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Vol XII. A. Brongniart p. 38. in Cucurbitaceæ the pollen, which is generally the same in same family, differs in different closely allied genera.

p. 92. M. Serres "Theorie des Formations Organiques" &c. "Chex les oiseaux, classe si remarquable par la fixité de so organization"

p. 98 the encephalon is the same in all birds & more uniform even than in mammifers -

p. do in fishes, not only encephalon in cartilaginous & osseous fishes differs greatly - but not only differs in families, & genera, but even in species - this variability especially holds with cartilaginous fishes

p. 101 the head of man, consists of 34 pieces!

p.116 caterpillar does not differ more from butterfly than that optic lobe in mature & embryonic bird. "all is changed, except the connexion" which proves importance of M. G. St. Hilaire's law.

p. 130 sometimes the 2 glands sublingual, deux amygdaloids at base of tongue, two kidneys" manner in which two organs may suddenly pass into one.

[Serres. 1827. Formes transitoires et permanentes des organs. Annales des sciences naturelles: botanique et biologie végétale, vol. 12: 82-143.]

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Tom XIII. Leon Dufour Recherches Anat sur les Labidouses &c.

p. 340 though family only one genus, & not more than 30 species in it; yet met with in four quarters of world & from perpetual snow to equatorial Heat.

[Léon Dufour. 1828. Recherches anatomiques sur les Labidoures ou Perce-oreilles, précédées de quelques considérations sur l'établissement d'un ordre particulier pour ces insectes. Annales des sciences naturelles: botanique et biologie végétale, vol. 13: 250-281.]

p. 250. M. Hérold Recherches sur le Development d l' oeuf des araignées. (with plates) contrast with woodcut of Balanus) Seems well made out, that as soon as any structure is made out, embryo is true spider; 4 pairs of limbs first appearance, then separation of thorax & abdomen &c. (We know insects in embryo are apodal worm? all crustacea entomostraca - but what these descend from we know not - Embryology does not keep perfect record any more, than abortive organs do - Spiders have undergone less change from early parent form than any other known animal; or changes effected very early in life: (why we know not.

[Hérold. 1828. Recherches sur le développement de l'œuf des araignées. Annales des sciences naturelles: botanique et biologie végétale, vol. 13: 250-281.]