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ZOOLOGICAL SECTION. 



Z Poulton (E. B.) An enquiry into the cause and 



extent of a special colour — relation between 

 certain exposed Lepidopterous Pupae and 

 Surfaces which immediately surround them ; 

 Abstract of same ; Notes upon, or suggested 

 by, the colours, markings, and protective 

 attitudes of certain Lepidopterous Larvae and 

 Pupae, and of a Phytophagous Hymenopterous 

 Larvae ; The essential nature of the colouring 

 of Phytophagous Larvae (and their Pupae), with 

 an account of experiments upon the relation 

 between the colour of such Larvag and that of 

 their food plants ; On the protective value of 

 colour and markings in Insects ; Theories of 

 Heredity ; Notes upon Lepidopterous Larvae ; 

 Mimicry ; A further enquiry into a special 

 colour — relation between the Larvae of Smer- 

 inthus Ocellatus and its Food Plants ; Notes 

 upon Lepidopterous Larvae, &c., including a 

 complete account of the life-history of the 

 Larvae of Sphinx, Convolvuli, and Agliatau ; 

 Further notes upon the markings and attitudes 

 of Lepidopterous Larvae, together with a 

 complete account of the life-history of Sphinx, 

 Ligustri, and Selenia illunaria (Larvae) ; Notes 

 in 1885 upon Lepidopterous Larvae and Pupae, 

 &c. ; True Teeth in the young Ornithorhynchus 

 paradoxus; On the Tongues of the ]\Iarsupialia; 

 The Structures connected with the Ovarian 

 Ovum of Marsupiaiia and Monotremata ; The 

 True Teeth and Horny Plates of Ornithorhy- 

 nchus. Presented by the Author. 



Z Second Report on the Fauna of Liverpool Bay 

 and neighbouring Seas (L. M. B. C. Reports, 

 No. II.) Presented by A. O. Walker, Esq 



MISCELLANEOUS SECTION. 



X Annaleji des K.K. Naturhistorischen Hofmuseitms, 

 Vienna, Bend IV., No. 4 



X Annual Report and Proceedings of the Liverpool 



Science Students' Association, Session 1888-89 



X 99 Annual Report and Transactions of the North 

 Staffordshire Naturalists' Field Club and 

 Archaeological Society, 1 88g 



