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XXXIII. On the Phosphorescence of Zoophytes. By the Rev. 

 David Landsborough, of Stevenston, in Ayrshire 257 



XXXIV. Remarks on the Fruit of the Natural Order Cucurbitacece. 



By Robert Wight, M.D., F.L.S., &c 260 



XXXV. Insectorum novorum Centuria, auctore J. O. Westwood, 

 F.L.S., &c 272 



XXXVI. The Birds of Ireland (Family Fringillidce). By Wm. 

 Thompson, Esq., Vice-Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast. {Continued.) 273 



XXXVII. Information respecting Scientific Travellers : — Dr. Can- 

 tor's collections in the Isle of Chusan ; Mr. Murchison's second Geo- 

 logical Survey of Russia 288 



New Books : — Catalogue of British Plants (Part 1st, Flowering Plants 

 and Ferns), by Prof. J. H. Balfour, Glasgow; C. C. Babington, 

 Esq., F.L.S. ; and W. H. Campbell, Esq., Sec. Bot. Soc. — Arcana 

 Entomologica, or Illustrations of new, rare, and interesting Exotic 

 Insects, by J. O.Westwood, F.L.S., &c. — Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, 

 Copenhagen, 1840-41 294—297 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society; Geological Society... 297—313 



Three new species of Monkey, with remarks on the genera Semnopi- 

 thecus et Macacus, by B. H. Hodgson, Esq. ; Dr. E. Moore on 

 the Pilot Fish ; Vitality of Seeds ; Little Auk ; Birds of Kent ; 

 Durocher and Bowman on Glacial or Diluvian Phenomena ; Me- 

 teorological Observations and Table 314 — 320 



NUMBER LII. 



XXXVIII. On the Saxifrages of the Robertsonia or London-pride 

 group which are found in Ireland. By Charles C. Babington, Esq., 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c. (With a Plate.) 321 



XXXIX. On doubts respecting the existence of Bird-catching Spi- 

 ders. By W. S. MacLeay, Esq., F.L.S., &c 324 



XL. On the degree of Cold which the principal Mammalia of hot 

 countries are capable of enduring. By the Rev. Robert Everest, in 

 a note to J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. &c 325 



XLI. Report of the Results of Researches in Physiological Botany 

 made in the year 1839. By the late F. J. Meyen, M.D., Professor of 

 Botany in the University of Berlin 328 



XLII. Additional Particulars respecting Antechinus Stuartii, a new 

 Marsupial Quadruped. By W. S. MacLeay, Esq., F.L.S., &c 337 



XLIII. Notice of a hitherto unobserved Character distinctive of the 

 Sexes in certain Cetoniidce. By J.-O. Westwood, Esq., F.L.S., &c... 338 



XLIV. On the Phosphorescence of Zoophytes. By Arthur Hill 

 Hassall, Esq., M.R.C.S.L., Corresponding Member of the Dublin 

 Natural History Society 341 



