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INDEX. 



Cerithium, new species of, 97. 

 Certhinae, new genera of, 351. 

 Ceryle, habits of some species of, 80. 

 Ceyx, new species of, 129. 

 Chalcidites, descriptions of new, 227, 



392. 

 Chalcophaps, on the Indian species of, 



99. 

 Chalk, on the formation of the flints 



ofthe, 1,249, 289. 

 Chama, new species of, 270. 

 Chelura terebrans, observations on, 



361. 

 China, on the tea-plant of, 355. 

 Chiton and Chitonellus, structure and 



comparative physiology of, 454. 

 Ciconia, on the habits of some species 



of, 90. 

 Cinclus aquaticus, on the habits of, 



372. 

 Climacteris, new species of, 136. 

 Clouston, C., on the formation of cy- 

 lindrical masses of snow in Orkney, 



285. 

 Coleoptera, new British, 379. 

 Columba, on the Indian species of,101 . 

 Columbidse of India, 41, 98, 179. 

 Copris, on the habits of species of. 



Corals, stony, outline of an arrange- 

 ment of the, 120. 



Cowiy, on the calcifying functions of 

 the, 197; description of a new spe- 



. cies of, 346. 



Crabro cephalotes, on the habits of, 

 61. 



Crustacea, decapodous, anatomy of 

 the shell ofthe, 353 ; account of an 

 amphipodous, destructive to sub- 

 marine timber- works, 361. 



Cryptobia, description of the new ge- 

 nus, 209. 



Cryptocephalidse, descriptions of new, 

 61. 



Cryptophagus cellaris, note on, 458. 



Cuckoo, on the habits of the, 373. 



Cylindrella, new species of, 270. 



Cynipites, descriptions of new, 227. 



Cypraea, new species of, 346. 



Cysticola, new species of, 348. 



Dawsonia, on a new species of, 226. 



Deer, on the red corpuscles of the 

 blood of the Meminna, 405. 



Dendrocolaptes susurrans, description 

 of, 81. 



Denny, W., on the geographical dis- 



tribution of birds in the West In- 

 dies, 464. 



Denudations, on the causes and amount 

 of, 275. 



Derby, The Earl of, on struthionine 

 birds in the menagerie at Knowsley, 

 350. 



D'Hombres Firmas, Baron de, on the 

 seals of Linnaeus, 455. 



Dickeson, Dr., on some fossil human 

 bones, 213. 



Dischidia, on the impregnation of, 

 456. 



Doubleday, E., on some new species 

 of the genus Gynautocera from 

 Northern India, 73; on a new species 

 of the genus Actias of Hiibner, from 

 Northern India, 95 ; on new or im- 

 perfectly described lepidopterous 

 insects, 173, 385; on Chalcidites 

 collected in North America by, 392. 



Dredging excursion, notes on a, 160. 



Dufosse, M., on the development of 

 the Echinid^, 282. 



Dysporus, new species of, 236. 



Echinidse, on the development of the, 

 282 ; on the larval state and meta- 

 morphosis of the, 433. 



Enchodus, on some remains of, 7- 



Entomological Society, proceedings of 

 the, 58. 



Entozoa, new genus and species of, 

 209. 



Entozoon, description of a new species 

 of, 284. 



Eulimella, new British species of, 311. 



Euterpe, new species of, 385. 



Evans, W. F., on two new species of 

 moths taken at great distances from 

 land, 67. 



Faiiy rings, observations on, 208. 



Falconer, Dr. H., on the Assafcetida 

 plant of Central Asia, 199 ; on Ga- 

 moplexis, an undescribed genus of 

 orchideous plants, 453. 



Ferns collected in Ireland, on, 457- 



Field, Barron, notice ofthe late, 191. 



Fish from Quellimane, new genus of 

 labyrinthi-bronchial, 384. 



Fleming, Rev. Dr., on the defoliation 

 of trees, 277- 



Flints of the chalk, on the formation 

 ofthe, 1,249,289. 



Forbes, Prof. E., on new or rare Bri- 

 tish animals observed in 1845 and 

 1846, 96, 390. 



