36 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



of the Kingdom of Nepal. (Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S.) Notice of a New Subgenus of 

 Helicinidas. Proceedings of Learnpd Societies — Zoological Society — (Mr. S. P. 

 Woodward) On Panopaea Aldrovandi. (Mr. P. L. Sclater) On two new species of 

 Tanagers. (Dr. J. E. Gray) Ou the genus Assiminia. Miscellaneous — (W. H. 

 Benson) On Clausilia Rolphii and Mortilleti. (Prof. J. W. Bailey) On the 

 Origin of Greensand, and its formation in the Oceans of the present epoch. 

 (Prof. Agassiz) On the Cum*. (Frederick Townsend) Note on Callitriche hamu- 

 lata. (W. P. Cocks) Rare British Bird?. (Frederick Moore, Assist. Mus., East 

 India Company) Descriptions of two new species of the genus Orthotomus. 

 Meteorological Observations and Table. 



No. 108, December:— (W. H. Benson) New Land Shells collected by E. L. 

 Layard, Esq. (Joshua Alder) Descriptions of three new British Zoophytes, 

 with a plate. (Lieut. Colonel Madden, F.R.S. E., President of the Botanical 

 Society of Edinburgh) Elucidation of some plants mentioned in Dr. Francis 

 Hamilton's Account of the kingdom of Nepal. (Andrew Murray) Monograph of 

 the genus Catops. (Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &o.) On the Abnormal Operculum of 

 Polydonta elegans of New Zealand. (Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A.) Note on Ileti- 

 cularia immersa, aud Halia prastenuis. (J. Gwyn Jeffreys, F.R.S.) Contribution 

 to the Conchology ol France. Bibliographical Notices — (The late W. A. Brom- 

 fleld, M.D., &c.) Flora Vectensis, being a systematic Description of the Pbeenoga- 

 mus or Flowering Plants and Ferns indigenous to the Isle of Wight. Edited by 

 Sir William J. Hooker and T. Bell Salter, M.D. (C. F.~ Nyman) Sjl- 

 loge Floras Europa?ae seu plantarum vasculariura Europaaindigenarum ennmeratio, 

 adjectis synonymis gravioribus et indicata singularum distributione geographica. 

 Proceedings of Learned Societies — Zoological Society — (Mr. A. White) On some 

 Coleopterous Insects. (Mr. G. R. Gray) On a new species of Pigeon, and on anew 

 species of Lepidopterous Insect. Royal Society — (Mr. G. Rainej) On the struc- 

 ture and development of the Cysticercus cellulosae, as found in the pig. Miscel- 

 laneous — (H. Muller) Observations on the structure of the Retina in certain 

 animals. (William Thompson; Remarks ou Nika Edulis, Risso. (W. P. Cocks) 

 Note on the occurrence of Naucrates ductor. (Prof. Kolliker) On peculiar ana 

 Quasi-spontaneous movements of the Plasmatic Cells of certain animals. (E. W. 

 Holdsworth) Description of a new species of Actinia from the Devonshire Coast. 

 Meteorological Observations and Table ; Index, with Title-page, Contents, &c. 



The Zoologist. No. 168, October; No. 169, November; No. 170, December, 

 .1855. 8vo. London: John Van Voorst. Price Is. each. 



No. 168, October. Notices of New Books — «* Second Supplement to the His- 

 tory of British Birds ; being also a first Supplement to the Second Edition."' By 

 William Yarrell, V. P. L.S., FX.S. Birds— (Thomas Edward) A list of the Birds of 

 Banffshire, accompanied with Anecdotes. (Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, M.A.) 

 Ornithology of Switzerland. (J. Reuben Baker) Nidification of the Honey 

 Buzzard in the New Forest. (Edward Hearle Rodd) Occurrence of Montagu's 

 Harrier, near Penryn, Cornwall. (H. Stevenson) Extraordinary Varieties of 

 the Common Nightjar. (William Thompson) Pheasant feeding on Ivy leaves. 

 (Osbert Salvin) Occurrence of the Great Bustard in Cambridgeshire. (Capt. 

 H. W. Hadfield) Little Crake in the Isle of Man. (George Wolley) Occur- 

 rence of the Avocet in Nottinghamshire. (Joseph Pease) Inquiry respecting 

 the Sexes of Geese. (Samuel Gnrney) Black Swans breeding in Confinement. 



Crustacea (R. Q. Couch) On Crustacea new to the British Fauna. (Alfred 



Merle Norman) Thesia Polita at the Isle of Herm ; Hippolyte Spinus off Oban. 

 Radiata — (Alfred Merle Norman) Note on Comatula rosacea. 



No. 169, November. Insects — The "Zoologist" Abroad. (C. R. Bree, 

 Rev. Joseph Greene, M.A., H. Harpur Crewe, M.A., Rev. Herbert Bree, M.A.) — 

 Protest against Mr. Staintoii's change of Names in the British Lepidoptera. (H. 

 Harpur Crewe) The name of the " Substitute." (S. Gregson) Reply to some 

 of Mr. Ashworth's Remarks in the "Zoologist." (G. R. Crotch) Extiaordinary 

 Abundance of Thecla Betulee in Montgomeryshire. (Thomas Bell) Larva of 



