CONTENTS. 



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XXXIV. Notes on some Viviparous Plants. By George Dickie, 



Esq., A.L.S., Lecturer on Botany in Marischal College, Aberdeen. . 297 



XXXV. On Ulex. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., 

 F.G.S., &c. (With Wood Engravings) 300 



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

 Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh : — Irish Anne- 

 lides. (With a Plate.) 305 



XXXVII. On the Corymorpha nutans of Sars, a remarkable Hy- 

 droid Polype. By Edward Forbes, Esq., and John Goodsir, Esq. 309 



XXXVIII. Monograph of the Dorylidce, a Family of the Hyme- 

 noptera Heterogyna. By W. E. Shuckard, Esq. (Concluded.) .. 315 



XXXIX. Description of a new Species of the genus Lophotus, from 

 the collection of Charles Darwin, Esq. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., 

 Curator to the Museum of the Zoological Society, &c. &c 329 



XL. Description of a new Species of Balanus, from the Cabinet of 

 Samuel Wright, Esq., of Cork. By the Rev. W Hincks, F.L.S. . . 333 



XLI. On the Effects produced upon Animal and Vegetable Life by 

 the Winter of 1 838. By P. J. Selby, of Twizel House 334 



XLII. Information respecting Botanical and Zoological Travellers : — 

 Dr. Parnell, Mr. Jerdon, Mr. Cuming, Dr. Krauss, and Mr. 

 Schomburgk . . . . 340 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 



Zoological Society : — Birds of Trebizond 348 



Botanical Society of London 356 



Royal Irish Academy : — Aristotle on Animals 358 



Orkney Natural History Society 360 



MISCELLANEOUS. 



Prize Question in Vegetable Physiology 361 



Bottle-nosed Whale " 361 



Remarkable change of Habit in the Hare 362 



Note on Animalcules. By E. Forbes, Esq 363 



Mr. Thompson's Notes on Irish Birds 364 



New Species of Agrilus 365 



The Rev. Mr. Hincks on Mr. Gray's edition of Turton's Manual of 



Shells 366 



Meteorological Observations 367 



Meteorological Table 368 



