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INDEX. 



Limnoria terebrans, ravages of, 181. 



Limosa Meyeri and L. rubra, specific 

 difference between, 136. 



Lindley's, Prof., Sertum Orchidaceum, 

 notice of, 157. 



Linnaean Society, Proceedings of, 372. 



Lotus, observations on the British spe- 

 cies of, 260. 



Loven, M.,on the new genus Evadne, 136. 



Lowe's, Rev. R. T., History of the Fishes 

 of Madeira, noticed, 369. 



Luminosity of the sea, an act of animal 

 life, 122. 



Macaulay, Mr., on the effects of vegeta- 

 tion on the atmosphere, 141. 



Macdonald, Dr., on the osseous structure 

 of Fishes, 69. 



MacLeay, W. S., on some new forms of 

 Arachnida, 1. 



Mammalia, notices of new and rare spe- 

 cies of, 146. 



Marchantia polymorpha, existence of 

 Spermatozoa in the anthers of, 138. 



Martens, M., on hybridity in Ferns, 236. 



Martin, Mr., description of a new Rhi- 

 nolophus, 72 ; on a new species of 

 Hedgehog, 73 ; on the new genus Echi- 

 nops, 153 ; on the anatomy of the 

 Spotted Cavy, 380 ; on three Chame- 

 leons, 475. 



Meteorological Observations and Tables, 

 79, 159, 239,311,383,481. 



Meyen, Prof., on vegetable Spermatozoa, 

 138 ; on the formation of the fibrous 

 cells in Plants, 190. 



Mikania, description of a new species of, 

 109. 



Modiolus discrepans, animal of, 480. 



Mollusca, on the land and freshwater, of 

 Algiers, 250. 



Monochirus, on the British species of, 

 402. 



Moseley, Rev. H., on the geometrical 

 forms of turbinated and discoid shells, 

 370. 



Mosses, Scottish and American, notice of, 

 157. 



Motella cimbria, a new British Fish, de- 

 scribed, 39. 



Muscicapidae, natural arrangement and 

 relations of the family of, noticed, 64. 



Myrmarachne, description of the genus, 

 10. 



Myrsineae, new species of, 47. 



Mysis Fabricii, observations on, 178. 



Mystropetalon, description of the new 

 genus, 385. 



Nasturtium anceps, occurrence of, 235. 



Natterer, Dr. J., on a new anomalous 

 reptile, 309. 



Newcastle Meeting of the British Asso- 

 ciation noticed, 156. 



Newman, E., on the synonymy of Passan- 



dra, with descriptions of some new 

 species, 388. 



Nops, description of the genus, 2. 



Odyneri, industrv and metamorphoses of 

 the, 158. 



Ogilby, Mr., notices of new and rare spe- 

 cies of Mammalia, 146 ; on the pecu- 

 liarities in the structure of the hand of 

 a new species of Galago, 147; on a 

 new species of Kangaroo, 229 ; on the 

 genus Chscropus, 232 ; on some spe- 

 cies of Kangaroo Rats, 474. 



Ononis antiquorum, observations on, 95. 



Ooclinium, description of a new species 

 of, 108. 



Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala, 

 notice of, 157. 



Otiothops, description of the genus, 12. 



Owen, R., description of Pleiosaurus 

 macrocephalus, 64 ; notes on the ana- 

 tomy of the Nubian Giraffe, 148, 227 ; 

 on the organs of deglutition of the 

 Giraffe, 376 ; on the anatomy of the 

 Dugong, 300 ; of the Apteryx, 377. 



Paine, T., notes on the hairy-armed bat, 

 181,481- 



Palaemon variabilis, metamorphoses of, 

 178. 



Paludina, new species of, 254. 



Panopaea australis, description of the ani- 

 mal of, 158. 



Paramaecium Aurelia, circular motion of 

 the inner cells in the, 123. 



Paramoudras, organic origin of, 161. 



Parnell, Dr. R., on a new species of Bri- 

 tish Fish, 39. 



Passandra, monograph of, 388 ; descrip- 

 tions of new species of, 393. 



Patella and Pholas, on perforations made 

 by, 72. 



Perameles, on a new species of, 143. 



Physiology, history, and management of 

 the Honey-Bee, reviewed, 293. 



Pictet, M., on the writings of Goethe re- 

 lative to Natural History, 313. 



Pinus and Abies, remarks on the c\dti- 

 vation of some species of, 1 63. • 



Pipe-fish, observations on, 96 ; remark- 

 able peculiarity existing in the sexes 

 of, 97; metamorphosis observed in, 

 451. 



Pisidium Lumstenianum, description of, 

 255. 



Planorbis, new species of, 254. 



Plantae Javanicae Rariores, reviewed, 214, 

 294. 



Plants, notices of new British, 28 ; col- 

 lected by Mr. Schomburgk in British 

 Guiana, descriptions of the, 105, 441 ; 

 on the motions of, 138,223; repro- 

 ductive system of, 142; occurrence 

 of copper in, 159 ; formation of the 

 fibrous cells of, 190 ; observations on 



