CONTENTS. 



VII 



XLI. Notes on Seals (Phocidcs) and the Changes in the Form of *^* 

 their Lower Jaw during Growth. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. . 342 



XLII. On some points in the History and Relations of the Wasp 

 ( Vespa vulffaris) and Rhipiphorns paradoxm. By Andrew Murray 

 ^•^•S .'346 



XLIII. Species of Terrestrial MoUusca collected on the Island of 

 San Lucia. By Ralph Tate, Assoc. Linn. Soc, F.G.S., &c 356 



New Books.— Notes on the Geology of North Shropshire, by Char- 

 lotte Eyton.— Figures of Characteristic British Fossils, with 

 Descriptive Remarks, by W. H. Baily, F.L.S.,F.G.S.,&c.. . 356, 357 



On the Occurrence of Beanta mirahilis at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 

 by Henry Lee, F.L.S. &c. ; Cuttlefish (Sepia) of the Red Sea,' 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; The Lar\-a of Tischeria complanella 

 and its Parasite, by Prof. Camillo Rondani ; A naked Shrew, by 

 Dr. J. E, Gray ; On Sjwggodes conc/lomeratus, and a new Genus 

 of Fleshy Alcyonoids, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c., and Henry 

 J. Carter, F.R.S. ; On the Anatomy of the Genus Gordius, by 

 H. Grenacher ; On the Development of Pelobates fusciis, Wagl., 

 by C. van Bambeke ; On the Systems of Capillary Vessels "in 

 the Gasteropods, by Prof. Wedl ; Discovery of New and Rare 

 Fossils in the Mari-Slate of Midderidge, by Richard Howse, Esq. 



357—368 



NUMBER XXIV. 



XLIV. List of Coleoptera collected in Vancouver's Island by 

 Henry and Joseph Matthews, with Descriptions of some new Spe- 

 cies. By Dr. J. L. Leconte, Philadelphia 369 



XLV. On the Nomenclature of the Foraminifera. Bv Prof. T. 

 Rupert Jones, F.G.S., W. K. Parker, F.R.S., and J. W.' Ivirkby, 

 Esq. (Plate XIII.) , 3g(3 



XLVI. Observations on the Parasitism of Rhipiphorns paradoxus. 

 By Frederick Smith, Assistant in the Zoological Department of 

 the British Museum gg3 



XLVH. On certain nondescript Bones in the Skull of Osseous 

 Fishes. By George Gullfver, F.R.S <. 397 



XL VIII. Descriprion of a new Species of Epeira. By John 

 Blackwall, F.L.S _ _ 390 



XLIX. On the Coleoptera of St. Helena. By T. Vernon Wol- 



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