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List of Members, &c.— pp. 70. (Assmann) Proposal to institute observations on 

 Periodical phenomena in the class of Insects — p. 4-12. (Wilms) On the specific 

 distinction of Taraxacum palustre, and on a hybrid between this species and T. 

 officinale — p. 49-58. (Marquart) On the importance of Polygonum sieboldii, a 

 plant introduced from Japan, as fodder for cattle — p. 54. (Kueper) On the coal 

 formation of Westphalia— p. 56-58. Proceedings of the Society of 

 Physical and Medical Science of the Lower Ehine, meeting at Bonn — 

 pp.111. (Mayer) Notices in Comparative Anatomy — p. 60-62. (Same) On the 

 species of Orang Utangs — p. 87-92. (Same and Siebold) On edible swallows' nests 

 — p, 31-34. (Schaaffhausen) On the accelerated development of frogs by artificial 

 warmth — p. 49. (Troschel) On the swimming bladders of the Gymnotini — p. 

 65. He found only the usual number, two, in Car opus faxciatus, while Dr. Kaup 

 has discovered three in C. incsqulabiatus, a species so like as not to be easily 

 distinguished from this. (Same) On the teeth of the Heteropod Mollusca — p. 24. 

 (Albers) On the worms which infest the human liver — p. 6. (Schaaffhausen) On 

 Monas okenii, an Infusory which communicates a red tinge to water — p. 67. 

 (Siebold) Catalogue of the Japanese plants and grains cultivated in the establish- 

 ment at Leiden — p. 65-67. (Schaaffhaussen) On the fungus which causes the 

 " blood stains" on spoiled meats — p. 49. (Caspary) Discovery of Zoospores in a 

 species of Chroolepis, confirming the views of those authors who have placed this 

 genus with the Algae — p. 83. (Same) On Peronospora devastatrix. the fungus 

 which constitutes the potato disease — p. 94. (Same) On the change of structure 

 and constitution of wood long buried under ground — p. 82. (Weber) On the 

 Anthracite Flora of the Lower Rhine — p. 3. (Nceggerath) Notice of Warren's 

 work, " the Mastodon giganteus of North America" — p. 13-15. (Same) On an 

 abundant deposit of the bones of Hypudceus in the Diluvium of Eifel — p. 101. 

 (Same) Occurrence of Harmotome in the Siebengebirge — p. 101. (Same) Tran- 

 sition of Sparry into Magnetic Iron ore — p. 67. (Same) Occurrence of Pholerite 

 in the Rhenish provinces — p. 37. (Same) Amorphous black Diamond of La 

 Chapada in Brazil — p. 5. (Burkart) On native Gold and Cinnobar, Quicksilver, 

 and-other minerals of California and Mexico— p. 15-20. (Same) Localities of 

 Meteoric Iron in Mexico — p. 40-48. (Same) Basalt dyke of the mine Johannis- 

 segen — p. 102. (Same) Extent of the Anthracite and Sphaerosiderite formation 

 on the right bank of the Sieg — p. 104-107. (Von Dechen) Geological Map of 

 Khenish Westphalia — p. 22. (Same) Bach's Geological Map of Germany, Swit- 

 zerland, and the adjoining countries — p. 52-55. (Rath) On the composition of 

 Phonolite — p. 83. (Same) Crystal of Quartz invested with a secondary deposit 

 of crystals — p. 96. (Argelander) Notice * of the United States Astronomical 

 Expedition to the Southern Hemisphere, in the years 1849 to 1852 — p. 56-60. 



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(Pflueger) On a system of nerves controlling the Peristaltic motions of the 

 Intestines — p. 489-491. (Peters) Specific characters of the marine fishes of the 

 South-east coast of Africa — p. 428-469. ( Same) Specific characters of new 

 Curculionidae of Mozambique, by Gerstsecker — p. 83-85. Of new Coleoptera 

 of Mozambique, by the same— p. 205-269, 636-639. Of new Staphylinii and 

 Lamellicornia, by Klug — p. 644-660. Of new Diurnal Lepidopetra, by Hoppfer 

 — p. 639-643. Many new genera of Coleoptera are briefly characterized in the 

 preceding articles. (Same) On Myriapoda, especially those of Mozambique — 

 p. 75-83. (Mueller) On Sphcerozoum and Thalassicola, and a new genus Acan- 

 thometra. (Same) On the Polycystineae observed in the Port of Messina— p. 

 671-676. (Caspary) On the development of heat in the flowers of Victoria 

 regia — p. 711-756. (Same) On some Hyphomycetes with two and three sorts 

 of fructification ; with a plate — p. 308-333. (Ehrenberg) On Microscopic 

 animals from Mont Rosa remaining alive after four years desiccation— p. 225. 



