502 



I N D E X. 



Lindley, Prof., on new genera and species 

 of orchidaceous plants, 106, 256, 383. 



Link, M., on the origin of the corms of 

 Colchicum, 214. 



Linnaean Society, proceedings of the, 190, 

 284, 423, 495. 



Lophyrus, new species of, 360. 



Loris, on the habits of the, 59. 



Lycaste, new species of, 383. 



Macacus, new species of, 457. 



M*^Calla's, W., Algae Hibernicae, noticed, 

 189. 



M'^Coy, F., contributions to the fauna of 

 Ireland, 270. 



M'Nab, J., account of a botanical tour 

 through part of the United States and 

 Canada, 64, 351, 353. 



Macropus, new species of, 129. 



Main, J., remarks on vegetable physio- 

 logy, 198. 



Malurus, new species of, 133. 



Mammalia, descriptions of new, 129; on 

 the classification of, 422 ; observations 

 on some, 427 ; notes on various, with 

 descriptions of new species, 449. 



Marginella, new species of, 50. 



Martins, M. von, on the growth of the 

 stem of palms and on the decurrence 

 of the leaves, 415. 



Masdevallia, new species of, 256. 



Maxillaria, new species of, 383. 



Medusa proboscidalis, observations on 

 the, 196. 



Megascolex, on a new species of, 60. 



Melanogaster, on a new British species of, 

 41. 



Meteorological observations, 71, 143, 215, 

 295, 375, 447. 



Mice of Nepal, descriptions of the, 266. 



Microscope, on the preservation of ob- 

 jects of natural history for the, 104, 242. 



Microstylis, new species of, 256. 



Milne Edwards, M., on some submarine 

 explorations by, 68. 



Miscellanea Zoologica, 145. 



Mitra, new species of, 477. 



Mohl, H. von, on the import of the in- 

 ferior paleae of the grasses, 174 ; on the 

 penetration of the cuticle into the 

 stomata, 217. 



Mollusca, httoral, on the laws which re- 

 gulate the geographical distribution of, 

 42. 



Mollusca, new species of, 311. 



Mollusca nudibranchiata, anatomy of, 1, 

 77. 



Morris, J., on the occurrence of PoUicipes 

 in the Oxford clay, 30 ; on some new 

 species of Ancyloceras, 31. 



Murex saxatilis, on the growth of, 140. 



Mus, new species of, 266. 



Muscicapa, new species of, 128. 



Muscle, on the structure of the ultimate 

 fibre of the, 279. 



Myadora, monograph of the genus, 61. 



Myriapoda, on the reproduction of lost 

 parts in, 279. 



Mystropetalon, observations on the genus, 

 193. 



Nautilograpsus minutus, description of, 

 73. 



Neaera, new species of, 125. 



Nemertes, new species of, 378. 



Nereides, on the British, 145. 



Newport, G., on the reproduction of lost 

 parts in Myriapoda and Insects, 279, 

 373 ; on the structure and development 

 of the blood-corpuscle in Insects, 281 ; 

 on the destruction of the orange-trees 

 in the Azores, 294, 



Nymphon, on a new British species of, 

 293. 



Octodon, new species of, 428. 



Odontoglossum, new species of, 256. 



Odostomia, new species of, 315. 



Oncidiura, new species of, 383. 



Orchidaceae, new genera and species of, 

 106, 256, 383. 



Oreocincla, new species of, 326. 



Orphnus, new species of, 441. 



Owen, Prof., on the Dicynodon, 138 ; on 

 certain Belemnites from the Oxford 

 clay, 277. 



Pachycephala, new species of, 133. 



Palaemon natator, description of, 74. 



Palms, on the growth of the stem of, 415. 



Parus, new species of, 326. 



Peach, C. \V., on the "Nigger" or " Cot- 

 ton-spinner" of the Cornish fishermen, 

 171 ; on the development of Doris, 

 445 ; on the nidi of Buccinum reticu- 

 latum, 446. 



Pecten, on a new British species of, 350. 



Perameles, new species of, 130. 



Phaeocordylis, characters of the new 

 genus, 194. 



Phascogale, new species of, 131. 



Phytozoa, on the occurrence of, in phane- 

 rogamous plants, 264. 



Plants, on the geographical distribution 

 "of, 11, 89 ; on some rare British, 139; 

 on the stigma of, 193 ; on the move- 

 ment of the sap in, 198, 424 ; on the 

 occurrence of Phytozoa in, 264 ; on 

 the nutrition of, 350 ; on the structure 

 of certain tissues in, 495. 



Platner, E, A,, on the formation of capil- 

 laries, 372. 



Platycercus, on a new species of, 114. 



Pleurothallis, new species of, 384. 



Pieurotoma, new species of, 316. 



Podiceps, new species of, 142. 



