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INDEX. 



of, 155; on a peculiar sensation caused 

 by some, 326; of the counties of Aber- 

 deen, Kincardine and Banff, noticed, 

 459. 



Mougeotia, new species of, 433. 



Mosia, description of the new genus, 117. 



Mosquito Shore, Narrative of a Residence 

 on the, reviewed, 53. 



Mosses, on two new species of British, 208 ; 

 occurrence of, in agate, 417. 



Mueller, Dr. K., on substances inclosed in 

 mocha-stones, 415 ; on the fructifica- 

 tion of Chaetophora tuberculosa, 484. 



Murcott, J. J., on drying plants for the 

 herbarium, 33. 



Murex, new species of, 523. 



Musa Cavendisii, on the introduction of 

 the, into the Navigator Islands, 321. 



Mustela, new species of, 118. 



Myriapoda, on some new genera of, 498. 



Nasmyth,A.,on the minute structure of the 

 tusks of the mastodontoid animals, 502. 



Nassa, on some new fossil species of, 508. 



Natural History of New York, reviewed, 

 209. 



Naturalist's Library, Mammalia, reviewed, 

 56. 



Nautilus, pearly, history and observations 

 on the, 119. 



Necrophlceophagus, on the genus, 501. 



Neill, Dr. P., notice respecting, 158. 



Nesioticus, new species of, 539. 



Newport, G., on a new British lulus, 68, 

 316; on the habits of the Nomadae, 69 ; 

 on some new genera of the class Myria- 

 poda, 498. 



Nicolucci, G,, on the nervous and circu- 

 lating systems of the aquatic salaman- 

 der, 290. 



Nomadae, on the habits of the, 68. 



Nomenclature of zoology, observations on 

 the, 259. 



Nostochinae, on anew genus of, 161. 



Nyctobates, new species of, 536. 



Nyssia zonaria, on the habits of, 68. 



Ochrosopsis, description of the new genus, 

 59. 



Ocyphaps, characters of the new genus, 

 146. 



Odax, on some species of, 426. 



Ogcosoma, new species of, 539. 



Omaloderus, new species of, 188. 



Ongulina, account of the animal of, 460. 



Oniscia, on two new species of, 475. 



Ophiura, on the species of, inhabiting the 

 Eastei-n Mediterranean, 463. 



Ophiuridae, observations on the, 129. 



Orbigny, M. d', on the Belemnites, 299. 



Ornithoidicnites, on some specimens of, 

 513. 



Owen, Prof., on the claims of Tetracaulo- 



don to generic distinction, 147 ; on the 

 Apteryx australis, 213 ; on the remains 

 of a mastodontoid Pachyderm in Austra- 

 lia, 7, 329. 



Oxynopterus, new species of, 398. 



Pachyderm, discovery of the remains of a 

 mastodontoid, in Australia, 7, 329. 



Pachylarthrus, new species of, 116. 



PagurusBernhardus,noticerespecting,102. 



— — Prideauxii, notice respecting, 238. 



Palaemon, on the Irish species of, 110. 



Palamedea cornuta, on the habits of, 141. 



Palinurus, on the Irish species of, 105. 



Papaver orientale, on the permanent va- 

 rieties of, 235. 



Papaveraceae, on the structure of the cap- 

 sule of, 42. 



Parmophorus, new, 308. 



ParnelPs, Dr. R., Grasses of Scotland, re- 

 viewed, 47. 



Paspalum, new species of, 235. 



Peach, C. W., on the sea-cup, 28. 



Pearl-oyster of Ceylon, notice respecting 

 the, 325. 



Pectinura, a new genus of Ophiuridae, 463. 



Pectocera, new species of, 401. 



Pentacrinidae, new species of, 198. 



Peplidia, new species of, 309. 



Peracantha, description of species of, 94. 



Perameles, new species of, 232, 307. 



Periechocrinites, new species of, 203. 



Petrogale, new species of, 385. 



Pfeiffer, Dr. L., on some new species of 

 Helix and Bulimus, 471. 



Phascogale, new species of, 307. 



Phaseolus, new species of, 14. 



Pheasant, history and habits of the, 288. 



Phos, new species of, 257. 



Phyllarthrius, a new genus of longicorn 

 insects, 366. 



Phyllophoridae, monograph of the family, 

 394. 



Piezophyllus, new species of, 397. 



Plants, descriptions of new, 12; on the 

 drying of, 33 j on the position of the 

 stigma and placentae in, 35 ; on the pre- 

 sence of iodine in, 74 ; occurrence of 

 rare British, 76, 77, 78 ; on the pitted 

 tissues of, 95, 278 ; indigenous in De- 

 vonshire, 296. 



Platycrinidae, new species of, 199. 



Platygaster, new species of, 188. 



Platymeris, new species of, 466. 



Platyterma, new species of, 186. 



Pleuroxus, a subgenus of Entomostraca, 

 93. 



Poephila, characters of the new genus, 144. 



Poissons d'Eau douce de l'Europe cen- 

 trale, par M. Agassiz, reviewed, 49. 



Pollen granules, on the structure and func- 

 tions of the, 182. 



