VI CONTENTS. 



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 XL. Contributions to the Fauna of Ireland. By Fredeuick M^Coy, 

 Esq., M.G.S.D. (With a Plate) 270 



New Books : — Illustrations of Indian Ornithology, by T. C. Jerdon. — 

 Salictum Britannicum exsiccatum. Fasc. 1. and II., by the Rev. 

 J. E. Leefe 274—277 



Proceedings of the Royal Society ; Linnsean Society ; Zoological So- 

 ciety .' 277—292 



On the Metamorphoses of the Strepsipterd, by Dr. Siebold ; Descrip- 

 tion of a new species of Nymphon, by H. D. Goodsir, Esq. ; De- 

 struction of the Orange-trees in the Azores ; Meteorological Obser- 

 vations and Table , 293—296 



NUMBER XCIX. 



XLI. Description of a new genus of Calcareous Sponge. By J. S. 

 BowERBANK, F.R.S., L.S. &c. (With a Plate.) 297 



XLII. On the Structure of the Cocoon of a Leach. By J. S. Bower- 

 bank, F.R.S., L S. &c. (With a Plate.) 301 



XLIII. Description of three new species of Rubus. By T. Bell 

 Salter, M.D., F.L.S 305 



XLIV. Additions to the Fauna of Ireland, including descriptions of 

 some apparently new species of Invertebrata. By William Thompson, 

 Pres. Nat. Hist, and Phil. Society of Belfast. (With a Plate.) 308 



XLV. On the correct Nomenclature of the Lastr«a spinosa and 

 L. multiflora of Newman. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., 

 F.G.S. &c 322 



XLVI. Characters of six new species of Nepalese Birds. By Brian 

 H. Hodgson, Esq., late British Resident at Nepal 326 



XLV 1 1. Notice of some Rarities found on the West Coast of Scot- 

 land. By the Rev. David Landsborough 327 



XLVIII. Notes on the Synonymy of the Genus ^pon, with Descrip- 

 tions of Six new Species, &c. By John Walton, Esq., F.L S 331 



XLIX. Further Notice respecting Cyanocitta superciliosa, a sup- 

 posed new species of Blue Jay. By H. E. Strickland, M.A 342 



L. Note on Mr. H. E. Strickland's Paper on the genus Cardinia 

 (Agassiz). By Capt. PoRTLocK, K.E 343 



LI. Further Notice respecting the Ova of the Large Spotted Dog- 

 fish (Scyllinm Catulus). By Capt. Portlock, R.E 345 



LI I. Generic Characters of Gasterochisma melampifs, a Fish which 

 inhabits Port Nicholson, New Zealand. By John Richardson, M.D., 

 F.R.S. &c 346 



New Books : —Recherches sur rEmbryog^nie des Tubulaires, et I'His- 

 toire naturelle des diffdrens Genres de cette Famille qui liabitent 



