 pp.)

[Am. Nat., XII., 119.]

Martin (Philipp Leopold). Das Leben der Hauskatze und ihrer Verwandten. Eine Schilderung ihrer Rassen und Varietäten; Lebensweise, Nutzen und Schaden, Krankheiten, Pflege, Erziehung, etc. Von Philipp Leopold Martin, in Stuttgart. Mit Illustrationen. Weimar: B. F. Voigt. (8vo, 2 M.)

Morin. Mammifères Solipèdes, Cheiroptères, Phocaces. Paris: A. Rigaud. (8vo, 348 pp.)

MAN.
General.

Harris (George). A Philosophical Treatise on the Nature and Constitution of Man. By George Harris, LL.D., F.S.A. London: George Bell & Sons. 1877.

[Nature, XVI., 393, 394.]

Letourneau (Ch.). Anthropogénie, ou Histoire de l'Évolution Humaine, leçons familières sur les principes de l'embryogénie et de la phylogénie humaines. Traduit de l'allemand. Sur la deuxième édition. Par Ch. Letourneau. Ouvrage contenant 11 Plates, 210 Grav. sur bois, et 36 Tableaux généalogiques. Paris: Reinwald & Cie. (8vo, xv., 647 pp.)

Sociology.

Morgan (Lewis Homer). Ancient Society; or, Researches in the Lines of Human Progress from Savagery through Barbarism to Civilization. By Lewis Homer Morgan, LL.D. New York: Henry Holt & Co. 1877. (560 pp. Price, $4 00.)

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 758, 759.]

Spencer (Herbert). The Principles of Sociology. By Herbert Spencer. Vol. I. New York: D. Appleton & Co. 1877. Price, $2 50.)

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 112-116, 247.]

Heredity.

(8vo, 734 pp.

Dugdale (R. L.). The Jukes: a Study in Crime, Pauperism, Disease, and Heredity. Also, Further Studies of Criminals. By R. L. Dugdale, Member of the Executive Committee of the Prison Association, New York. With an Introduction by Elisha Harris, M.D., Corresponding Secretary Prison Association. New York: G. P. Putnam's Sons.

[Popular (The) Science Monthly, XI., 118.]

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