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XXII. On the Habits and Reproduction of some Marine Animals. 



By M. Coste 197 



XXIII. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



By F.Walker 202 



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XXIV. On Fecundation in Eudorina elegans and Cryptoglena. By 



H. J. Carter, Esq., H.C.S. Bombay. (With a Plate.) 23/ 



XXV. On the Parasitism of Osyris alba. By Dr. J. E. Planchon. 254 



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XXVII. Description of a new species of Grass Finch from New 

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XXVIII. Descriptions of some apparently unrecorded species of 

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By Adam White, Assist. Zool. Dept. Brit. Mus 264 



XXIX. On Sarcodictyon catenata, Forbes. By P. H. Gosse, 

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XXX. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



By F. Walker 280 



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