CONTENTS. V 



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 New Books : — A History of British Starfishes, by I'M ward Forbes. — 



A General History of Animalcules : Part I., by A. Pritchard. 127 — 140 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Geological Society; Botanical 

 Society of London ; Microscopical Society of London ; Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh 141—158 



Maianthemum bifolium ; Dr. Patrick Neill ; Collections of Plants, Birds, 



and Minerals ; Meteorological Observations and Table ... 158 — 160 



NUMBER LXIX. 



XXV. On a new Genus of Algce belonging to the family of the 

 Nostochince. By Geo. J. Allman, A.B., L.R.C.S.I., Secretary to the 

 Dublin Microscopical Society. (With a Plate.) 161 



XXVI. Notice of several Cases of Defective and Redundant Orga- 

 nization observed among the Araneidea. By John Blackwall, Esq., 

 F.L.S 165 



XXVII. Description of a new species of Carex found near Hebden 

 Bridge in Yorkshire. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., 



&c. (With a Plate.) 168 



XXVIII. Contributions to the Ichthyology of Australia. By John 

 Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., &c. (Continued.) 169 



XXIX. On the Structure and Functions of the Pollen Granules. 



By William Wilson, Esq 182 



XXX. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in the Isle of Chonos 



by C.Darwin, Esq. By Francis Walker, Esq., F.L.S 184 



XXXI. Descriptions of Chalcidites discovered in Coquimbo by 



C. Darwin, Esq. By Francis Walker, Esq., F.L.S 185 



XXXII. Some Rectification of the Nomenclature of Australian 

 Birds. By George Robert Gray, Esq 189 



XXXIII. Descriptions of several new Genera and Species of Cri- 

 noidea. By Thomas Austin, Esq. and Thomas Austin, Jun., Civil 

 Engineer 195 



XXXIV. On two new Species of British Musci. By Thomas Tay- 

 lor, M.D., Dunkerron, Kenmare 208 



New Books : — Natural History of New York. Zoology, or the New- 

 York Fauna, by James E. De Kay : Part I. Mammalia. — Icones 

 Plantarum, by Sir W. J. Hooker, K.H., &c. Part IX.— Flora Ita- 

 lica, by A. Bertoloni, Eq. Aur. M.D 209—211 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Linnaean Society 213 — 237 



On the presence of Theine in the Leaves of Ilex Paraguycnsis \ Sula 

 melanura; Capture of Bottle-nosed Whales; Note on Pagurus Pri- 

 deauxii; Meteorological Observations and Table 237 — 240 



NUMBER LXX. 



XXXV. Observations on the Habits of a Tenthredo or Saw-fly. By 

 Pierre Hubek. (With a Plate.) 241 



