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vi CONTENTS. 



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XXXI. Shells of the Littoral Zone; and Freshwater and Land 

 Shells, in Jersey. By E. Duprky 338 



XXXII. Additional Eemarks on the Classification of the Genera 



of Chiropfem. By G. E. Dobson, M.A., M.B., F.L.S., &c 345 



XXXIII. Description of twenty new Species of Hespendce. By 



W. C. IlEWiTsoN 347 



A Note on the Phenomena of Digestion in the Cockroach (Periplaneta 

 americana, L.), byM. Felix Plateau; Singular Ceylonese Frogs ; 

 Remarks on Fossils from the Ashley Phosphate-Beds ; Reply 

 to some Observations by Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys on the Cruise of 

 H.M.S. 'Valorous' in 1875, by G. 0. Wallich, M.D 355—359 



NUMBER CVII. 



XXXIV. On Peripntus noves-zealandice. By Captain F. W. Hut- 

 ton, Director of the Otago Museum. (Plate XVII.) 361 



XXXV. Cn the Fecundation of the Egg in the Common Fowl. 



By P. Tauber ^^^ 



XXXVI. The Mammals of Turkestan. By Dr. N. Severtzoff . 377 



XXXVII. Descriptions and Figures of Deep-Sea Sponges and 

 their Spicules, from the Atlantic Ocean, dredged up oii boai-d H.M.S. 



' Porcupine,' chiefly in 1869. By A. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c d88 



XXXVIII. Descriptions of supposed new Birds from the Khasi- 

 Naga Hill-ranges, south of the Brahmaputra River, Assam. By 

 Major H. H. Godwin- Atjsten, F.Z.S. &c 411 



XXXIX. Note on the Genera AMxicoicles and Paranephrops. _ By 

 Edward J. Miers, Assistant in the Zoological Department, British 

 Museum 



XL Notes on a Group of Russian FusidincE. By Henry B. 

 Brady, F.R.S. (Plate XVHI.) 414 



XLL Descriptions of two new Species of Cetoniidce. By Charles 

 0. Waterhouse *-^ 



XLII New and peculiar Mollusca of the Pecten, Mytihis, and 

 Area Families procured in the 'Valorous ' Expedition. By J. Gwyn ^^^ 

 Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S 



XLIII. Description of a new Species of Macrotus. By G. E. 

 Dobson, M.A., M..B., F.L.S., &c 436 



Researches on the Phenomena of Digestion and on the Structure of 

 the Digestive Apparatus in the Belgian Mynopods, by M. I^elix 



