INDEX. 
Limacia, observations on the genus, 
365 
Litoria, new species of, 314. 
Lizards, descriptions of new, 380, 392. 
Lodoicea Seychellarum, observations 
on, 442. 
Longicorns of the Amazon Valley, on 
the, 11 
Te al typicus, observations on, 
461 
Lord, J. K., on a species of Denta- 
lium, 452. 
Lygodactylus, characters of the ge- 
_ nus, 380 
M‘Andrew, R., on the species of Mol- 
lusca obtained in Corunna Bay, 232. 
Meera, new species of, 423. 
Malacological nomenclature, on the 
present state of, 155. 
Mammalia from the Red Crag, on 
new, 303. 
Mangelia, new species of, 45. 
Marcusen, J., on the anatomy and his- 
tology of Branchiostoma lubricum, 
151, 319. 
Margarita, new species of, 426, 
Marsilea, on the fecundation and de- 
velopment of, 417. 
Megapodius, new species of, 378. 
Menispermaceze, on the, 49, 97, 252, 
363. 
Menispermum, observations on the 
genus, 367. 
Microdesmus, characters of the new 
genus, 231. 
Microrhopala, new species of, 268. 
Miers, J., on the Menispermacez, 
49, 97, 252, 363. 
Miodon, new species of, 424. 
Mixophyes, characters of the genus, 
311. 
Mollusea, descriptions of new, 45, 
180, 243, 423; from Corunna Bay, 
list of, 232. 
Mopalia, new species of, 426. 
Mormyrus, new species of, 226. 
Miiller, Dr. F., on the metamorphoses 
of the Prawns, 104; on some pe- 
culiar structures in the seminal 
fluid of Janthina, 430. 
Museums, on the uses and improve- 
ment of, 283. 
Mustela, new species of, 160. 
Nephila, new species of, 43. 
Newton, A., on a natural mummy of 
Alea impennis, 138; on the breed- 
ing of the Green Sandpiper, 221. 
47) 
Nisotra, characters of the genus, 437. 
Nitidella, new species of, 48. 
Obeliscus, new species of, 46. 
Odontocarya, description of the ge- 
nus, 97. 
Odostomia, new species of, 46. 
Oldham, Prof., on the discovery of 
fossil stone implements in India, 154. 
Opalia, new species of, 47. 
Orchidezx, on globular. cell-thicken- 
ings in the envelope of the roots of 
some, 80; on the aérial roots of 
the, 159. 
Palame, description of the genus, 12. 
Palamedea chavaria, on the system- 
atic position of, 144. 
Parabeena, description of the genus, 
51. 
Parker, W. K., on the systematic po- 
sition of the Crested Screamer, 144; 
on the osteology of the Kagu. 385. 
Pasithea, new species of, 39. 
Pelzeln, A. von, on the Great Auk, 
393. 
Pericampylus, observations on the 
genus, 369. 
Perigonimus, new species of, 57. 
Phytophaga, new genera and species 
of, 433. 
Pisania, new species of, 49. 
Placotrochus, new species of, 163. 
Plants, on the remains of, found be- 
neath the Swiss lake-dwellings, 
465. 
Platyglossus, new species of, 230. 
Pcecilomorpha, new species of, 436. 
Polysticta, new species of, 116, 169. 
Pranizze, observations on the, 405. 
Prawns, on the metamorphoses of the, 
104, 
Prionops, new species of, 379. 
Pristipoma, new species of, 227. 
Psalidostoma, observations on the 
genus, 399. 
Pselium, observations on the genus, 
371. 
Pseudojulis, new species of, 230. 
Psilodactylus, characters of the ge- 
nus, 382. 
Pterophrynus, new species of, 312. 
Pteropus of India, on the fishing pro- 
pensities of the, 141. 
Pupze, new species of, 183, 184, 
Pupina, new species of, 183. 
Pupinella, new species of, 184. 
Quatrefages, A. de, onthe geographical 
distribution of the Annelida, 239, 
