CONTENTS OF VOL. V. 



NUMBER XXVIII. 



Page 



I. On Scrophularia aquatica of Linnaeus and Ehvliart. By Chari,es 

 Abbot Stevens, Esq., B.A., F.B.S.E. (With a Plate.) page 1 



II. Catalogue of the Species of Fungi obtained in the North of Ire- 

 land, by John Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, Belfast. By Thomas 

 Taylor, M.D., M.R.I.A., F.L.S. ^v....v, 3 



III. Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. By W. Thompson, Esq., 

 Vice-Pres. of the Natural History Society of Belfast 6 



IV. Nonnullorum Cerambycitum novorufn, Novam Hollandiam et 

 Insulam Van Diemen habitantium, characteres. By Edward Newman, 

 F.L.S., &c 14 



«. V. Description of Limneus involutus, Harvey, MS. By W. Thomp- 

 son, Vice-President of the Natural History Society of Belfast; — with 

 ■an account of the Anatomy of the Animal. By John Goodsir, Esq. 

 {With a Plate) , „ 22 



VI. On certain characters in the Crania and Dentition of Carnivora 

 which may serve to distinguish the subdivisions of that Order. By 



G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. *. ,., 25 



VII. Summary Description of Four new Species of Otter. By B. 



H. Hodgson, Resident at Catmandu, Nepal 27 



VIII. Information respecting Botanical Travellers; — Mr. Schom- 

 burgk's Narrative of his recent Expedition in Guiana 29 



New Books: — A History of British Ferns, by Edward Newman, F.L.S. 

 — Iter Hispaniense, or a Synopsis of Plants <;ollect«d in the South- 

 ern Provinces of Spain and Portugal, by Philip Barker Webb — 

 Otia Hispanica, seu Delectus Plan tarum rariorum aut nondum rite 

 notarum per Hispanias sponte nascentium, Auctore P. B.Webb. — 

 On theOrgans of Secretion in Plants, by Dr. F. J. F. Meyen, — De- 

 scription of a new Genus of Plants of th« Family Legwninoste, by 

 Guglielmo Gasparini.— Observations on the duration and germina- 

 tion of Grammitis, by Guglielmo Gasparini 36 — 43 



Proceedings of the Liniwean Society ; Zoological Society; Microscopical 



Society; Royal Irish Academy 44 — 67 



On Datisca Cannahina and Impregnation ; On a new Genus of Cepha- 

 lopoda ; Derivation of the TefT and the Tocusso, two Species of 



