CONTENTS. V 



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XXV. On the Import of the inferior Paleaj of the Grasses. By 

 Hugo VON MoHL. (With a Plate.) 174 



XXVI. Botanical Notices from Spain. By Moritz Willkomm ... 178 



New Books : — Die Kieselschaligen Bacillarien oder Diatomeen, von 

 Dr. F. T. Kiitzing.— The Botany of the Voyage of H.M.S. Sulphur, 

 by G. Bentham, Esq.—Algae Hihernicse, by Wm. M^Calla. — 

 Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, editore et pro 

 parte auctore Alph. DeCandolle 185 — 190, 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society ; Zoological Society ; Royal In- 

 stitution ; Geological Society 190—213 



Falco Islandicus ; On the Origin of the Corms of Colchicum ; Infusorial 



Deposits in America; Meteorological Observations and Table 213 — 216 



NUMBER XCVIII. 



XXVII. On the Penetration of the Cuticle into the Stomata. By 

 Hugo von Mohl, Professor of Botany at the University of Tubingen . 217 



XXVIII. Researches into the Structure, Functions and (Economy 

 oiiha Araneidea. By John Blackwall, F.L.S 221 



XXIX. On the Preservation of Objects of Natural History for the 

 Microscope. By Willtam Reckitt, M.R.C.S.L 242 



XXX. On the genera Eleutheria and Synhydra, By P. J. Van 

 Beneden, Professor at the University of Louvain 244 



XXXI. Description of a new species of Pecten. By Thomas Ed- 

 MONDSTON, F.B.S.E. & L 250 



XXXII. Account of a Dredging Excursion. By the Rev. David 

 Landsborough 251 



XXXIII. A Century of new Genera and Species of Orchidaceous 

 Plants. Characterized by Professor Lindley 256 



XXXIV. On the Animal of Spirilla. By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. 

 (With a Plate.) 257 



XXXV. On Cyanocitia, a proposed new genus of Garrulines, and on 

 C. superciliosa, a new species of Blue Jay, hitherto confounded with 



C. ultramarina, Bonap. By H. E. Strickland, M.A 260 



XXXVI. Note on Mr. W. Thompson's Paper on the Ova of the 

 Large Spotted Dog-fish. By Capt. Portlock, R.E 261 



XXXVII. Note on Euplocamus, Triopa and Idalia. By Joshua 

 Alder, Esq 262 



XXXVIII. On the Occurrence of Phytozoa in Phanerogamous 

 Plants. ByDr.A. Grisebach 264 



XXXIX. On the Rats, Mice, and Shrews of the Central Region of 

 Nepa^ By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., late British Resident at Nepal ... 266 



