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LI. Biological Contributions. By Geo. J. Allman, M.B., F. B.C. S.I. , 

 M.R.I. A., Professor of Botany in Trinity College, Dublin, late Demon- 

 strator of Anatomy and Conservator of tbe Anatomical Museum T.C.D. 

 (With a Plate.) 417 



LII. Notes on the Botany of Scinde. By J. E. Stocks, M.D., As- 

 sistant-Surgeon Bombay Fusileers. Extract from a Letter to Arthur 

 Henfrey, F.L.S. &c 419 



LIII. Botanical Notices from Spain. By Moritz Willkomm 420 



New Books : — Phycologia Britannica : or a History of British Sea- 

 weeds, containing coloured Figures, Generic and Specific Charac- 

 ters, Synonymes, and Descriptions of all the Species of Algas inha- 

 biting the Shores of the British Islands, by William Henry Harvey, 

 M.D., M.R.I.A 429 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Royal Society 431 — 449 



Notice of a Black Lizard taken in Cheshire, by W. Wells, Esq. ; New 

 species of Fossil Bats, by M. H. de Meyer; Does Magnetism in- 

 fluence the Circulation in Chara ? by M. Dutrochet ; New species 

 of Fossil Frogs ; Description of Fossil Foot-Prints, by Alfred T. 

 King, M.D. ; Description of a new species of Parus from the Up- 

 per Missouri, by Edward Harris ; Red Colour of the Blood in Pla- 

 norhis imbricatus, by M. de Quatrefages ; Indian species ofPapilio ; 

 Meteorological Observations and Table 449 — 456 



NUMBER CXV. SUPPLEMENT. 



LIV. Botanical Excursion in Lower Styria in 1842. By R. C. 

 Alexander, M.D 457 



LV. On the real nature of the Minute Bodies in Flints, supposed to 

 be Sponge Spiculae. By William C. Williamson 467 



LVI. Journey through Java, descriptive of its Topography and 

 Natural History. By Dr. Fr. Junghuhn 469 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Entomological Society ... 476 — 498 



Apparatus of Hearing in Mollusks, by Dr. Frey 498 



Comparative Anatomy of the Vocal Organs of Birds, by M. Miiller ... 499 



Index 500 



