CONTENTS. Vll 



Page 

 Insects. By Edward Doubleday, Esq., F.L.S., Assistant in the Zoo- 

 logical Department of the British Museum, &c 385 



XLIII. Notices of new or rare British Animals observed during 

 Cruises in 1845 and 1846. By Robert M'Andrew, Esq., and Pro- 

 fessor Edward Forbes. (With a Plate.) 390 



XLIV. Characters of undescribed Chalcidites collected in North 

 America by E. Doubleday, Esq., and now in the British Museum. By 

 Francis Walker, F.L.S 392 



New Books : — Flore de I'Alg^rie, on Catalogue des Plantes indigenes du 

 Royaume d' Alger, par G. Munby. — The Ancient World ; or Pic- 

 turesque Sketches of Creation, by D. T. Ansted, M.A., F.R.S. 

 &c 398—401 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh 401—424 



Occurrence of Sertularia elongata, Lamouroux ; Description of two new 

 genera of Shells, by Dr. Philippi ; Infusorial Deposit at Dolgelly, 

 North Wales ; A Sketch of the Geology of Texas, by Dr. Ferdinand 

 Rcemer; Meteorological Observations and Table 425 — 432 



NUMBER CXXIX. SUPPLEMENT. 



XLV. On the Larval State and Metamorphosis of the Ophiuridce 

 and EchinidcB. By Prof. J.MiJller. (With a Plate.) 433 



XLVI. Notes on the genus of Insects Otiorhynckus, with descrip- 

 tions of new species. By John Walton, F.L.S. (With a Plate.) ... 445 



Proceedings of the Linuaean Society; Zoological Society 453—1^470 



Monstrous Roses 470 



Index 475 



