COKTENTS. 1» 



XXV. Zoological Notices regarding the Cephalopoda, 

 Pyrosoma, Salpa, Cariiiaria, Echinus, Holo- 

 thuria, Hydrostatic Acalepha;, Beroe, and Cora- 

 line Polypidoms. By Messrs Milne Edwards 

 and Peters, . . • .167 



XXVI. Description of several New or Rare Plants which 



have lately flowered in the Neighbourhood of 

 Edinburgh, and chiefly in the Royal Botanic 

 Garden. By Dr Graham, Professor of Botany, 171 



XXVII. Proceedings of the Wernerian Natural History 



' Society, .... 175 



XXVin. Scientific Intelligence, .' . . 178 



METEOROLOGY. 



1. On the Odour of the Electric Fluid. 2. Polar Lights. 

 8. On Terrestrial Ttmperature. 4. Mirage in New 

 Holland, . . • . .183 



GEOLOGY. 



5. Agassiz' Tour to the Swiss Glaciers. 6. Origin of Fis- 

 sures in Glaciers. 7. Sefstrom's Investigations. 8. 

 Geological Constitution of North-eastom Africa. 9. 

 Distribution of the Mammoth in Siberia, . 184 



MINERALOGY. 



10. Dysodolite. 11. Pihlite, a New Mineral 12. Pyrrhite, 



a New Mineral, . . . • 187 



ZOOLOGY. 



13. On the Zoological Labours of M. Sars, of Floroe in 

 Norway. 14. Aristotle's History of Animals. If). Mi- 

 grations and Capture of the Rein-deer in North Sibe- 

 ria. 16. The Flying Squid or Cuttle-Fish (Loligo Sp). 

 17. The Pilot Fish (Gasterosteusductor,Zmn). 18. The 

 Luminous Shark (Squalus fulgens, N. Sp.), 19. The 

 " Trochilus and Crocodile" of Herodotus, . 188 



ARTS. 



20. The Indian Mode of preparing the Perfumed Oils of 



Jasmine and Bela. 21. Preservation of Timber 193-199 



XXIX. New Publications, . . .200 



1. Sketch of the Geology of North America. By Charles 

 Daubeny, M.D., F.R.S. Professor of Botany and Che- 

 mistry in the University of Oxford, . . 200 



