GENERAL INDEX. 



609 



Lima, observations on the genus, by Mr. S. V. 

 Wood, 233 ; on the fossil species in the crag, 

 described by Mr. Wood, 234 



Limatula, S. V. Wood, new sub-genus for a sec- 

 tion of Lima, 235 



Limnoria terebrans, its destructiveness to Kyan- 

 ized wood recorded by Dr. Moore, 196 



Lincoln, notice of the strata in the neighbourhood 

 of, 553 



Lion, new fact in the Natural History of, 412 



Liparis Montagui, sent from Portpatrick, 586 



Lithodes Maja, sent from Ballantrae, 585 



Lithodomus, fossil, containing shells of the ge- 

 nus Modiola, 551 



Littorina punctura, Bean, n. sp. described and 

 figured, 62 



London clay, unknown fossil remains from, de- 

 scribed by Mr. Wetherell, 496 



Long, Mr. his farm at Achill noticed, 573 



Lough Derg, 569 



Loxia curvirostra, on the discovery of the nest 

 and eggs of near Farnham, 236 ; young of ob- 

 served at Saffron Walden, 565; breeding of in 

 Gloucestershire, noticed by Mr. Brown, 310 ; 

 in Surrey, by Mr. Long, 311 



Lycopodium inundatum, locality for, 420 



Macacus, fossil , discovery of in the London clay 

 near Woodbridge, 444 ; description of by Prof. 

 Owen, 446 



Mammoth, fossil jaw of, described and figd. 348 



Manentibranchia, name proposed by Mr. Hogg 

 for a section of the Amphibia, 375 



Marmot, German, see Oricetus frumentarius. 



Marsupialia (fossil), traces of erroneously sup- 

 posed to occur in the New Red Sandstone of 

 Germany, 44 ; found in the London clay near 

 Woodbridge, Suffolk, 448 



■ Remains of from Stonesfield treated 



on by M. Valenciennes, 1 ; his reference to Cu- 

 vier's opinion, 1 ; to those of Grant, De Blain- 

 ville, and Agassiz, 3; his own examination and 

 description of the original specimens, 5 ; com- 

 parison of with the Inscctivora and Amphibia 

 7 , his objections to the generic names, — Am- 

 phiyonus, Amphitherium, or Heterotherium, 

 proposal of the name Thylacotherium, 9 



New doubts upon by M. De Blainville, 



49; his reference to the opinions of other zoo- 

 logists, 50 ; quotation of the opinion given by 

 Agassiz in Leonhard and Bronn's Journal, 51 ; 

 his reply to the views of M. Valenciennes, 52; 

 reference to the Basilosaurus, 55 ; his wish to 

 retain the name of Amphitherium, and objec- 

 tion to that of Bothcratiotherium, 56 



■ Abstract of Prof. Owen's paper on the 



Thylacotherium Prcvostii, from the Proceed- 

 ings of the Geological Society, 201; osteologi- 

 cal characters exhibited by the specimens, and 

 reasons for regarding them as mammiferous 

 and marsupial in their nature, 220 ; approxi- 

 mation of the dentition to that of the genus 

 Myrmecobius, 204 



■ Abstract of Prof. Owen's paper on the 



Phascolotherium, 204: recapitulation of the 

 evidence for and against the mammiferous cha- 

 racter of the Thylacotherium, 205: objection 

 founded on the double fangs of the Basilosau- 

 rus considered, 205: characters of the jaw in 

 Phascolotherium, 206: its supposed compound 

 structure, 207 : comparison of with the jaws of 

 IleptUia, 207 



Abstract of Mr. Ogilby's paper on the 



structure and relations of the presumed mar- 

 supial jaws from Stonesfield, 208 : comparison 

 of their characters with those of recent marsu- 

 pials and Insect irora, 208: uncertain nature 

 of the assumed affinities to the Mammalia in 

 preference to the RepiUia, 209 

 Allusion to the discussion on the Stones- 



field remains, in the general editorial article 

 253 



Marsupialia (recent), history and classification 

 of the species inhabiting New Holland, by Mr. 

 Ogilby, 130 : alteration of his opinion as to the 

 integrity of the group, Marsupialia, 130 : con- 

 trast of the New Holland marsupials, to the 

 Mammalia generally of the Old World, 132 : 

 limited number of the species and genera, 133: 

 of the individuals of each species, 135 : anato- 

 my of the Marsupialia in relation to the pro- 

 ductive functions, 135 : original constitution of 

 the genus Didclphis, 257: classification of 

 Shaw and M. Geof. St. Hilaire, 258 : impor- 

 tant additions to the group by llliger, 259 : dis- 

 tribution into twelve natural genera, with their 

 characters, 360 : arrangements of Baron Cuvi- 

 er, Desmarest, and Latreille, 261 : relation be- 

 tween habits and economy in respect to clas- 

 sification, 264: objections to Latreille's ar- 

 rangement, 336 : kind of food and character of 

 dentition noticed in relation to natural classifi- 

 cation, 340: modifications exhibited by the ex- 

 tremities, 342 : arrangement of Mr. Ogilby, 344: 

 the rank which the entire group ought to occu- 

 py, 344 



Marychurch, singular fossil from the neighbour- 

 hood of, 471 



Mastodon, teeth of in the crag of Southwold, 466; 

 Mast, lonyirostris, jaw of discovered in the 

 crag near Norwich, 318 



Melolontha, present arrangement of the species 

 formerly included in that genus, 17 



Menoporna referred to by Mr. Hogg, 370 



Meteorolites, fall of at the Cape, described by Mr. 

 Thompson, 145 



Microscope, improvements in by Mr. Gill, 199 



Mineral precipitates, new fact relating to, 567 



Conchology, see Agassiz. Mr Sowerby's 



intention to proceed with its publication, 417 

 Monkeys, notices of such as are found in the Chi- 

 nese writings, 587 

 Modiola found fossil within the shell of the Li. 



thodomi, 551 

 Monotremata, zoological relations of treated on 



by Mr. Ogilby, 345 

 Murina, Waterhouse, term proposed for a sec- 

 tion of the Rodentia, 92 

 Mus giganteus, cranium of figured, 275 

 Navicula tripunctata, found in Ireland, 355 

 Necrodes litloralis, pupa of figured and describ- 

 ed, 560 

 Nephrodium dilatatum, its three distinct types of 



form, 551 

 Ncuropterides, Gopp. characters of, 543 

 Neuropteris, Brong., characters of the genus, 



543 

 Norwich, crag of, treated upon, 316 

 Octopus octopodia procured at Portpatrick, 586 

 Odontoptosis, Brong., characters of the genus, 



547 

 Ondatra zibethica, cranium of figured, 599 

 Opossum, see Marsupialia. 

 Ornithorhynchus, manner of rearing its young 



345 

 Osmerus, capture of a new species near Rothsay, 



364 

 Otaria, reference to the angle of the jaw, 8 

 Otodus, tooth of figured and described, 351 

 Pac/rypteris, characters of the genus, 456 

 Payurus referred to by Prof. Owen, 424 

 Paper Nautilus, see Argonauta. 

 Park, St. James's, remarks on the Water Fowl 



preserved there, 469 

 Partridge, Red-legged, see Pcrdix rubra. 

 Pastor, rose-coloured, taken at Penzance, 467 

 Peltastes, Agass. characters of the genus, 502 

 Pcntamera, Mr. Shuckard's arrangement of, 505 

 Ptrdix rubra, on the habits of and introduction 



