INDEX. 



487 



Linnaea, ein Journal fur die Botanik, &c, 



noticed, 476. 

 Linnsean Society, proceedings of, 71, 152, 



230, 328, 409, 478. 

 Lycodes, on a new genus, 396. 

 Lycopodium catharticum, medical pro- 

 perties of, 428. 

 Macrosporium, description of a new spe- 

 cies of, 261. 

 Madder, experiments on the roots of, 



207. 

 Magasin de Zoologie, contents of, no- 

 ticed, 70. 

 Malacologia Monensis, reviewed, 320. 

 Mammalia, Nepalese, classified catalogue 



of, 152. 

 Matthews, Voyage in Peru, 68. 

 Melibea, 49; M. pinnatifida, 116 ; M. 



coronata, 117. 

 Meteorological observations, 159, 239, 

 335, 415, 483 ; table, 160, 240, 336, 416, 

 484. 

 Metius, a new genus of Carabidae, 329. 

 Miscellanea Zoologica, 44, 114. 

 Moliusca, Nudibranchia, descriptions of, 



44, 114. 

 Molluscous Animals, including Shell-fish, 



reviewed, 147. 

 Mora Tree, description of the, 231. 

 Mosses, description of a collection of, 

 230; on the existence of stomata in, 

 232. 

 Mustard, curious development of the root 



of, 112. 

 Myxotrichum, on a new species of, 260. 

 Nathusius, H., on Sorex fodiens, 425. 

 Nees von Esenbeck, his System der Pilze, 

 reviewed, 69 ; on nine new species of 

 Glumaceae, 283. 

 Nitsch, C. L., on the generation of Pte- 



roptus vespertilionis, 80. 

 Nudibranchia, descriptions of, 44, 114 ; 



nervous system of, 45. 

 Nuttall, Thomas, description of two new 



genera of Californian plants, 136. 

 Oak, New Zealand, 461. 

 Odatria, a new genus of Saurians, 394. 

 Odontoscelis, a new genus of Carabidae, 



328. 

 CEnothera, Monograph of the Genus, no- 

 ticed, 475. 

 Ogilby, W., description of two new kan- 

 garoos from VanDiemen's Land, 216. 

 Oscillatoria, description of a new species 

 of, 1 ; colouring properties of, 3 ; Os- 

 cillatoria rubescens, its remarkable 

 properties, 4. 

 Ostracion, descriptions of three new spe- 

 cies of, 110. 

 Otis tarda, occurrence of, 334. 

 Owen, R., Fossil Mammalia, reviewed,314. 

 Parnell, Richard, observations on the 

 Coregoni of Loch Lomond, 161. 



Parrot Fishes, description of three new 



species of, 110. 

 Patella pellucida, habits of, 483. 

 Patellae, the sexes of, 482. 

 Perame^es, on a new species of, 107. 

 Petromyzon Planeri, occurrence of, 239. 

 Phalangista Cookii, description of, 107 ; 



remarks on, 293 ; P. fuliginosa, 107. 

 Phylline Hippoglossi, description of, 431. 

 Pilze, Nees von Esenbeck's System der, 



reviewed, 69. 

 Plantes Cryptogames de France, reviewed, 



69. 

 Plants, dicotyledonous, existence of spi- 

 ral vessels in the roots of, 111 ; obser- 

 vations on Scottish, 406 ; geographical 

 distribution in Switzerland, 408 ; on the 

 influence of nitrogen on the growth of, 

 477 ; on some genera of, connected 

 with the Flora of Guiana, 479. 

 Poissons d'Eau douce d'Europe, noticed, 



69. 



Procyon, description of two new species 



of, 132 ; P. brachyurus, 133 ; P. ob- 



scurus, 134. 



Pteroptus vespertilionis, generation of, 80. 



Quadrupeds, notes and descriptions of 



some new species of, 101. 

 Radiata, Prodromus of a Monograph of, 



30, 297, 440. 

 Reade, Rev. J. B., on the existence of 

 spiral vessels in the roots of dicotyle- 

 dons, 111. 

 Redbreast, habits of the, 15. 

 Rhabdothamnus, on the genus, 460. 

 Rheinhardt, Prof. J., Ichthyologiske Bi- 



drag, noticed, 395. 

 Rhizophoreae, synopsis of the, 359. 

 Rigg, Robert, on the influence of nitro- 

 gen on the growth of plants, 477. 

 Rose, ancient history of the, 228. 

 Royal Academy of Berlin, proceedings of, 



236, 332. 

 Royal Asiatic Society, proceedings of, 



408. 

 Royal Society, Proceedings of the, 477. 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings 



of, 74, 330. 

 Salamander, fossil, 158 ; gigantic Ja- 

 panese, account of, 413. 

 Salmon, food and reproduction of, 75 ; 



on the growth of the fry of, ibid. 

 Saurians, descriptions of several new ge- 

 nera and species, 274, 388. 

 Schomburgk, R., voyage in British Guiana 

 of, 63 ; description of the Mora tree, 

 231 ; on the Ant tree of Guiana, 264 ; 

 description of a new species of Cat- 

 tleya, 479. 

 Shaw, J., on the growth of the fry of the 



salmon, 75. 

 Shells, description of new genera and se- 

 veral new species of, 27. 



