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INDEX. 



Dryptopetalum, on the new genus, 372. 



Echidna, on the two species of, 335. 



Echinodermata, Prodromal of i Mono- 

 graph <>t', ■">'>. 2 ( .»7, 440 ; position of the 

 dental apparatus In, 36. 



Echinus, spiral development of the plates 



in an, l'-; gigantic fossil spine of an. 

 II !. 



Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, 

 noticed, 1 1'.». 



Entomological Society, proceedings of, 

 76. 



Entomology, British, noticed, 1 1 L. 



Entomostraca, British, Natural History of, 

 245. 



Entozoa, descriptions of, 431. 



Eolidia, 50; B. papulosa, 118 ; E. Cuvierii, 

 120; E. rafibranchialis, 121; E. pur- 

 purascens, 122; E. plumosa, 123; E. 

 despecta, 123. 



Epilobium, on anew species of, 208. 



Erythraea, on a new species, 437. 



Euryale Amazonica, 67. 



Eyton, T. C, on the Fauna of Shropshire 

 and North Wales, 285 ; Monograph on 

 the Anatidae, or Duck Trihe, reviewed, 

 473. 



Falconer, R. W., on the ancient history of 

 the rose, 228 ; on the gardens of anti- 

 quity, 406. 



Fasciola anguillae, description of, 434. 



Felis, description of a new species of, 27. 



Fish, Greenland, notes and descriptions of 

 some new species of, 101 ; new to lre- 



!and, 348 ; description of two new ge- 

 tera, 396. 

 ming, John, Molluscous Animals, re- 

 viewed, 147. 



Flora lnsularum Novae Zelandiae, 210, 

 376, 455 ; of the Keeling Islands, 337. 



Forhes, Edw., Malacologia Monensis, re- 

 viewed, 320. 



Fossil Mammalia, reviewed, 314. 



Fossil salamander and coprolite, 158. 



Fungi, on the fructification of the pileate 

 and clavate tribes of, 81 ; notices of 

 British, 198, 257 ; of India, 334. 



Gardner, G., voyage in Brazil of, 57, 61 ; 

 collections of, 62, 473 ; on the vegeta- 

 tion of the Organ Mountains, 165; voy- 

 age to Pernamhuco, 463. 



Geological Society, proceedings of, 154. 



Glumaceae, characters of nine new species 

 of, 283. 



Gould, J., the Birds of Australia and ad- 

 jacent Islands, reviewed, 223 ; on two 

 species of the genus Platycercus, 226 ; 

 on the genus Carduelis, 228 ; on a col- 

 lection of Australian birds, 401. 



Graham, Prof., on Scottish plants, 406. 



Gray, J. E., description of some new spe- 

 cies of quadrupeds and shells, 27 ; cata- 

 logue of the slender-tongued Saurians, 



274, 388 ; remarks on Pbalangisia 

 Cookii, 293 ; description of a new spe- 

 cies of Tetraptnrus, 313; <»n the two 

 species of Echidna, 335. 



( .ii en, Dr., on ■ new Trilobite, 79. 



Griesbach, Dr., on the germination of 

 Limnanthemum lacunosum, 6; on the 

 genus Brj thrsea, 437. 



Griffith, description of mosses collected in 

 l ppei \ss;ini, 230. 



Gimn, EL, notices accompanying a col- 

 lection of Quadrupeds and Fish from 

 Van Diemen'a Land, 101. 



Habenaria bifolia and chlorantha, remarks 

 on, 374. 



Hahnaturus, on a new species of, 108. 



Hedycaria, description of the genus, 

 215. 



Henslow, Rev. J. S., an account of the na- 

 tive plants of the Keeling Islands, 337. 



Herring, food of the, 74. 



History of British Reptiles, reviewed, 

 222. 



Hodgson, classified catalogue of Nepalese 

 Mammalia, 152 ; description of several 

 new species of Mammalia, 153. 



Hogg, Mr., on the classification of Am- 

 phibia, 152 ; on the Spongilla fluviati- 

 lis, 478. 



Holopus, a new genus of Crinoidea, 412. 



Holothuria, symmetry of, 38. 



Hooker, Sir W. J., on the medical pro- 

 perties of Lycopodium catharticum, 

 428 ; on the Erythrsea diffusa, 437 ; 

 British Flora, noticed, 476. 



Ichthyologiske Bidrag noticed, 395. 



Ilex Paraguayensis, cultivation of, 60. 



Infusoria, their place in classification, 30. 



Ireland, contributions to the natural hi- 

 story of, 12 ; Ordnance Survey of, re- 

 viewed, 396. 



Jameson's Edinburgh New Philosophical 

 Journal, noticed, 149, 398. 



Java, zoology of, 335. 



Jenyns, Rev. Leonard, remarks on the 

 British shrews, 417. 



Johnston, Dr., Miscellanea Zoologica, 44, 

 114 ; History of the British Zoophites, 

 noticed, 400 ; on some Entozoa, 431. 



Kandelia, description of the genus, 365. 



Kangaroo, habits of the, 105 ; description 

 of two new species of, 216. 



Kingfisher, on a new species of, 227. 



Knightia excelsa, use of the wood of, 

 378. 



Kotschy, Theodor, Voyage in Cardovan 

 and Darfour, 221. 



Larus minutus, occurrence of, 238. 



Lavatera Olbia, station for, 72. 



Lees, Edwin, on Pyrus domestica, 229. 



Limnanthemum lacunosum, germination 

 of, 6. 



Limpets, the sexes of, 482. 



