488 



INDEX. 



Platysoraus, new species of, 252. 

 Pleurodus Rankinii, observations on, 



249. 

 Polyplirades, new species of, 133. 

 Porzana, new species of, 47. 

 Prognatliodus Giintheri, description 



of, 325. 

 Protozoic-absorption theory, on the, 1. 

 Pseudonaja, new species of, 35. 

 Pupipara, on some new, parasitic 



upon Cheiroptera, 407. 

 Reptiles, new Ceylonese, 85. 

 Rhinaria, new species of, 135. 

 Rhinelaps, characters of the new 



genus, 33. 

 Rhinotia, new species of, 138. 

 Rhytina, on the sldn &c. of the, 306. 

 Robertson, D., on the distribution of 



the British Ostracoda, 48. 

 Rossella, new species of, 414. 

 Royal Society, proceedings of the, 



402. 

 Rudow, Dr. F., on some Pupipara 



parasitic upon Chiroptera, 407. 

 Sachs, Prof., on the action of light 



upon chlorophyl, 143. 

 Schrceder, M., on the spring period 



of the Maple, 230. 

 Sea-serpent, a ''truthful" description 



of the, 484. 

 Seeley, H. G., on the origin of the 



vertebrate skeleton, 265. 

 Simotes, new species of, 20. 

 Smith, E. A., on the species of the 



genus Planaxis, 37, 344 ; on several 



species of BuUidEe, 344. 

 Snakes, new species of, 13. 

 Solitaire, on the osteology of the, 



168, 241, 321. 

 South worth, J. P., on a new micro- 

 metric goniometer eye-piece for 



the microscope, 175. 

 SpDoges, on the affinities of the, 71 ; 



on the reproduction of, 419 ; on 



the classification of the, 443 5 new, 



409, 417. 

 Spongilla arachnoidea, on the struc- 

 ture and development of, 71. 

 Stenocorynus, new species of, 134. 

 Strebla, new species of, 407. 

 Sunfish, on the viviparity of the, 



328. 

 Symphorus, characters of the new 



genus, 438. 



Syngamus trachealis, on the develop- 

 ment of, 236. 



Tachymenis, new species of, 19. 



Tapirus villosus, note on, 169. 



Tethya, new species of, 412, 417. 



Tethya dactyloidea, on the structure 

 of, 82. 



Thouarella antarctica, notes on, 482. 



Titinia, new species of, 132. 



Tornatina, new species of, 354. 



Trilobites, on the systematic position 

 of the, 98. 



Triouyx gaugeticus and T. hurum, 

 observations on, 382, 473. 



Vaillant, L., on Oncidium celticum, 

 101 ; on the acclimatization and 

 anatomy of Perichfeta diftiingens. 



Van Beneden, M. E., on the syste- 

 matic position of the King Crabs 

 and Trilobites, 98. 



Vegetable physiology, on some recent 

 researches in, 142, 230. 



Verrill, Prof. A. E., on the distribu- 

 tion of marine animals on the 

 southern coast of NewEngland, 92 ; 

 on the affinities of paljseozoic tabu- 

 late Corals with existing species, 

 355. 



Vertebrate skeleton, on the origin of 

 the, 265. 



Vicary, W., on a fossil Coral allied 

 to Merulina, 84. 



Vorticellfe, on the structure and 

 natural history of the, 105, 196, 

 384, 462. 



Walden, Viscount, on a new species 

 of Porzana, 47 ; on a supposed new 

 species of Cuckoo, 305 ; on new 

 species of birds, 398. 



Whale, on a subfossil, discovered in 

 Cornwall, 440. 



Whales, on extinct Whalebone-, 484. 



Williamson, Dr. W. C, on the fossil 

 plants of the Coal-measures, 403. 



WoUaston, T. V., on Microxylobius 

 Westwoodii, 112. 



Woodward, IJ., on the relationship 

 of the Limulidse to the Eurypte- 

 rid?e and to the Trilobita, 406. 



Zamenis, new species of, 22. 



Zamenophis, characters of the new 

 genus, 21. 



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