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 New Book : — A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea, 

 by Thomas Bell, F.B.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S., &c. Second 

 Edition, revised and partly rewritten hy the Author, assisted by 

 Robert F. Tomes, Corr. Memb. Z.S., and Edward Richard 

 Alston, F.Z.S 75 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 81 



New Observations on the Habits of the Ants of the South of France, 

 by T. Moggridge ; On Nearctos and JElurina, by Dr. J. E. Gray, 

 F.R.S. &c. ; On the Metamorphoses of the A carina of the 

 Families Sarcoptidce and Gamasidce, by M. Megnin ; Observa- 

 tions on the Fecundation of the Batrachia Urodela, by M. U. 

 Robin ; The Large Seal (Hal ieh cents grypus) in Cornwall . . 89-96 



NUMBER LXXX. 



XIII. On the Nature of the Seed-like Body of Spongilla ; on the 

 Origin or Mother Cell of the Spicule ; and on the Presence of Sper- 

 matozoa in the Spongida. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c. (Plate X.) 97 



XIV. On some Species of Amphithoe and Sunamphithoe. By the 

 Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbing, M.A. (Plates XL & XII.) Ill 



XV. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of New Zealand. By H. W. 

 Bates, F.L.S. 118 



XVI. Descriptions of two new Species of Fulgora from India. By 

 Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S. , Senior Assistant, Zoo- 

 logical Department, British Museum 131 



XVH. On Dendrohyrax Baheri, a new Species from Tropical North- 

 eastern Africa. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c 132 



XVin. On Sexual Variations in the Nestling-Plumage of the 

 Booted Eagle (Nisaetus pennatus). By Howard Sauis t ders,F.Z.S. &c. 136 



XIX. On the Striae of Foraminiferous Tests ; with Reply to Cri- 

 ticism. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c 138 



XX. On the Invertebrate Marine Fauna and Fishes of St. Andrews. 



By W. C. M'Lntosh 144 



XXI. Descriptions of some new Species of Birds. By Arthur, 

 Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., F.R.S 156 



XXII. Description of a new European Species of Zootvca. By Dr. 

 Albert Gunther, F.R.S 158 



XXIH. On the Identity of Esox Lewini with the Dinolestes Midleri 

 of Klunzinger. By Theodore Gill 159 



Pelomyxa p>alustris, a freshwater Amoeboid Organism, by Dr. Richard 

 Greef ; On Megupodius trinkutensis, Sharpe, by Arthur, Viscount 

 "Walden, P.Z.S. ; On the Structure of the Caudal Appendage of 

 some Ascidian Larva3, by M. A. Giard ; Parthenogenesis in Ferns ; 

 On New-Zealand Whales ; Small Size of the Brain in Tertiary 

 Mammals, by Prof. O. C. Marsh ; On JEnphysetes Pottsii, by Dr. 

 Julius Haast, F.R.S. ; On a new Genus of Asdlidce, bv Oscar 

 Harger • • • 161-168 



