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CONTENTS. 



An illustrated Description of a Species of Eu- 

 rynome, supposed to be hitherto undescribed ; 

 and Notices of some Instances of some 

 Change of Form which occurs in certain 

 cited Species of Crustaceous Animals. By S. 

 Hailstone, jun., Esq. - - .549 



A List of Species of Crepuscular Lepidopterous 

 Insects, and of some of the Species of Noctur- 

 nal ones, known to occur in Switzerland ; 

 with Notices of the Localities in which they 

 have been observed. By P. J. Brown, Esq. 



553 



Descriptions and Figures of PanopaWar Glycy"- 

 meris, a rare, and Anbmia coronata, a newly 

 ascertained, Species of British Shell. By Mr. 

 William Bean - - - - 562 



Eiography of the Gold-crested Kinglet (.Begu- 

 lus auricapillus). By S. D. W. - - 585 



On Snakes, their Fangs, and their Mode of pro- 

 curing Food. By Charles Waterton, Esq. 663 



BOTANY. 



Observations concerning the Indigenousness 

 and Distinctness of certain Species of Plants 

 included in the British Floras. By the Rev. 

 J. S. Henslow, M.A., Professor of Botany in 

 the University of Cambridge - - 84 



Facts and Opinions in question of the Distinct- 

 ness, as Species, of certain Plants reputed to 

 be Species, which inhabit Britain. By W. A. 

 Bromfield, M.D. - - - 89 



Some Particulars on the Fact of two Horses 

 dying shortly after eating of the living Leaves 

 and Branches of the Yew Tree} and others 

 on the Fact of two young Guinea Fowls dying 

 not long after feeding on withered Leaves of 

 the Yew Tree. By James G. Tatem, Esq. 91 



Directions for producing Skeletons of the 

 Leaves, Calyxes, and Seed- Vessels, or other 

 Parts, of Plants. By G. Francis, Esq. - 221 



On Flola imb£rbis [Leighton], a ? Species of 

 Violet supposed to be new to the British 

 Flora; with Brief Observations on some Pe- 

 culiarities of VXoXa. lactea, Tlola canlna, .Ra- 

 nunculus Ficaria, and Galium cruciatum. 

 By W. A. Leighton, Esq. B.A. - - 277 



Observations on the Construction of Maps in 

 Geographical Botany. By Richard Brinsley 

 Hinds, Esq. R.N. - - - 498 



On the specific Distinction of Rhynch6spora 

 alba and Rhynch6spora fusca. By W. A. 

 Leighton, Esq. B.A. - - - 675 



GEOLOGY. 



On the Maidstone Fossil Skeleton, in the Mu. 

 seum of Gideon Mantell, LL.D. F.RS., 

 Brighton. By R. B. - . . 99 



Remarks on the Deposition of Salt in the Me- 

 diterranean Sea. By the Rev. W. B. Clarke, 

 A.M. F.G.S. &c. - 225 



A Synoptical Table of some of the Mineral 

 Substances, and of the Organic Remains 



found in the Gravel at Stanway, Essex, and 

 the neighbouring Localities, within a Radius 

 of Fifteen Miles. By John Brown, Esq. 349 



A Notice of a new Locality of specified Fossil 

 Bones of the Elephant and Deer, and of the 

 Geological Conditions of this Locality. By 

 John Brown, Esq. - - - 363 



A short Account of an interesting Deposit of 

 Fossil Shells at Burlington Quay. By Mr. 

 William Bean - - - - 365 



Observations on the Strata near Woolwich. 

 By John Morris, Esq. - - . 366 



Some Account of the Limestone Quarries and 

 Petrifying Spring at Pounceford in Sussex ; 

 with Preliminary Remarks on the Wealden 

 Rocks. By William Perceval Hunter, Esq. 

 Member of the Geological Society of France 



597 



METEOROLOGY. 



Observations on Aurora Borealis, as affecting 

 Atmospheric Phenomena. By C. Conway, 

 Esq. 92 



A Notice of Instances of the Appearing of the 

 Aurora Borealis, seen from Dundee, Forfar- 

 shire, in 1833 and 1834; and of the State of 

 the Weather subsequent to the several In- 

 stances. By William Gardiner, jun., Esq. 94 



Remarks contributive to the Elucidation of Me- 

 teoric and Atmospheric Phenomena. By 

 W. H. White, Esq. - - - 97 



A Notice of a Proposition that the Explosion of 

 large Quantities of Gunpowder, in Battles, 

 effects extensive Changes in the Condition 

 of the Atmosphere. By Thomas Lee, Esq. 



223 



Notices of 184 Observations on Aurora Bore- 

 alis, made during a Period of Thirteen Years, 

 with the State of the Weather immediately 

 subsequent; being contributive to the fur- 

 ther Elucidation of their Effects on the At- 

 mosphere. By W. H. White, Esq. - 343 



A Report on the Quantity of Rain which has 

 fallen at Kendal, in Westmoreland, during 

 the last Thirteen Years; and a Notice of 

 some local Circumstances deemed Influential 

 on the Quantity, and on the Climate. By 

 Samuel Marshall, Esq., and J. S. M. - 345 



Particulars on the State of the Weather at Co- 

 lumbus, - in Franklin County, Ohio, United 

 States of America, in January and February, 

 18a? ; with a Notice of the State of Temper- 

 ature on January 5. 1835, in various Places in 

 the United States. By Mr. George. E. Hart- 

 well, of the Firm of Lazell and Hartwell, 

 Nurserymen, at Columbus . - 347 



Notices of Solar and Lunar Haloes, Parhelia, 

 Paraselenas, and Meteors, as Harbingers of 

 falling Weather. By W. H. White, Esq. 501 



Short Communications 



103. 183. 226. 283. 

 467. 504. 569. 609 



MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



Retrospective Criticism - 236. 301. 394. 637 



Queries and Answers ... 395 



Some Instances of the State of Natural History 



in Britain .... 400 



Man's Progress in the Extension of the Know- 

 ledge of Natural Objects - - 678 

 Obituary - 410 



REVIEWS. 



■ Notices of Works on Subjects of Natural His- 



£ tory - 62. 120. 184. 238. 303. 3jF7. 411. 471. 



519. 580. 639. 680 



GENERAL INDEX 

 INDEX to Works noticed 



Literary Notices - 64. 



127. 248. 370. 415. 527. 

 584 



•681 

 687 



