CONTENTS. V 



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XXI. On the Contractile Tissue of Plants. By Prof. Ferdinand 

 Cohn 188 



XXII. On the Japanese Species of Siphonalia, a proposed new 

 Genus of Gasteropodous Mollusca. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S. &c. 202 



XXIII. On the Higher Subdivisions in the Classification of Mam- 

 mals. By James D. Dana 207 



XXIV. Diagnostic Notices of new Canarian Coleoptera. By T. 

 Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S 214 



New Book : — Outlines of Botany, designed for Schools and Colleges, 

 by J. H. Balfour, M.D., Prof, of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh 221 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society „, 222—228 



Notice of a Flycatcher new to the Fauna of Great Britain, by G. R. 

 Gray ; On the Development, Structure, and Functions of the 

 Tissues of the Anther, by A. Chatin ; On a new Pteropus from 

 New Holland, by W. Peters 228—232 



NUMBER LXIV. 



XXV. On the Classification of the Brachyura, and on the Homo- 

 logies of the Antennary Joints in Decapod Crustacea. By Wm, 

 Stimpson, M.D 233 



XXVI. Notes on rare and little-known Fishes taken at Madeira. 

 No. III. By James Yate Johnson, Cor. Mem. Z.S 237 



XXVII. On Ephedra. By John Miers, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. ... 248 



XXVIII. On the Raphides of Isnardia. By Prof. Gulliver ... 263 



XXIX. On some new Genera and Species of Umboniidce from the 

 Seas of Japan. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S. &c 264 



XXX; Notice of the Occurrence of a rare Cetacean (Lagenorhyn- 

 clius albirostris, Gray) at the Mouth of the Dee. By Thomas J. 

 Moore 268 



XXXI. On the Geographical Distribution and Varieties of the 

 Honey- Bee, with Remarks upon the Exotic Honey-Bees of the Old 

 World. By Dr. A. Gerstacker 270 



XXXII. On some Species of Tree-Snakes (Ahcetulla). By Dr. 

 Albert Gunther 283 



XXXIII. On an Undescribed Indigenous Form of Amoeba. By 



G. C. Wallich, M.D., F.L.S. &c. (Plate VIII.) 287 



