CONTEXTS. Vll 



rica, by Charles Lucian Bonaparte, Prince of Musignano ; Mala- 

 cologia Monensis, a Catalogue of the Mollusca inhabiting the 

 Isle of Man, by E. Forbes, Esq. ; Wiegmann's Archiv der Natur- 



geschichte V a 9 e 314 — 321 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Linnsean Society ; Royal So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh ; Royal Academy of Berlin 322 — 332 



Fungi of India ; Trachypterus Vogmanus ; Otis tarda ; Zoology of 



Java — Two species of Echidna; Meteorological Table 334 — 33G 



NUMBER V. 



XXXVII. — Florida Keelingensis. An Account of the Native Plants 

 of the Keeling Islands. By the Rev. Prof. J. S. Henslow 337 



XXX VI II. On Fishes new to Ireland. By W. Thompson, Esq. ... 348 



XXXIX. On the Rkizoph or ea?. By G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. 359 

 XL. On Habenaria bifolia and chlorantha . By Charles C. Ba- 



bington, Esq 374 



XLI. Floras Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor ; or a Specimen 

 of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunning- 

 ham, Esq 376 



XLII. Descriptions of British Chalcidites. By F. Walker, Esq.... 381 

 XLIII. A Catalogue of the Slender-tongued Saurians, with Descrip- 

 tions of many new Genera and Species. By J. E. Gray, Esq 388 



XLIV. Illustrations of Indian Botany. By Drs. Wight and Ar- 

 nott 395 



New Books : — Ichthyologiske Bidrag til den Grbnlandske Fauna, by 

 Prof. J. Rheinhardt, Part I. ; Ordnance Survey of Ireland, by 

 Colonel Colby, R.E. Superintendent, vol. i. ; The Edinburgh New 

 Philosophical Journal, conducted by Prof. Jameson; A History 

 of the British Zoophytes, by George Johnston, M.D 395 — 400 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; 



Royal Asiatic Society ; Linnaean Society 401 — 409 



Description of the new Genus Holopus, by M. D. Orbigny ; the Gi- 

 gantic Japanese Salamander ; Zootoca vivipara ; Description of a 

 new Species of Voluta ; Gigantic Echinus Spine ; Curtis 's British 

 Entomology ; Obituary ; Meteorological Observations ; Meteor- 

 ologicalTable 412—416 



NUMBER VI. 



XLV. — Further remarks on the British Shrews, including the distin- 

 guishing Characters of two Species previously confounded. By the 

 Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S., &c 417 



XLVI. On the " Jatun condenado" (Lycopodium catharticum), an 

 efficacious remedv for the Leprosy among the Indians of Columbia. By 

 Sir Wm. J. Hooker. (With a Plate.) 428 



XLVII. Miscellanea Zoologica. By George Johnston, M.D., 

 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. (With a Plate.) 431 



XLVIII. On the Erythrcea diffusa, Woods (Gentiana scilloides, 

 Linn.fil.). By Sir W. J. Hooker. (With some remarks on the Genus. 

 By Dr. Gries'bach.) (With a Plate.) 437 



XLIX. Prodromus of a Monograph of tne Radiata and Echinoder- 

 mata. By Louis Agassiz, M.D 440 



L. Descriptions of British Chalcidites. By Francis Walker, F.L.S. 449 



LI. Florae Insularum Novae Zelandiae Precursor; or a Specimen 

 of the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunningham, 

 Esq 455 



LII. Information respecting Botanical Travellers 463 



