CONTENTS OF NUMBER 2S.— Eighth Series. 



Page 

 XLIII. Rhynchotal Notes.— L. By W. L. Distant 297 



XLIV. The Collections of William John Burchell, D.C.L., in the 

 Hope Department, Oxford University Museum : — 



IV. On the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera collected by W. J. Burchell 

 "in Brazil, 1826-1830. Bv E. G. Joseph, of Lincoln 

 College, Oxford 322 



XLT. On Hexactinellid Spicules and their Xames. — Part II. 

 Supplementary. By R. Eirkpatrick 347 



XLYI. A new Chinese Mole of the Genus Scaptochirvs. By Old- 

 field Thomas 



XLTII. Three new West African Mammals. By Oldfield Thomas. 351 



XLT1II. The Caudal Fin of the Elopidce and of some other 

 Teleosteau Fishes. By C. Tate Began, M.A 354 



XL1X. An interesting Structural Analogy. By Aestix Hobart 



358 



L. Descriptions and Records of Bees.— XXY1I. By T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, University of Colorado 361 



LI. Two new African Shrews. By Wilfred H. Osgood 369 



LII. List with Xotes on some Land-Shells from the Island of 

 Muswar. Dutch New Guinea, and Descriptions of new Species and 

 Tarieties of Planisjjira (Cristiyibba), Papuina, Cdlycia, and Lepto- 

 poma. By Hugh C. Fclxox 370 



LIII. Five new Cviicida from Ashanti. By F. V. Theobald, 

 M.A. &c * 373 



LIT. The Application of Mr. G. W. Smith's Theory of Dwarf 

 Males to Myzostoma. By A. F. Covehtbt, Magdalen College, Oxford. 378 



LV. On the Affinities of Attrosclera willeyana, Lister. By 11. 

 Kirkpatbick. (Plate XI.) . . .. 330 



LVI. Xew Mammals from the E. Indian Archipelago. By Old- 

 field Thumas 383 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 

 Pierce. W. Dwight. A Monographic Revision of the Twisted 



Winged Insects comprising the Order Strepsiptera^ Kirby .... 387 



Indian Insect Life. A Manual of the Insects of the Plains (Tropical 

 India). By H. Maxwlll-Leerot, M.A., F.E.S., F.Z.S., Ento- 

 mologist, Imperial Department of Agriculture for India. 

 Assisted by F. M. Howlkit, B.A.. F.E.8.. Second Entomologist, 

 Imperial Department of Agriculture for India 388 



The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma. Edited 

 bv A. E. SniPLF.r, M.A. Arc. Dermaptera (Earwigs). By 

 Malcjlm Beer, D.Sc 389 



PROCEEDINGS OF LEARNED SOCIETIES. 

 Geological Society 390, 391 



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