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viviparous Staphylinidae domesticated in the nests of South American Termites, 

 forming two new genera Corotoca and Spirachtha ; translated from the Transactions 

 of the Danish Royal Academy ; with a plate — p. 169-183. (Lespes) On the 

 organization and habits of the Termes lucifugum : with three plates — p. 227-282. 

 The winged individuals are of two sorts ; the small kings and queens (males and 

 females) are disclosed about the middle of June ; the large kings and queens — in 

 the last of which alone the abdomen acquires the enormous enlargement so often 

 signalized by travellers in other exotic species of this family — come out in Autumn. 

 The soldiers and workers, which never acquire wings, are individuals of each sex, in 

 which the organs of generation are abortive ; and they scarcely differ from each 

 other except by the greater development of the mandibulae and their muscles in 

 the former. Regularly, but one queen remains in each nest of this species. As 

 Mr. Lespes' observations do not fully agree with the statements of some observers 

 and travellers in other countries, it would be premature to apply the conclusions 

 drawn from this species to all the rest. (Same) On Isakis migrans, a Nematoid 

 worm parasitic in the Termes lucifugum ; with figures — p. 335, 336. (Faivre) 

 Comparative Histology of the Nervous system in certain Annelides — p. 337-374. 

 The common Leech is the subject of this chapter ; the essay is to be continued in 

 the following volume. (Marcel de Serres) Reply to Shuttleworth's letter on the 

 genus Stoa — p. 168. (Lacaze-Duthiers) Essay on the development of the 

 branchiae of the Mollusca Acephala Lamellibranchiata 5 with a plate — p. 5-47. 

 Notices of new books— p. 110, 224-226, 332-334. 



Botany. By Brongniart and Decaisne. Vol. V., A.D. 1856. (Mohl) 

 Remarks on the composition of the Liber of plants; translated from H. v. Mohl and 

 Schlechtendahl's " Botanical Journal ;'' with a plate — p. 141-159. (Payen) On 

 the immediate composition of the Epidermis and epidermic cuticle of plants — p. 

 160-162. (Radlkofer) On the development of the Embryo in Phanerogamous 

 plants ; with a plate — p. 220-250. Euphrasia odontites and Lathraea squamaria 

 are the special subjects of these observations, and the author applies himself 

 particularly to combat the views of Schacht. (Prillieux) On the structure of the 

 hairs of the Oleaceae and Jasmineae ; with two plates — p. 5-14. (Same) On the 

 anatomical structure and mode of vegetation of JSeottia nidusavis ; with two plates 

 — p. 267-282. (Same, and Riviere) Observations on the germination and 

 development of an Orchid, Angracum maculalum ; with three plates — p. 119-140. 

 (Fabre) On the germination of the Ophrydese, and the nature of their Tubercles ; 

 with a plate — p. 163-186. (Godron) On Aegilops triticoides and its different 

 forms — p. 74-89. (Tulasne) Note on the multiple reproductive apparatus of 

 the Hypoxyleae or Pyrenomycetes — p. 107-118. (De Bary) On the sexual 

 generation of Algae— p. 262-266. (Pringsheim) On the fecundation and alternate 

 generation of Algae ; translated from the Proceedings of the Royal Academy of 

 Berlin; with a plate — p. 250-261. (Cohn) On the development and mode of 

 reproduction of Sphceroplea annulina ; translated from the Proc. R. Acad. Berlin ; 

 with two plates — p. 187-208. ( Same) Observations on the Volvocineae, and on the 

 organization and propagation of Volvox globat or in particular — p. 323-333. (Cosson) 

 Account of a Botanical Expedition in Algeria, continued ; with a map — p. 15- 74. 

 (Same) On the genus Hohenackeria, and description of a new species H. polyodon 

 from Algeria; with two plates— p. 137-140. (Chatin) Essay on the family 

 Tropaeoleae ; with three plates — p. 283-322. (Oudemans) On the morphological 

 and anatomical structure of the fruit of the Camphor tree of Sumatra, Dryobalanops 

 camphora ; with a plate — p. 90-106. (Derbes) Description of a new genus and 

 species of Florideae, Ricardia montagnei, and observations on some Algae ; with a 

 plate— p. 209-220. (Montagne) Seventh century of new cellular plants indigenous 

 and exotic — p. 334-374. Chiefly from Weddel's South American collections, 

 viz. : — 7 species of Hepaticae, 64 Hymenomycetes, 2 Discomycetes, 3 Pyrenomycetes, 

 1 Gasteromycetes, and 1 Haplomycetes ; of which the diagnoses are given in anti- 

 . cipation of the full descriptions in Weddel's two works now in course of publication. 

 The remainder are mostly European fungi. 



