IV CONTENTS. 



MISCELLANEA. 



PAGE 



On Dimorphism in Pi-imula . . . . , .lis 



Botanical Information . . . . . . .118 



Note on the Habits of Vipers . . . . . . .lis 



No. VI.— APEIL, 1862. 

 REVIEWS. 



13. The Writings of M. Fabre: — Observations sur les mcenrs des Cerceris. 



Ann. des Sci. Nat. Tome IV. Ser. 4. — Etude sur I'instinct et les Meta- 

 morphoses des Sphegiens. Ann. des Sci. Nat. Tome VI. Ser. 4. — 

 Memoire sur I'Hypermetamorphose et les mceurs des M^loides. Ann. 

 des Sci. Nat. Tome VII. Ser. 4. — Eecherches sur I'Anatomie des 

 Oranges Reproducteurs et sm- le Developpement des Myriapodes. Ann. 

 des Sci. Nat. Tome III. Ser. 4. . . . . .121 



14. A Histoiy of British Sessile-eyed Crustacea. By C. Spence Bate, Esq., 



F.E.S., E.L.S., and J. O. Westwood, Esq. M.A., E.L.S., Hope Pro- 

 fessor of Zoology at Oxford. (J. Van Voorst.) — Recherches sur la 

 Faune Littorale de Belgique. Crustaces. Par P. J. Van Beneden, Pro- 

 fesseur a I'Universite Catholique de Louvain .... 130 



ORIGINAL ARTICLES. 



15. On the Desirability of an English Translation of Aristotle's History of 



Animals. By Rev. W. Houghton, M.A., F.L.S. . . .136 



16. The Atlantis Hypothesis in its botanical aspect. By Professor OHver . 149 



17. On the Anatomy of the Short Sun-fish (Orthragoriscus mola). By John 



Cleland, M.D., Demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Glasgow . 170 ^ 



18. On the Structure and Composition of the Integument of the Orthrago- 



riscus mola. By William Turner, M.B. (Lond.) F.R.S.E., Senior 

 Demonstrator of Anatomy, University of Edinburgh (with Plates V, VI.) 185 )s 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



19. Periodicals (Additions to former Lists) . . . . , jgg 



20. Zoological Bibliography : — General and Mixed Works on Zoology, Geo- 



graphical Distribution, &c. . . . • . .190 



21. Vcrtebrata ••...... 194 



22. Annulosa ........ 212 



MISCELLANEA. 



24. Note on the Habits of the Viper ...... 231 



25, On Collecting and Preserving Specimens of Fishes and Reptiles . .233 



