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JOURNAL OF THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Vol. V. No. 20. 



I. Zoological Papers. 



CONTENTS. 



Page 



1. Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected at Manado in 



Celebes, and in Tond, by Mr. A. R. Wallace, with Descrip- 

 tions of New Species. By Francis Walkeb, Esq., P.L.S. 

 {continued) 265 



2. Catalogue of the Dipterous Insects collected in Batcliian, 



Kaisaa and Makian, and at Tidon in Celebes, by Mr. A. R. 

 Wallace, with Descriptions of New Species. By Feancis 

 Walker, Esq., F.L.S 270 



3. On Sclerostoma Syngwnms, and the Diseases which it occasions 



in Birds. By T. Spencer Cobbold, M.D., F.L.S., Lecturer 

 on Zoology and Comparative Anatomy, Middlesex Hospital 

 College 304 



II. Botanical Papers. 



1. Preecursores ad Floram Indicam. — Cruciferse. By J. D. 



Hooker, M.D., F.R.S. & L.S., and T. Thomson, M.D., 

 F.R.S. & L.S. {continued) 157 



2. Note on the Fructification and Affinities of Hydnum gelati- 



nosum, Fr. By Frederick Cueeet, M.A., F.R.S. & L.S. . 181 



3. Extract from a Letter, addressed to Sir William J. Hooker, 



on the Botany of Benguela, Mossamedes, &c., in Western 

 Africa. By P. Welwitsch, M.D., A.L.S 182 



4. On a New British Plant. By Joshua Clarke, Esq., P.L.S. . 187 



5. Discovery of Isoetes Hystrix in Guernsey, announced in a 



Letter addressed to tlie Secretary of the Linnean Society. 

 By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., P.L.S. . . . 188 



6. On the Occurrence of Festuca ambiguay Le Gtill, in the Isle 



of Wight. By Alexander Or. More, Esq., P.L.S. . . .189 



LONDON: 

 LONGMAN, OKEEN, LONGMANS AND EGBERTS, 



AND 



WILLIAMS AND NOEGATE. 



1861. 



