IV CONTENTS. 



['age 

 Changes of Colour in the Chameleon, by M. P. Bert ; On the 

 Anatomy and Histology oi Lucernaria, by M. A. de Korottneff; 

 Instinct (?) in Hermit Crabs, by Alexander Agassiz ; On the 

 Organization of the Acarina of the Family Gamasidce — Cha- 

 racters which prove that they constitute a natural Transition 

 between the Hexapod Insects and the Arachnida, by M. Megnin ; 

 On the Presence in existing Seas of a Type of Sarcodaria of the 

 Secondary Formations, by M. P. Fischer 91 — 103 



NUMBEK XCVni. 



XI. Descriptions of Species of Astenidcp and OpMurides from Ker- 

 guelen's Island. By Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., Zoological Depart- 

 ment, British Museum 105 



XII. Descriptions of some new Species of Ilydroida from Kergue- 

 len's Island. By Professor Allman, M.D., LL^D., F.R.S., P.L.S. . . 113 



Xni. Descriptions of some new Species of Polj'zoa from Kergue- 

 len's Island. By Professor G. Busk, F.R.S 116 



XIV. On Mr. Carter's Objections to JEozoon. By Principal J. W. 

 Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 118 



XV. A Conspectus of the Species of ParatelpJmsa, an Indo-Malayan 

 Genus of Freshwater Crabs. By James Wood-Mason, Professor of 

 Comparative Anatomy, Medical College, Calcutta 120 



XVI. Contributions to the Study of the chief Generic Types of 

 the Palfeozoic Corals. By James Thomson, F.G.S., and H. Alleyne 

 Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc, F.R.S. E., Professor of Natural History in 



the University of St. Andrews, (Plate VIII.) 123 



XVII. Notices of British Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq., F.L.S. (Plates IX., X., 



& XI.) 129 



XVIII. On the Habitat of Uromys aruensis (Gray) and its Allies. 



By Dr. A. B. Meyer 145 



■ New Book : — Medicinal Plants ; being Descriptions with Original 

 Figm-es of the Principal Plants employed in Medicine, and an 

 Account of their Properties and Uses, by R. Beutley, F.L.S., and 

 H. Trimen, M.B., F.L.S 146 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 14? — 163 



Proceedings of the Geological Society 164 — 168 



On some Ornithological Errors in the * Reliquiae Aquitanicae,' by 

 Alfred Newton, M. A., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. ; On the Verminous 

 Pneumonia of Domestic Animals, by M. E. Bugnion ; Nidifica- 

 tion of the Indian Rainbow-Fish, by M. Paul Carbonnier ; Zoo- 

 logical Notes made during a Residence at Scheveningen, by M. 

 P. Harting ; On the Scientific Exploration of the Caspian Sea, 

 by M. Oscar Grimm ; On Fossil Remains of Reptilia and Fishes 

 from Illinois, by E. D. Cope ; Formation of Nitrites by Bac- 

 teria 168—184 



