CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. 



NUMBER XLVIII. 



Page 



I. Description of some Molar Teeth from the Eocene Sand at Kyson 

 in Suffolk, indicative of a new species of Hyracotherium (Hyr. Cunicu- 

 lus). By Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., &c 1 



II. Remarks on the Horny Sponges, with proposed divisions of the 

 Order Spongice. By John Hogg, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S 3 



III. Notes on the Zoology of the Outer Hebrides. By John Mac- 

 Giluvray, Vice-President of the Cuvierian Nat. Hist. Society of Edin- 

 burgh 7 



IV. Researches on the Structure of Annular Vessels. By Hugo 

 Mohl. (With a Plate.) 16 



V. Preliminary Reply to Mohl's Essay on the Structure of Annular 

 Vessels. By Dr. M. J. Schleiden , 25 



VI. 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. {Continued.) 27 



VII. Indian Cyprinidce. By John M'Clelland, Assistant Surgeon 

 Bengal Medical Service 35 



VIII. Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S 46 



New Books: — Continuation of Wiegmann's Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 

 by Dr. Erichson. — The Naturalist's Library : Mammalia. Vol. xi. 

 Marsupialia, or Pouched Animals, by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 47 — 55 



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

 ciety; Microscopical Society 55 — 74 



Analogies of European and Indian Geology ; Suggestions for Experi- 

 ments on the Conservation of Vegetative Powers in Seeds ; Mete- 

 orological Observations and Table 74 — 80 



NUMBER XLIX. 



IX. Observations on the Rodentia. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 (With a Plate.) 81 



X. Observations on the Functions performed by the Hairs on the 

 Stigma in Campanulacees, Composite?, and other Plants. By Arthur 



