490 Bibliographical Notice. The synonyms of the genus and species are as follows : — Alcyoncellum, sp., Quoy & Gaimard; not Blainville, 'Zoophytes,' 1832, nor 'Manuel,' 1834. Alcyoncellum, Milne-Edw,, Lam. An. s. Vert. ed. 2. ii. 389 (1836) ; Bowerbank, British Sponges, i. 174. Alcyonellum, Owen (misprint). Euplectella, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii, 203 (1841); Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 117. 1. Euplectella speciosa (Venus's Flower-basket). Alcyoncellum speeiosum, Quoy & Gaimard, Voy. Astrolabe, iv. 302 (Zoophytes, t. 26. f. 5); Lam. Anim. s. Vert. ii. 389. Euplectella aspergillum, Owen, Trans. Zool. Soc. iii. 203, t. 13. Alcyoncellum aspergillum, Bowerbank, Brit. Sponges, i. 177-Alcyoncellum corbicula, Valenc. Mus. Paris; Bowerbank, British Sponges, i. 176. Hab. Philippines. 2. Euplectella cucumer, Owen, Trans. Linn. Soc. xxii. 117, t. 21. Hab. Seychelles. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE. The Record of Zoological Literature. 1865. Vol.11. Edited by Albert C. L. G. GtJNXHER, M.A., M.D., Ph.D., F.Z.S., &c., Van Voorst, 1866. Our readers, from the review which we last year gave of the first volume of this work, will know that the " the object of the ' Record ' is to give, in an annual volume, reports on, abstracts of, and an index to, the various zoological publications which have appeared in the preceding year ; to acquaint zoologists with the progress of every branch of their science in all parts of the globe ; and to form a re-pertory which will retain its value for the student of future years." In all these respects the second volume fully bears out the promise of the first. The * Record ' is, in fact, invaluable ; and zoologists owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Giinther and his coadjutors for the able way in which they carry out the task which they have proposed to themselves, and for the benefit which they thus confer upon their brother naturalists. The volume now before us contains a brief (necessarily very brief) summary of all that has been written in 1865 — the cream, in fact, of no less than 35000 pages of zoological literature. It consists of a bulky octavo of 800 pages, and thus exceeds in size the 'Record' for 1864 by nearly one fourth. The reports on the Coelenterata and Protozoa, which were omitted in the first volume, are now supplied for the year 1864 as well as for 1865. A slight change has been made in the list of Recorders : Dr. Cobbold and Mr. J. Reay Greene have ceased to take part in the work ; and the cooperation of Dr. E. P. Wright has been secured, who has taken in hand
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