CONTENTS. V 



Page 

 On the Movements and Reproduction of the Navicul(e, by M. Focke ; 

 On Loffia zebriiia and L. Scurra, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Description 

 of a new species of Sorex from India, by R. Templeton; Meteo- 

 rological Observations and Table 2ii7 — 2-JO 



NUMBER LXXXVIII. 



XXI. A Comparative View of the more important Stages of Deve- 

 lopment of some of the higher Cryptogamia and the Phanerogamia. 



By Charles Jenner 241 



XXII. Observations on the Natural History and Habits of the 

 Common Prawn, Palccmon serratus. By Robert Warington, Esq. 247 



XXIII. Report on a Collection of Diatomacece made in the district 

 of Braemar by Professor Balfour and Mr. George Lawson. By 



R. K. Greville, LL.D. &c. (With a Plate.) 252 



XXIV. On Fossil Echinoderms from the Island of Malta; with 

 Notes on the stratigraphical distribution of the Fossil Organisms in 



the Maltese Beds. By Thomas Wright, M.D. &c 262 



XXV. On Monopus medusicola, a species of Leech. By Philip 

 Henry Gosse, A.L.S. (With a Plate.) ." 277 



XXVI. On Ancylus oblongus and A. fiuviatilis. By William 

 Clark, Esq 278 



XXVII. Ou Actinophrys Sol. By E. Claparede 285 



Pi'oceedings of the Royal Society ; Zoological Society ; Linnaean 



Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh 291 — 313 



On the Anomalous Oyster-Shell, by Prof. J. S. Henslow ; Description 

 of a new species of Coryiiactis, by William Thompson; On the 

 Species confounded under the name of Laminaria digitata, with 

 some Observations on the genus Laminaria, by M. A. Le Jobs ; 

 Descriptions of two new species of Humming Birds from Peru, 

 by John Gould, F.R.S. ; Meteorological Observations and 

 Table 314—320 



NUMBER LXXXIX. 



XXVIII. On the Structiu-e of Chlorophyll. By Hugo vox Mohl. 321 



XXIX. Notice on the question of the presence of an Operculum in 

 the genus Diplommatina, Benson, and description of a New Species. 



By W. H. Benson, Esq 329 



XXX. Short Characters of some new Genera and Species of Algae 



