CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



NUMBER I. 



I. On a new Oscillatoria, the colouring substance of Glaslough Lake 

 Ireland. By James L. Drummond, M.D., Professor of Anatomy in 



the Royal Belfast Institution page 1 



II. Some Remarks on the Germination of Limnanthemum lacunosum. 



By Dr. Griesbach. (With a Plate.) 6 



III. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. By William 

 Thompson, Esq., Vice-President of the Belfast Natural History Society 12 

 . IV. On some new Species of Quadrupeds and Shells. By John Ed- 

 ward Gray, F.R.S . 27 



V. Prodromus of a Monograph of the Radiata and Echinodermata. 



By Louis Agassiz, M.D. 30 



» VI. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M.D., Fellow 



of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. (With Plates.) 44 



VII. Information respecting Botanical Travellers 56 



New Books: — Poissons d'Eau douce d'Europe, par Louis Agassiz, 



M.D. ; Das System der Pilze, von Dr. F. Nees von Esenbeck und 

 A. Henry ; Plantes Cryptogames de France, par M. I. Desma- 

 zieres; Magasin de Zoologie, par F. E. Guerin-Meneville ... 69, 70 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society ; Zoological Society ; Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh ; Entomological Society ; Botanical Society. 71 — 78 



On a new Trilobite (Calymene Roivii) ; Fossil Argonauta ; Generation 



of Pteroptus vespertilionis 79, 80 



NUMBER II. 



VIII. On the Fructification of the Pileate and Clavate Tribes of 

 Hymenomycetous Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 

 (With Plates.) 81 



IX. Notices accompanying a Collection of Quadrupeds and Fish 

 from Van Diemen's Land. By Ronald Gunn, Esq. With Notes and 

 Descriptions of the New Species. By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., &c... 101 



X. On the existence of Spiral Vessels in the Roots of Dicotyledonous 

 Plants. By the Rev. J. B. Reade, M.A., F.R.S Ill 



► XI. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M.D., Fellow 

 of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. (With Plates.) 114 



XII. On the Genus Torreya. By G. A. W. Arnott, Esq., LL.D. 126 



XIII. On the Genus Procyon, with a Description of two new Spe- 

 cies. By Prof. F. A. Wiegmann. (Extract.) 132 



XIV. On two new Genera of Californian Plants. By Thomas Nut- 

 tall, Esq 136 



XV. Information respecting Botanical Travellers 139 



New Books : — Molluscous Animals, including Shell-fish, by J. Fleming, 

 D.D. ; Animals in Menageries, by W. Swainson, Esq., F.R.S. ; 

 The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, conducted by Prof. 

 Jameson r 147—149 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society ; Geological Society ; Botanical 



Society of London 152 — 155 



Notes on Irish Birds ; Fossil Salamander and Coprolite ; Habits of the 

 Blue Titmouse (Parus cceruleus) ; Zoological Garden in Edin- 

 burgh ; Tweedside Physical and Antiquarian Society ; Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations for 1837 156—160 



