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 of the Bed-bug, Cimex lectularius, by John Blackwall, F.L.S. ; 

 Description oi Sarcoptilus, a new genus oi Pennatulidce, by J. E. 

 Gray, Esq., F.R.S. &c. ; Remarkable Instances of Instinct, or In- 

 telligence, in Animals, by Dr. Warwick; Note on the genus 5ra- 

 chycladium ; Prevention of Bugs, by Thomas Stratton, R.N.; Me- 

 teorological Observations and Table '4 80 



NUMBER XIV. 



X. The Musci and Hepaticae of the Pyrenees. By Richard Spruce, 

 Esq. (With three Plates.) 81 



XI. Alg£B Orientales : — Descriptions of new species belonging to the 

 genus Sargassum. By R. K. Greville, LL.D. &c. (With a Plate.) 106 



XII. Observations on the Minute Structure and Mode of Contraction 

 of Voluntary Muscular Fibre. By W. Murray Dobie, F.B.S.E. (With 



a Plate.) 109 



XIII. On some new genera and species of Palaeozoic Corals and 

 Foraminifera. By Frederick M'Coy, M.G.S. & N.H.S.D. &c 119 



XIV. Supplementary Notices regarding the Dodo and its Kindred. 

 Nos. 1,2, 3. By H. E. Strickland, M.A., F.G.S 136 



XV. Reply to Sir Philip Egerton's Letter on the Tail of Diplopteriis. 



By Frederick M'Coy, M.G.S. & N.H.S.D. &c 139 



XVI. Reply to Prof. Owen's Letter on the Ganoine of some Fish- 

 teeth. By Frederick M'Coy, M.G.S. & N.H.S.D. &c 140 



XVII. Contributions to the Botany of South America. By John 

 Miers, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S 141 



New Books : — The Treasury of Natural History, or a Popular Dic- 

 tionary of Animated Nature, by Samuel Maunder, Esq 146 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Botanical Society of Edin- 

 burgh 148—154 



On the Existence of an Ovum or Ovule as well in the Male as in the 

 Female of Plants and Animals, producing in the one case Sper- 

 matozoa or Pollen grains, in the other the primitive Cells of the 

 Embryo, by Ch. Robin, M.D. ; On the Gum Kino of the Tenas- 

 serim Provinces, by the Rev. F. Mason ; Meteorological Observa- 

 tions and Table 154—160 



NUMBER XV. 



XVIII. Observations upon several genera hitherto placed in ^o/a- 

 nacecBf and upon others intermediate between that family and the Scro- 

 phulariacece. By John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c 161 



XIX. On the Anatomy of Eolis, a genus of Mollusks of the order 

 • Nudibranchiata. By Albany Hancock and Dennis Embleton, M.D. 



(With two Plates.) 183 



