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XXII. On the Habits and Reproduction of some Marine Animals. 



By M. CosTE 197 



XXIII. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



By F.Walker ." 202 



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XXIA'^. On Fecundation in Eudorina elegans and Cryptoglena. By 

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XXV. On the Parasitism of Osyris alba. By Dr. J. E. Planchon. 254 



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XXVII. Description of a new species of Grass Finch from New 

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XXVIII. Descriptions of some apparently unrecorded species of 

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By Adam White, Assist. Zool. Dept. Brit. Mus 264 



XXIX. On Sarcodictyon catenata, Forbes. Bv P. II. Gosse, 

 F.R.S. (With a Plate.) .' 276 



XXX. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



By F. Walker '. 280 



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