IV CONTENTS. 



Commentadones de Leguminosarum Gcneribus, Auctore G. Ben- 

 tham page 115 — 123 



Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; Wernerian Society; 



Zoological Society; Geological Society 123 — 140 



Notices of the occurrence of rare Birds; Instruments of Perforation in 

 the Cicada ; Occurrence of Carex rupestris ; Black variety of the 

 Common Hare; Meteorological Observations and Table ... 140 — 144 



NUMBER XVI. 



XV. On two British Species of Cydippe, By Edward Forbes, Esq. 

 (With a Plate.) 145 



XVI. Descriptions of some new or rare Indian Plants. By G. A. W. 

 Arnott, Esq., LL.D 150 



XVII. On the Goniatiies found in the Transition Formations of the 

 Rhine. By Dr. E. Beyrich. (With Plates.) 155 



XVIII. On the Reproductive Organs of the Lichens. By G. Dickie, 

 Esq., A. t.S., Lecturer on Botany at Aberdeen 165 



XIX. On a Fossil ruminant Genus allied to GiraffidcB. By Capt. P. 



T. Cautley 167 



XX. On the Digestive Organs of Infusoria. By M. F. Dujardin... 170 



XXI. Descriptions of British Chalcidites. Bv F. Walker, Esq., 

 F.L.S .*. 177 



XXII. On the effects of the Hurricane of Jan. 7, 1839, in Ireland, 

 on some Birds, Fishes, &c. By William Thompson, Esq., Vice-Pre- 

 sident of the Belfast Natural History Society 182 



XXIII. On a Meteoric Paper, composed of Confervae and Infusoria. 



By Prof. Ehrenberg of Berlin 185 



New Books : — The London Flora, by A. Irvine ; the Little English 

 Flora, by G. W. Francis; Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum, 

 by J. C. Loudon ; Enumeratio Plantarum quas in Novae Hollandise 

 ora AustrO'Occidentali collegit C. L. Baro de Hiigel; the Edin- 

 burgh New Philosophical Journal ; Microscopic Illustrations, by 

 Dr. C. R. Goring and A. Pritchard 185—192 



Proceedings of the Linnsean Society ; Zoological Society ; Geological 



Society 193—213 



On the Nature of Polypidoms ; Structure of Succulent Plants com- 

 pared with the Sigillari(B ; Meteorological Observations and Ta- 

 ble „ 214—216 



NUMBER XVII. 



XXIV. On the Generic Distribution of the British HydromyzidcB. 



By A. H. Haliday, Esq., F.L.S 217 



XXV. On the Ranunculus aquatilis of Smith. By Charles C. Ba- 

 BiNGTON, M.A., F.L.S., G.S., &c 225 



XXVI. On the Common Limpet, considered as an article of food in 

 the North of Ireland. By Robert Patterson, Esq., Treasurer of the 

 Belfast Museum 231 



XXVII. On Remains of Fossil Mammifera in Brazil. By Dr. Lund 235 



XXVIII. Notices of a Botanical Excursion to the Mountains of 

 Ternova in Carniola. By Edward Forbes, Esq 236 



XXIX. On the Wild Cattle of England. By Sir Philip Grey 

 Egerton, M.P., F.R.S., &c 241 



XXX. On three undescribed species of Cimex. By the Rev. L. 

 Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S. (With a Plate.) 241 



