CONTENTS. Vll 



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 NUMBER LXXI. 



XLIV. On the Hexactinellidae and Lithistidae generally, and par- 

 ticularly on the Aphrocallistidce, Aidodictyon, and Farrece, together 

 with Facts elicited from their Deciduous Structures, and Descrip- 

 tions respectively of three new Species. Bv H. J. Carter, F.R.S. 

 &c. (Plates XIII.-XVII.) 349 



XLV. On three new Species of Birds from Chefoo (North China). 

 By Robert Swinhoe, H.B.M. Consul at Chefoo 373 



XL VI. On a Collection of Fishes from Chefoo, North China. By 

 Dr. Albert Guntheb, F.R.S 377 



XL VII. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. By II. W. Bates, 

 F.L.S .* 380 



XLVLTI. On Spontaneous Division in the Echinodermata and other 

 Radiata. By Dr. C. F. Lltken 391 



XLIX. Notes on some New-Zealand Fishes. By F. W. Hutton, 

 F.G.S., C.M.Z.S 400 



L. Description of a new Species of Freshwater Cravflsh from New 

 Zealand. By F. W. Hutton, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S * 402 



LI. Descriptions of new Species of Fossorial Hymenoptera in the 

 Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith, Assistant 

 in the Zoological Department of the British Museum ib. 



LII. Notes on the Rats ; with the Description of some new Species 

 from Panama and the Aru Islands. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. . . 416 



New Books :— The Sea and its Living Wonders ; a Popular Account 

 of the Marvels of the Deep, and of the Progress of Maritime 

 Discovery from the earliest ages to the present time, by Dr. G. 

 Hartwig. — Outlines of Natural History for Beginners, being 

 Descriptions of a Progressive Series of Zoological Types, by 

 H. Alleyne Nicholson, M.D. &c. — Endomycici Recitati : A Cata- 

 logue of the Endomycici, &c, with Descriptions of New Species 

 and Notes, bv Henry Stephen Gorham, Vicar of Shipley, 

 Sussex 410—421 



On the Respiratory Organs of the Araneida, by Dr. P. Bertkan ; Mi- 

 grations of Danais Arehippus, by Georg Semper ; On the Change 

 of Form of the Lachrymal Pit during Growth in the Skulls of 

 the Bush-boks ( Cephalophus) and Muntjacs (Cervulus), by Dr. 

 J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; New Species of Shells, by F. P. Marrat ; 

 On the Wood-Deer of Brazil (Blastocerus syluestn's), by Dr. 

 J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; Dolphins from the Cape of Good Hope, by 

 Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. ; Experiments on the Scolex of 

 Tccnia mediocaneUcda, by M. Saint-Cyr ; On a new Genus and 

 Species of the Family Trochilidce, by John Gould, F.R.S. &c. ; 

 On the Zoological Position and Function of the Parasitic Acarina 

 called Hypopits, by M. Megnin 422 — 429 



NUMBER LXXII. 



LIII. On the Protection of Pollen from Premature Dislodgment 

 or Moisture. By M. A. Keener 431 



LIV. On the Hexactinellidse and Lithistidae generally, and 



