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On the Flowering of the American Aloe, by W. Sowerby ; On a variety 

 of Chorda filum, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. ; On the Influence 

 of the Moon's Light upon Plants, by Prof. Zantedeschi ; General 

 Examination of the Group Euphorbiacece, by M. H. Baillon ; On 

 'Hautle,' or Animal Bread, of the Mexicans, by M. Guerin- 

 Meneville ; New Experiments on ^gilops triticoides, by Dr. 

 Godron ; On a new species of Platyrhynchus from the Rio Napo, 

 by P. L. Sclater, M.A., F.L.S 307—316 



NUMBER XI. 



XXXI. On Permian Entomostraca from the Fossiliferous Lime- 

 stone of Durham. By J. W. Kirkby. (With a Plate.) 317 



XXXII. Characters of a new genus and Descriptions of three re- 

 cently discovered species of Araneidea. By John Blackwall, 

 F.L.S 331 



XXXIII. Description of two new species of Chalk Starfishes. By 



H. Seeley, Esq 335 



XXXIV. On a new genus of European Coleoptera. By T. Ver- 

 non WoLLASTOx, M.A., F.L.S 337 



XXXV. List of Coleoptera received from Old Calabar, on the West 

 Coast of Africa. By Andrew Murray, Edinburgh 340 



XXXVI. On Phyllangia, a new living British Madrepore. By 

 Philip H. Gosse, F.R.S 349 



XXXVII. On Arctium. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., 

 F.R.S. &c 351 



XXXVIII. Spicilegia Entomologica. By Adam White, 

 Assistant Zool. Dept. Brit. Mus. : — 



I. Description of Telocera Wollastoni, an apparently unre- 

 corded species of Longicorn Beetle from Australia 353 



II. Dcscrijjtions of new Curculionidous Beetles collected on 

 the Voyage of H.M.S. Herald. By M. Henri Jekel, of Paris. 

 With Notes by Adam White 356 



XXXIX. On the Atlas and Axis of the Plesiosawrus . By Lucas 

 Barrett, F.G.S. (With a Plate.) 361 



New Books: — Handbook of Zoology, by J. Van der Iloeven, Prof, of 

 Zool. in the Uni^■ersity of Leyden. Translated from the Second 

 Dutch Edition, by the Rev. William Clark, M.D., F.R.S.— 

 Actinologia Britaunica ; a History of the British Sea-Anemones 

 and Madrepores, by Philip Heni7 Gosse, F.R.S. Parts I.-IV. 



364—36!) 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 369 — 386 



On the Dcatii ot the common Ilivc-Bcc, supposed to be occasioned 



