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INDEX TO VOL. IX. 



AbROPUS, a new genus of Carabidae, 



134. 

 Acropeltis, description of the new genus, 



419. 

 Adeiia nereifolia, peculiar structure in, 86. 

 Agaricus, new species of, 444. 

 Agassiz, Prof., on the progress recently 



made in the natural history of the 



Echinodermata, 189,296. 

 Alder and Hancock, Messrs., on new 



species of nudi branch ous MoUusca, 31. 

 Algae, new species of, 252, 418. 

 Alnus, review of the genus, 48. 

 Ammonites, on the mouths of, 578, 

 Amphiprion, new species of, 390. 

 Animals, notes on marine, 256 ; on the 



temperature of cold-blooded, 259. 

 Annelides, description of new, 490 ; on 



the organs of hearing in, 502. 

 Anoplura of Britain, notice of Mr. Denny's 



work on, 438. 

 Apocyrtus, new species of, 302. 

 Apogon, new species of, 16. 

 Arachnida, descriptions of new, 491 ; fos- 

 sil, 162. 

 Araucaria, new species of, 244. 

 Archiac, M. de, on the genus Murchiso- 



nia, 278. 

 Arcyria, new species of, 447. 

 Austin, T., on Sterna arctica, 434. 

 Australia, contributions to the ichthyology 



of, 15, 120, 207, 384. 

 Babingion, Ch. C, on Valerianella olitoria 



and gibbosa, 104 ; on Dryas octopetala, 



1 54 ; on Fumaria parviflora, 350. 

 Balanidea, remarks on the, 502. 

 Balfour, Dr., on some genera of ferns, 156. 

 Ball, Mr., on the Cephalopoda of the 



Irish seas, 348. 

 Barry, Dr. M., on fibre, 258. 

 Bat, new species of, 481. 

 Bee-eater, history and habits of the, 226. 

 Bennett, Dr. J. H., on parasitic fungi 

 J g^wvV^SVv growing on living animals, 66. 



. Berkeley, Rev. M.J., remarks on M. Mon- 



'^^■''(-'^'■'•''^'t^'^ tagne's organographic and physiologic 



yvvvi-cw.. sketch of the class Fungi, 1, 107, 230, 



.„. rt I 283 ; on new fungi from South Ame- 



V^. Vo ^ • rica and the islands of the Pacific, 443. 



Betula, review of the genus, 44. 



Bird, on mucor observed growing in the 

 air-cells of a, 131. 



Birds, occurrence of rare British, 79, 353; 

 of Ireland, 141, 221, 373; of Australia, 

 reviewed, 337 ; from the Andes in 

 Chile, 509 ; on some remarkable nests 

 of, 145. 



Blumenbach, Prof., bibliographical notice 

 of, 355. 



Blyth, Mr., on some animals of North 

 Africa, 62. 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh, Proceed- 

 ings of the, 67, 153, 250, 350, 513. 



Botanical Society of London, Proceedings 

 of the, 248, 515. 



Botany, contributions to structural, 8 1 ; 

 geographic, general observations on, 

 169, 311, 469, 521 ; the London Jour- 

 nal of, noticed, 420. 



Bovista, new species of, 447. 



Brightwell, T., on some species of fresh- 

 water leeches, 11. 



Brooke, J., on three species of Orang 

 Utans, 54. 



Buckland's, Rev. Dr., anniversary address 

 to the Geological Society, 156. 



Buprestidae, new species of, 248. 



Campanularia, new species of, 465. 



Cantor, Dr. T., on the flora and fauna of 

 Chusan, 265,361, 481. 



Carabideous insects, collected by C. Dar- 

 win, 134. 



Carinaria, on a new species of, 140. 



Centropistes scorpenoides, description of, 

 120. 



Cephalopoda, notices on some, 349. 



Cercopidae, new species of, 119. 



Cetiosaurus, description of the skeleton of 

 the, 573. 



Chaeropus, characters of, 41. 



Charlesworth, Mr., on some mammalia 

 and birds collected in Mexico, 59, 



Cheiroptera, new species of, 481. 



Chitones, new species of, 60. 



Chusan, on the flora and fauna of, 265, 

 361, 481. 



Cicadidae, new species of, 118. 



Clatbrus crispus, description of, 446. 



