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 Lymph-globules of Birds ; Scarabus castaneus ; Arctic Tern ; Galium 



cruciatum; On a new species of Lagomys inhabiting Nepal, by B. 

 H. Hodgson, Esq., Resident at the Court of Nepal ; Notice of a new 

 form of the Glaucopince, or Rasorial Crows, inhabiting the North- 

 ern region of Nepal, by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. ; Meteorological Ob- 

 servations and Table 73 — 80 



NUMBER LXIII. 



XIII. Descriptions of new Shells. By Richard Brinsley Hinds, 

 Esq., Surgeon R.N. (With a Plate.) 81 



XIV. On the spongeous origin of Moss Agates and other siliceous 

 bodies. By J. S. Bowerbank, Esq., F.G.S. (With three Plates.) 

 {Concluded.) 84 



XV. On some new Insects from Western Africa. By the Rev. P. 



W. Hope, F.R.S., F.L.S. {Continued.) 91 



XVI. A brief Account of two Peruvian Mummies in the Museum of 

 the Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. By P. F. Bellamy, 

 Surgeon, of Plymouth 95 



XVII. On the characters of the British Violets. By Charles C. 

 Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 100 



XVIII. Proposed Arrangement of the Echinodermata, particularly 

 as regards the Crinoidea and a Subdivision of the Class Adelostella 

 {Echinidce). By Thomas Austin, Esq., and Thomas Austin, Jun. ... 106 



XIX. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered by C. Darwin, Esq., 

 near Valparaiso. By Francis Walker, F.L.S 113 



XX. Short notice of a Botanical Trip to the Highlands of Scotland. 



By Professor J. H. Balfour, M.D 117 



XXI. Excerpta Zoological On Metamorphoses among Intestinal 

 Worms. Communicated by W. Francis, Ph. D., A.L.S 118 



XXII. Description of a new species of Poa. By Richard Parnell, 

 M.D., F.R.S.E., &c. (With a Plate.) ..., 121 



XXIII. Information respecting Scientific Travellers 124 



New Books : — Iconografia della Fauna Italica, by C. L. Bonaparte, 

 Prince of Canino. — Algae maris Mediterranei et Adriatici, obser- 

 vationes in diagnosin specierum et dispositionem generum, auctore 

 J. G. Agardh 127—131 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Geological Society 131 — 153 



Plumatella repens ; Notes on the uses of some Madagascar Plants to 

 the Natives ; On the Nuclei of the Blood-corpuscles of the Verte- 

 brata ; On the Structure of Fibrine ; Discovery of a Chambered 

 Univalve Fossil in the Eocene Tertiary of James River, Virginia, 



