CONTENTS. V 



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 and Intestines during the digestion of herbivorous aild carnivorous 

 Ai^imals, by MM. Gruby and Delafond ; Development and Pro- 

 pagation of Serpents ; On a new species of Haematozoon, Trypa- 

 nosoma sanguinis, by M. Gruby ; Meteorological Observations and 

 Table 154—160 



NUMBER LXXXIII. 



XXI. Description of a new Genus of Nudibranchiate Mollusca, with 

 some new species of Eolis. By Joshua Alder and Albany Hancock, 

 Esqrs. (With a Plate.) 161 



XXII. Catalogue of Irish Entozoa, with observations. By O'Bryen 

 Bellingham, M.D., Fellow of and Professor of Botany to the Royal 

 College of Surgeons in Ireland, &c. (Continued.) 167 



XXIII. Descriptions of some new species of Birds found in the 

 neighbourhood of Calcutta. By Edward Blyth, Esq., Curator to the 

 Museum of the Asiatic Society of Bengal 175 



XXIV. Descriptions of some newly discovered species of Araneidea. 



By John Blackwall, Esq., F.L.S c 179 



XXV. Observations on a new species of (Enanihe. By the Rev. 



W. H. Coleman, M.A., F.B.S. (With a Plate.) 188 



XXVI. 'Yhe Musci audi Hepaticce of Tee^didXe. By Richard Spruce, 

 Esq., F.B.S 191 



XXVII. On the Nidi of Purpura lapillus and of Buccinum reticu- 

 latum. By Mr. Charles Wm. Peach 203 



XXVIII. Notes on Mr. Blyth's " Further notice of the Species of 

 Birds occurring in the vicinity of Calcutta." By H. E. Strickland, 

 M.A 204 



XXIX. Notes on British species of the genus Bruchus, with De- 

 scriptions of two species not hitherto recorded as indigenous. By 

 John Walton, Esq ,.. 206 



New Books : — Anatomical Manipulation; or, the Methods of pursuing 

 Practical Investigations in Comparative Anatomy and Physiology, 

 by Alfred Tulk, M.R.C.S., and Arthur Henfrey, A.L.S.— Ent- 

 wicklung des Hummereies, &c., by Dr. M. P. Erdl. — The Botany 

 of the Voyage of H. M.S. Sulphur; edited by R. B. Hinds, Esq.'; 

 the Botanical descriptions by G. Bentham, Esq. — Supplement to 

 English Botany.— HistoireNaturelle des Zoophytes : — Acalepkes, 

 par Rene-Primevere Lesson 212 216 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society; Zoological Society; Entomo- 

 logical Society 217 234 



Note upon the Habits of the Common Toad ; Propagation of the genus 

 Syllis ; Vessels pierced by the Weapon of the Sword-fish ; Upon 

 the Secretion of Silk ; Fucus Labillardierii, Turn. ; Kentish Birds • 

 Meteorological Observations and Table 234 240 



