vi CONTENTS. 



PART II.— 1847. 



IX. An Enumeration of the Plants of the Galapagos Archipelago ; with De- 



scriptions of those which are new. By Joseph Dalton Hooker, Esq., 

 M.D., F.L.S. S^c page 163 



X. On the Vegetation of the Galapagos Archipelago, as compared with that 



of some other Tropical Islands and of the Continent of America. By 

 Joseph Dalton Hooker, Esq., M.D., F.R.S., F.L.S. <^c. . . . 235 



XI. On the Ainbrosinia ciliata of Roxburgh. By the late William Griffith, 



Esq., F.L.S. 8sc. Communicated hy R. H. Solly, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. 

 Use. 263 



XII. On the Aqueous Vapour expelled from Bee-hives. By George Newport, 



Esq., F.R.S., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, Sfc. Commu- 

 nicated by the Secretary 277 



XIII. Note on the Generation of Aphides. By George Newport, Esq., F.R.S., 

 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, 8gc. Communicated by the 

 Secretary 281 



XIV. Description of the Asafoetida Plant of Central Asia. By Hugh Fal- 

 coner, M.D., F.L.S. 8fc 285 



XV. Account q/" Gamoplexis, an undescribed Genus of Orchideous Plants. By 



Hugh Falconer, M.D., F.L.S. S^c 293 



XVI. On the Natural History, Anatomy and Development of the Oil Beetle, 

 Meloe, more especially of Meloe cicatricosus. Leach. By George 

 Newport, F.R.S., F.L.S., Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons, S^c. 

 — First Memoir. The Natural History of Meloe 297 



XVII. The Natural History, Anatomy, and Development q/" Meloe {continued). 

 By George Newport, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. 8(c. — Second Memoir. The 

 History and General Anatomy of Meloe, and its Affinities, compared 

 with those of the Strepsiptera and Anoplura, with reference to the con- 



■ nexion which exists between Structure, Function, and Instinct . .321 



