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INDEX. 



Limpet, on the habits of the, 70. 

 Linnaean Society, award of medals, 



141 ; proceedings of the, 190, 453. 

 Linnaeus, on the seals of, 455. 

 Locusta, on the mechanism which 



closes the wings of the genus, 



214. 

 Lush, Dr. C, notice of the late, 194. 

 Lycopodiaceae, on the development of 



the, 27, 109, 240,317. 

 M*Andrew, Robert, on new or rare 



British animals observed in 1845 



and 1846, 96, 390. 

 M'Coy, F., on the Irish species of 



Cephaloptera, 176. 

 Macropygia, on the Indian species of, 



179. 

 Main, J., notice of the late, 195. 

 Malacopteron, new species of, 132. 

 Mammalia, distribution of, on the 



Austrahan continent, observations 



on the, 55. 

 Megalorhina, characters of the new 



genus, 66. 

 Meloe, on the natural history, ana- 

 tomy and development of, 346. 

 Meteorological observations, 71, 143, 



215, 287, 431. 

 Microscopical Society, proceedings of 



the, 69, 136. 

 Minhocao of the Goyanese, notice re- 

 specting the, 140. 

 Mirafra, new species of, 348. 

 MoUusca, testaceous, descriptions of 



new British, 96. 

 Montague, C, on a second form of 



fructification in PeyssonneHa Squa- 



maria, 155. 

 Morton, Dr. S. G., on two living hy- 

 brid fowls, between Gallus and Nu- 



mida, 210. 

 Miiller, M., on the development of the 



Lycopodiace«, 27, 109, 240. 

 Miiller, Prof. J., on the larval state 



and metamoi*phosis of the Ophiu- 



ridae and Echinidse, 433. 

 Munby, G., Flore de I'Algerie, ou Ca- 

 talogue des plantes indigenes du 



royaume d' Alger, notice of, 398. 

 Murchison, Sir R. I., on the Silurian 



rocks of Cornwall, 326. 

 Mus, new species of, 351. 

 Mylobates striatus, fossil remains of, 



25. 

 N.aiadae, on a remarkable entozoon 



found in the, 284. 



Narthex, characters of the new genus, 

 199. 



Newport, G., on the reproduction of 

 lost parts in the Articulata, 145 ; 

 on the genus Atya, 158; on Crypto- 

 phagus cellaris, 458 ; on the natu- 

 ral history, anatomy and develop- 

 ment of Meloe, 346. 



New Zealand, notes on the fauna of, 

 197. 



Oculina prolifera, on a British speci- 

 men of, 279. 



Omias, on the British species of, 314. 



Opalina, new species of, 284. 



Ophiuridae, on the larval state and 

 metamorphosis of the, 433. 



Ornithology of the island of Tohago, 

 78; on South American, 419. 



Ornithoptera, new species of, 173. 



Otiorhynchus, observations on British 

 species of, 445. 



Otter, on the breeding of the, in the 

 Zoological Gardens, Regent's Park, 

 418. 



Owen, Prof., on an ichthyolite from 

 Sheppey, 25 ; lectures on the com- 

 parative anatomy and physiology of 

 the vertebrate animals, noticed, 187; 

 on the fundamental type and homo- 

 logies of the vertebrate skeleton, 

 202. 



Owl, white, observations on the, 371. 



Palolo, a sea-worm eaten in the Navi- 

 gator Islands, 409. 



Papilio, new species of, 174. 



Parmacella, new species of, 262. 



Parra, on some Indian species of, 164. 



Patterson's, R., Introduction to Zoo- 

 logy, notice of, 56. 



Pelagia in the British seas, species of, 

 390. 



Penella, new species of, 280. 



Pericrocotus, new species of, 131. 



Peters, Dr. W., on a new genus of 

 labyrinthi-bronchial fish from Quel- 

 limane, 384. 



Petroica, new species of, 135. 



PeyssonneHa Squamaria, on a form of 

 fructification in, 155. 



Pfeifi'er, Dr. L., on thirty-eight new 

 species of land shells, 262. 



Phascolomys vombatus, on the skull 

 of, 469. 



Philippi, Dr., on new genera of shells, 

 425. 



Picus, new species of, 133. 



