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XXXVI. Descriptions of new species of Coleopterous Insects be- 

 longing to the genus Jpoci/riiis, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., in 

 the Philippine Islands. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq., Assistant Se- 

 cretary and Curator to the Zoological Society. (Continued.) 247 



XXXVII. Descriptions of new Shells from the Collection of Captain 

 Sir Edward Belcher, R.N., C.B. By Richard Brinsley Hinds, Esq., 

 Surgeon R.N. {Confmued.) 255 



XXXVIII. On Fumar'm micrantha, Lag., and F. cahjcina, Bab. By 

 Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., &c 258 



XXXIX. Series of Propositions for rendering the Nomenclature of 

 Zoology uniform and permanent, being the Report of a Committee for 

 the consideration of the subject appointed by the British Association 



for the Advancement of Science 259 



XL. On the History and Habits of the Rook, Corvus frugilegus, 

 Linn. By the Rev. David Landsborough 275 



XLI. Note in reply to Di-. Griffith's Remarks on the Pitted Tissue 

 of Plants, on Muscle, &c. By Martin Barry, M.D., F.R.SS. L. & E. 278 



XLII. On a new British Starfish of the genus Goniaster. By Prof. 

 Edward Forbes, V.P.W.S., F.L.S., F.B.S., &c. (With a Plate.) ... 280 



XLIII. Description of a new genus of Carabideous Insects brought 

 from the Falkland Islands by Charles Darwin, Esq. By G. R. Water- 

 house, Esq., Assistant Secretary and Curator to the Zoological So- 

 ciety, &c 281 



XLIV. The Birds of Ireland By Wm. Thompson, Esq., Pres. Nat. 

 Hist. Society, Belfast. {Continued.) 283 



XLV. Anatomical Researches on the Nervous and Circulating Sy- 

 stems of the Triton aquaticus, or Aquatic Salamander. By G. Nico- 

 Lucci of Naples. Communicated by Dr. Grant 290 



New Books : — The Climate of South Devon, &c., by Thomas Shafter, 

 M.D. — Annales des Sciences Naturelles for September, October, 

 November and December. — The London Journal of Botany, by 

 SirW. J. Hooker, K.H., &c. — Salictum Britannicum Exsiccatum. 

 Fasc. I., by the Rev. J. E. Leefe, M.A. — Illustrations of Indian 

 Ornithology, hy T. C. Jerdon 295—302 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Entomological Society ; Bota- 

 nical Society of Edinburgh; Geological Society 302 — 325 



On the Pearl Oyster of Ceylon (with a Plate) ; Fossil Remains in 

 Essex ; Notice of the Discovery of an Electrical Fish on the Ame- 

 rican coast, by D. Humphreys Storer, M.D. ; On a peculiar Sen- 

 sation caused by some Mollusca, by F. M. Jennings ; Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations and Table 325 — 328 



NUMBER LXXI. 

 XLVI. Additional Evidence proving the Australian Pachyderm de- 

 scribed in a former Number of the ' Annals ' to be a Dinotherium, with 



