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XVI. On the Sands intermediate the Inferior Oohte and Lias of 

 the Cotteswohl Hills, compared with a similar deposit upon the Coast 



of Yorkshire. By John Lycett, Esq 170 



XVII. Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. By John Niet- 

 NER, Colombo, Ceylon 177 



XVIII. Remarks on the Lias of Barrow in Leicestershire, compared 

 with the lower part of that Formation in Gloucestershire, Worcester- 

 shire and Warwickshire. By the Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S., 

 Vice-President of the Warwickshire Natui-alists' Field Club 1 90 



XIX. Observations on the Microscopic Examination of Foraminifera 

 obtained in Deep-sea Bottoms at the Feejee Islands. By John Denis 

 Macdonald, Assistant Surgeon H.M.S. Herald. (With two Plates.) 193 



XX. On the Development of jVenVifta^Muiah'/is. BvE.Claparede. 196 



XXI. Observations on Trachelius ovum, Ehrenberg. By Professor 

 Carl Gegenbaur 201 



XXII. On true Parthenogenesis in Plants. B)'Dr. L. Radlkofer. 204 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Geological Society 211 — 236 



On the Nervous System of Dentalium entalis, by M. T. de Lacaze 

 Duthiers ; Descriptions of some new Norwegian Polypes, by M. 

 Sars ; On the Natural History of the Conway Reef, by J. D. 

 Macdonald, Assistant-Surgeon H.M.S. Herald ; Description of 

 Siphonacfinia, a new genus oi Actinia from Norway, by D. C. 

 Danielssen aud J. Koren ; On the Occurrence of Urocerus gigas 

 in Cornwall, by Dr. E. Moore 236—240 



NUMBER CXVIII. 



XXIII. The Process of Fecundation in the Vegetable Kingdom, aud 



its relation to that in the Animal Kingdom. By Dr. L. Radlkofer. 241 



XXIV. Ou Rissoa pulcherrima. By William Clark, Esq 262 



XXV. Further Observations on Deep Soundings obtained by H.M.S. 

 ' Herald,' Capt. Denham, R.N., F.R.S., employed on Surveying Ser- 

 vice in the South-western Pacific; with an Account of the Exa- 

 mination of the Alimentary Matter of the SalpcB as bearing on the 

 nature of the Materials composing the Sea-bottom. By John Denis 

 Macdonald, Assistant Surgeon R.N. (With a Plate.) 264 



XXVI. On the Distribution of the Mollusca in Depth on the 

 Coasts of Nordland and Finmark. By R. M'Andrew, F.R.S., and 



L. Barrett, F.G.S 267 



XXVII. Descriptions of new Ceylon Coleoptera. By John Niet- 

 .ner, Colombo. Ceylon •2'i2 



