Menke’s Zeitschrift fur Malacozoologie (MalacologicalJournal) affords, as regards the class Mollusca , a specialvehicle for the diffusion of useful scientific intelligence.A sheet of letter-press appears monthly, which is devotedpartly to original articles and partly to critical notices.The former, besides those by the Editor, were, in 1844,furnished by Beyrich, Dunker, Jonas, Koech, Pfeiffer, andPhilippi, and will be noticed in their proper places. Thecritical notices refer for the most part to new works, andare furnished by the Editor, who is peculiarly well qualifiedfor a task of this kind, by his special acquaintance withthis branch of natural science, and by the possession of adistinguished and almost complete library. The under-taking will doubtless be successful, particularly, as onaccount of the cheapness of the publication (which can onlybe referred to the non-addition of figures), it will comewithin the reach of a greater number of persons. At the endof the year a title-page and alphabetical index are given.
The tenth volume of Lamarck 's ‘ Histoire Naturelle desAnimaux sans Vertebres, par Deshayesappeared in 1844.As in the former volumes, so in this also, the enlargementof the synonymy has been particularly attended to, as wellas the rectification of the nomenclature as regards priority.The remarks upon the animals of the several genera are