Virgularia inirabilis (IlhisJ, 1, 2, 5, 6, 217- 

 227, 241-250, 205-273 



Anatomical description of, 220- 



227:— 1. The Stalk and Rachis, 

 220-222; 2. The Stem, 222-223; 

 3. The Polypes and Zooids, 241- 

 245 ; 4. Anatomy of the Polvpes, 

 245-2.50, 205-273 (a. The Body- 

 wall, 245; b. The Calvx, 245-210; 

 c. The Tentacles, '246-247; d. 

 The Stomach, 247-218; e. The 

 Mesenteries, 248 ; /. The Mesen- 

 terial Filaments, 248-250; <•/. The 

 Ke-prodnctive Organs, 265-208); 

 5. Anatomy of the Zooids, 268 



Chief Points of Contrast between 



1 1 V. mirabilis and 2) Pennatula 

 and Funiculina, 224 



General Account of, 218, 220 



Geographical Distribution of, 271 



General Observations on Funi- 



culina, Pennatula, and Virgu- 

 laria, 271-273 



Habits of, 269-271 (1. The Natural 



Position of Virgularia, 269-270 ; 

 2. On the Power of Retraction, 

 270-271 ; 3. Supposed Nocturnal 

 Habits, 271) 



Mutilation of Specimens of, 223-224 



Zoological Position and Affinities 



of, 208-209 



Wake (Sir Herewald), Prize offered by, 119 

 Waller (T. H.', on the Occurrence of Car- 

 bonic Acid in Crystals.9 3 

 Warwickshire, Botanical Rambles in, 227- 

 228 



Cambrian Rocks in, 142, 189 



Flora of, 14-10, 39-43, .57-59. 82-85, 



108-112, 136-1.39, 153, 178-181, 207- 

 208, 253-257 



Warwickshire Grasses, 187 



Minerals of, 13, 204 



Occurrence of Native Calcium 



Chloride at Guy's Cliffe, 00-61 



Plants, New Localities for Rare, 



210, 288 



Weather of November, 1881, 10; Decem- 

 ber, 44 ; -January, 18.82, 00 ; February, 

 88; March, 110 ; April and May, 185; 

 .Tune, 185 ; July, 208-210 ; August, 235- 

 237 ; September, 259-261 ; October, 

 277-278 



Welbeck Abbey, 81 



Whitaker (W.), On things in general and 

 Red Chalk in pai-ticular, 284 



Wilkins (Silvanus), On a Dragon-fiv, 228- 

 234 



Wilson (E.), On a Discovery of Fossil 

 Fishes in the New Red Sandstone of 

 Nottingham, 45-46 



Woodward C. J. , on The Minerals of the 

 Midlands, 11-3, .59-01, 202-207 



Worcestershire, Minerals of, 13, 204- 

 207 



Wragge (Clement L.), Meteorology of the 

 Midlands, 16-17, 4:3-45, a8-60, 88-90, 110- 

 117, 185-180, 208-210, 2:i5-2:37, 259-261, 

 277-278 



Presentation of Gold Medal to, at 



Edinburgh, 93 



Zoological Museum of The Mason College, 

 Specimen of Funiculina quadrangu- 

 laris in the, 9 



Zoological Position and Affinities of 

 Funiculina quadraugularis, 50-51 



— — of Pennatula phosphorea, 198-202 



of Virgularia mirabilis, 268-209 



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