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INDEX. 



Linnaean Society, proceedings of, 54, 193, 



275, 455. 

 Lonchocarpus, descriptions of some new 



species of, 432. 

 Londra, on the new genus, 352. 

 Lophopetalum, description of the new ge- 

 nus, 150. 

 Loranthus, observations on the genus, 90. 

 Loudon's Arboretum et Fruticetum Bri- 



tannicum, reviewed, 188. 

 Lund, M., on some fossil Mammifera from 



Brazil, 235, 422. 

 Lupinus, descriptions of some new spe- 

 cies of, 430. 

 Luzula, on the Indian species of, 59. 

 Lychnis dioica, on three varieties of, 128. 

 Lycopsis arvensis, notice of a monstrous 



variety of, 442. 

 Macfadyen's (Dr. J.) Flora of Jamaica, 



noticed, 53. 

 Magnesia, influence of, on the germination 



and fructification of vegetables, 70. 

 Mammalia, on several new or rare spe- 

 cies of, 66. 

 Mammifera, discovery of fossil in Brazil, 



235 ; descriptions of several, 422. 

 Mandl, M., on the structure of the scales 



of Fish and Reptiles, 463. 

 Marsupialia, on the osteology of the, 446. 

 Martin, Mr., observations on the Istiurus 

 Amboinensis, and on a new species of 

 Varanus, 68 ; on some new species of 

 Snakes, 201 ; on the crania of the Sooty 

 and White-eyelid Monkeys, 353. 

 Martius, M. von, on the geogi-aphical dis- 

 tribution of palms, 405. 

 Mesomphalia, characters of the new ge- 

 nus, 94. 

 Meteorological observations and Tables, 



71, 143, 215, 287, 360, 466. 

 Metrosideros, on some new species of, 



111. 

 Meyen, Dr. J., on the digestive apparatus 



of Infusoria, 100. 

 Microscopic Illustrations, noticed, 192. 

 Microtropis, observations on the genus, 



151. 

 Milne Edwards, H., on the nature of Po- 



lypidoms, 214. 

 Miquel, F. A. W., on the vernation of the 



Cycadaceae, 284. 

 Monkeys, observations on the crania of 



some, 353. 

 Morren, Prof. C, on the production of 

 Vanilla in Europe, 1 ; on the morpho- 

 logy of the ascidia of plants, 305, 411 ; 

 on the formation of indigo in Polygo- 

 num tinctorium, 283 ; on the action of 

 frost on plants, 358. 

 Mosses, on the development of the theca, 



and on the sexes of, 456. 

 Moths, method of securing, 365. 

 Mummies, discovery of, in Mexico, 464. 



Murex truncukis, manufacture of dye 



from, 271. 

 Muscidae, on some new genera and spe- 

 cies of, 219. 

 Myrtus, description of a new species of, 



115. 

 Natural History of the Sperm Whale, no- 

 ticed, 118. 

 Natural History Society for the West 

 Riding of Yorksliire, notice respecting, 

 274. 

 Nematoidea, observations on the, 358. 

 Nereides, on the British, 289. 

 Neurocalyx, description of the genus, 21. 

 Newman, E., on the synonymy of the Pas- 



sandra, 303. 

 Nyst, H., on a new fossil species of Cy- 



rena, 283. 

 Ogilby, Mr., on a new species of Muntjac 



Deer, 282. 

 Omma, description of the new genus, 303. 

 Ophrydese, on the anatomy of the roots 



of, 193. 

 Orchideous plants, fecundation of some, 



effected by insects, 5. 

 Owen, Prof. R., on the jaws of Thylaco- 

 therium Prevostii, 61 ; on the anatomy 

 of the Apteryx, 130, 345 ; on the Phas- 

 colotherium, 204 ; on the teeth of the 

 Zeuglodon, 210 ; on the anatomy of 

 the genus Lepidosiren and description 

 of a new species, 265 ; on the osteo- 

 logy of the MarsupiaUa, 446 ; on two 

 skulls of the Koala, 453. 

 Owl, on the migrations of the snowy, 



107 ; occurrence of, in Ireland, 110. 

 Oxalis, on some species of, 315. 

 Oxen, on fossil remains of, in the bogs of 



Ireland, 270. 

 Paine, Thom., jun., notices respecting 



some rare British birds, 140. 

 Palms, on the geographical distribution 



of, 465. 

 Passandra, on a new genus and several 



new species of, 303. 

 Passifloreae, on two South African genera 



of the natural order of, 420. 

 Patella vulgaris, observations on, 231. 

 Patterson, R., on the Common Limpet, 



231. 

 Perch, on a deformed variety of, 24. 

 Phascolarctos, on two skulls of the, 453. 

 Phascolotherium, observations on the, 



204. 

 Phaseoleae, descriptions of new, 434. 

 Pilularia globulifera, on the structure and 

 development of the reproductive or- 

 gans of, 260. 

 Pines of the Caucasus, review of, 336. 

 Pinus and Abies, observations on, 296. 

 Plants, descriptions of some jiew or rare 

 Indian, 20, 85, 150 ; influence of native 

 magnesia on the germination and fruc- 



