CONTEN T S. 



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XXXVII. Florula Keelingensis. An Account of the Native Plants 



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



XXXVIII. On Fishes new to Ireland. By W. Thompson, Esq.. . 34S 



XXXIX. On the Rhizophorece. By G. A. Walker Arnott, Esq. 359 



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

 ton, Esq 374 



XLI. Florae 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. ByF. 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 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Ichthyologiske Bidrag til den Gronlandske Fauna. By Prof J. 



Rheinhardt. Part I 395 



Ordnance Survey of Ireland. By Colonel Colby, R.E. Superin- 

 tendent. Vol. i 396 



The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal. Conducted by Prof. 



Jameson 398 



A History of the British Zoophytes. By George Johnston, M.D.. . 400 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



Zoological Society. — Mr. Gould on a collection of Birds from Australia 



and the adjacent Islands, belonging to the Raptorial Order . . 401 



Botanical Society of Edinburgh 406 



R.oyal Asiatic Society : — Colonel Sykes on the Vegetable Produc- 

 tions of the Deccan 408 



Linnaean Society : — Address of the President 409 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Description of the new genus Holopus. By M. D'Orbigny 412 



The Gigantic Japanese Salamander 413 



Zootoca vivipara ib. 



Description of a new Species of Voluta 414 



Gigantic Echinus Spine ib. 



Curtis's British Entomology ib. 



Obituary 415 



Meteorological Observations ib. 



Meteorological Table 416 



