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GENERAL INDEX, 



Conferrites, characters of the genus, 453 



( ■...•iiln-ash, Catalogue of its fossils at Scarbo- 

 rough, by Mr. Bean, 57 



Cottcca, characters of the genus, 454 



Crag, the relative ages of its separate deposits 

 considered, 313; niammaliferous, list of its fos- 

 sil shells, 327; fossils, presentation of to the 

 Geological Society by Mr. "Wood, 363 



Crane-fly, projection of its eggs, 566 



Cricetus auratus, cranium of figured, 276; Cri. 

 frumentarius, general description of, 473 ; its 

 anatomy, 476 ; habits, 479 ; food, 480 ; dispo- 

 sition, 481 ; enemies, 533 ; propagation, 534 ; 

 hybernation, 577; injury and use, 580; me- 

 thods of catching and destroying, 583; Cri. 

 vulgaris, lower jaw of figured, 279 



Crossbill, see Lox'ia curvirostra. 



Crustacea, Mr. MacLeay's remarks on criticised, 

 42 ; malacostracous, catalogue of, occurring on 

 the coast of South Devon, by Dr. Moore, 284 



Cuttle-fish, see Octopvs. 



Cyynus, remarks on the crania of British species 

 of, by Mr. Pelerin, 178; Cyg. immutabilis, 

 cranium of figured and described, by Mr. Pe- 

 lerin, 179 



Cypselus Apus, large assemblage of at Black- 

 burn, 199 



Cyrena trigonula, occurrence of in the crag at 

 Southwold, 316 



Danceacece, characters of, 456 



Danceites, characters of the genus, 457 



Darwin, Mr. his researches in South America 

 referred to by Mr. Lyell, 326 



Deshayes, M. his opinion respecting the propor- 

 tion of the extinct to recent crag species, 325 



Desnoyers, M. his Memoir on the crag and fa- 

 luns* of Touraine, 324 



Diatoma found fossil in Ireland, 353 



Dipus hirtipes, skull of figured, 186 



Dogger Bank, fossil jaw of Mammoth procured 

 there, 348 



Dorsetshire, Geology of the south-east of, 390 



Dragon-flies, great migration of in Germany, 516 



Eagle, white-headed, see Falco albicilla. 



Echinodermata, their arrangement by M. Agas- 

 siz, 501 



Echinorhynchus filicolUs, described and figd. 

 66; Ech. Hystrix, described and figured, 63 



Eel, electric, see Gymnotus electricus. 



Egret, great, see Ardea alba. 



Endoyenites, British species of, 456 



Entozoa, Irish, papers on by Dr. Drummond,63 



Erica Mediterrauea, found by Mr. Newman at 

 Clew Bay, 570 



Eudicella, White, new generic name for a section 

 of the genus Guliathus, 29 



Eustheuia, reference to by Mr. Newman, 32 ; — 

 Eust. Thalia, Newman* n. sp. described, 33 



Excipulites, characters of the genus, 454 



Falco ulbicilla, siugular capture of at Potsdam, 

 197; capture of at Swafl'ham, 198 



Ferns, Irish, notes on by Mr Newman, 548 



Fieldfares, on their breeding in Britain, 467 



Filaria capsularia, occurrence of in the halibut 

 noticed by Dr. Drummond, 230 



Elamborough Head, locality for fossil zoophytes, 



Foot-marks, fossil, in the Stourton stone-quar- 

 ries, observations on by Dr. Grant, 43 

 Fox squirrel, see Sciurus capistratus. 

 Frog, extinct species of found in amber, 256 

 Fucoides, characters of the genus, 453 

 Fuhyvla cristata, brood of reared in St. James's 



Park, 469 

 Galathea strigosa and rugosa found at Portpa- 



trick, 587 

 Geomys umbrimis, skull of figured, 596 

 Gobillus brrvkaudatus, cranium of figured, 276 

 GcrS. Indkus, cranium of figured, 276 



Giants' Causeway noticed, 549 



Giraffe, birth of at the Zoological Gardens, 363 ; 

 chace of described by Capt. Harris, 404 



Gleicheniece, characters of, 457 



Gleichenites, characters of the genus, 457 



Glockeria, characters of the genus, 456 



Gobius bipunctatus taken at Portpatrick, 586 



Goliathus, remarks upon the genus, 27; Gol. 

 Morgani, White, n. sp. described and figd. 28 



Goniophorus, Agass. characters of the genus, 502 



Goniopyyus, Agass. characters of the genus, 502 



G oshawks, manner of using in the field, 603 



Granite, erratic block of, 472 



Graphosoma interruptum, White, n. sp. describ- 

 ed, 541 ; Graph. Wusoni, White, n. sp. de- 

 scribed, 540 



Gray, Mr. J. E., his opinion on the parasitism 

 of the argonaut referred to, 428 



Gymnotus electricus, notice of by Mr. Bradley, 

 564 



Halichcerus Gryphus observed at Boundstone, 

 575 



Hamster, see Cricetus frumentarius 



Hasbro, remains of Mammoth found there, 348 



Hectocotylus mistaken by Madame Power for the 

 young of the argonaut, 421 



Helix hispida found in the mammaliferous crag, 

 320 



Heterotherium, Blainv. reference to the name, 

 by M.Valenciennes. 9 



Hexodon, species of, 173 



Hippopotamus described by Capt. Harris, 409 



Holothuria Physalis, see Physalia. 



Hoy, Mr. J. D. notice of his decease, 604 



Hyas coarctatus found at Portpatrick, 587 



Hybodus Delabechei, Charlesworth, n. sp. de- 

 scribed, 243 



Hybodus, on the supposed frontal spine of, by 

 Mr. Charlesworth, 245 ; on a second species of 

 the frontal spine of, by Mr. Ogilby, 279 ; on a 

 supposed spine of in the Bath Museum, 282 ; 

 note respecting by Miss Aiming, 605 



Hymenotes, observations on the genus> by Mr. 

 Westwood, 489 



Hystricina, Waterhouse, proposed section of the 

 Rodenlia, 92 



Ichthyodorulites, observations on, 242 



Ignes fatui, observations on by Prof. Bessel, 197 



Infusoria, fossil, discovery of in Ireland, record- 

 ed by Dr. Drummond, 353 ; researches of Prof. 

 Ehrenberg relating to the, 508 



Isocardia tiiangularis, Bean, n. sp. from the 

 cornbrash of Scarborough, described ana figd. 

 60 



Isogenus, new species of, described by Mr. New- 

 man, 84 



Karstenia, characters of the genus, 454 



Kentucky rifle-shooters, skill of, 403 



Kirtlington, Oxfordshire, list of rare plants found 

 there by Mr. Saunders, 239 



Lamellibranchiata, their anatomy, 123 ; muscu- 

 lar system, 126 ; nervous system, 129 ; diges- 

 tive system, 164 ; circulating system, 167, re- 

 spiratory system, 169 ; reproductive system, 

 439 ; diseases and parasitical animals, 443 



Lamellicorn Beetles, observations on by Mr. 

 Hope, 17 



Lamia Boisduvalii, Hope, n. sp. described, 230 ; 

 Lamia Lucia, Newman, n. sp. described, 147 



Lantauvm, discovered by Prof. Kersten, 472 



LegvminQMB, artificial arrangement of the gene- 

 ra, by Mr. Bird, 181 



Leporma, Waterhouse, proposed term for a sec- 

 tion of the Ilocloitia, 93 



Leptot erla, Newman, n. g. described, 89 



Lettrts Pomarinvs procured at Ballantrae, 585 ; 

 dimensions of, 586 



LibfUvta dcj rcssa and quadrimacidata, migra- 

 tion of, 516 



