CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 I f On Scrophvlaria aquatica of Linnaeus and Ehrhart. By Charles 

 Abbot Stevens, Esq., B.A., F.B.S.E. (With a Plate.) 1 



II. Catalogue of the Species of Fungi obtained in the North of Ire- 

 land, by John Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, Belfast. By Thomas 

 Taylor, M.D., M.rt.I.A., r .L.o «J 



III. Additions to the Fauna of Ireland. By W. Thompson, Esq., 



V. Pres. of the Natural History Society of Belfast 6 



IV. Nonnullorum Cerambycitum novorum, Novam Hollandiam et 

 Insulam Van Diemen habitantium characteres. By Edward Newman, 

 F.L.S •• -l ** 



V. Description of Limneus involutus, Harvey, MS. By W. Thomp- 

 son, Vice-President of the Natural History Society of Belfast ; — with 

 an account of the Anatomy of the Animal. By John Goodsir, Esq. 

 (With a Plate.) 22 



VI . On certain characters in the Crania and Dentition of Carnivora 

 which may serve to distinguish the subdivisions of that Order. By 



G. R. Waterhouse, Esq 25 



VII. Summary Description of Four new Species of Otter. By B. 



H. Hodgson, Resident at Catmandu, Nepal 27 



VIII. Information respecting Botanical Travellers : — Mr. Schom- 

 burgk's Narrative of his recent Expedition in Guiana 29 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



A History of British Ferns. By Edward Newman, F.L.S 36 



Iter Hispaniense, or a Synopsis of Plants collected in the Southern 



Provinces of Spain and Portugal ; by.Philip Barker Webb. — Otia 



Hispanica, seu delectus plantarum rariorum aut nondum rite no- 



tarum per Hispanias sponte nascentium. Auctore P. B. Webb. 38. 



On the Organs of Secretion in Plants. By Dr. F. J. F. Meyen .... 40 



Description of a new Genus of Plants of the Family Leguminosce. By 



Guglielmo Gasparini . 43 



Observations on the duration and germination of Grammitis. By 



Guglielmo Gasparini ib. 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



Linnsean Society 44 



Zoological Society 51 



Microscopical Society 64 



Royal Irish Academy 67 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



On Datisca Cannabina and Impregnation 69 



On a new Genus of Cephalopoda ib. 



Derivation of the Teff and the Tocusso, two species of the Abyssinian 



Grasses , 70 



The Snake Nut ib. 



M. von Humboldt on Mr. Darwin's Voyage of the Beagle, and on 



Mr. Schomburgk's Expedition 71 



Meteorological Observations and Table 71, 72 



