CONTENTS. V 



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 XXV'. On the Import of the interior i'alea; of the Grasses. By 



lluiio VON Mont. (With a I'latc.) 171 



X.WI. Botanical Notices from Spain. By Moritz Willkomm ... 178 



New Books : — Die Kicselschaligen Bacillaricn oder Diatomeen, von 

 Dr. F. T. Kiitzing. — The Botany of the Voyage of II. M.S. Sulphur, 

 by G. Bentharn, Esq. — Algae Hihernicae, by Wm. M'Caila. — 

 Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis, editore et pro 

 parte auctore Alph. DeCandoUe 185 — 190 



Proceedings of the Linnsean Society; Zoological Society; Roj'al In- 

 stitution; Geological Society ... 190 — 213 



Falco Islandicus ; On the Origin of the Corms of Colchicum ; Infusorial 



Deposits in America; Meteorological Observations and Table 213 — 216 



NUMBER XCVIII. 



XXVII. On the Penetration of the Cuticle into the Stomata. By 

 Hugo von Mohl, Professor of Botany at the University of Tubingen . 217 



XXVIII. Researches into the Structure, Functions and CEconomy 



oi ihe Araneidea. By John Blackwall, F.L.S 221 



XXIX. On the Preservation of Objects of Natural History for the 

 Microscope. By William Reckitt, M.R.C.S.L 242 



XXX. On the genera Eleutlier'ia and Synhydra. By P. J. Van 

 Beneden, Professor at the University of Louvain 244 



XXXI. Description of a new species oi Pecten. By Thomas Ed- 

 MosDSTON, F.B.S.E. & L , 250 



XXXII. Account of a Dredging Excursion. By the Rev. David 

 Landsborough 251 



XXXIII. A Century of new Genera and Species of OrcA»</aceows 

 Plants. Characterized by Professor Lindley 256 



XXXIV. On the Animal of Spirula. By J. E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S. 

 (With a Plate.) 257 



XXXV. On Cyanocilta, a proposed new genus of Garrulince, and on 

 C. siiperciliosa, a new species of Blue Jay, hitherto confounded with 



C. ullramarina, Bonap. By H. E. Strickland, M.A 260 



XXXVI. Note on Mr. W. Thompson's Paper on the Ova of the 

 Large Spotted Dog-fish. By Capt. Portlock, R.E 261 



XXXVII. Note on Euplocamiis, Triopa and Idalia. By Joshua 

 Alder, Esq 262 



XXXVIII. On the Occurrence of Phytozoa in Phanerogamous 

 Plants. By Dr. A. Grisebach 261 



XXXIX. On the Rats, Mice, and Shrews of the Central Region of 

 Nepa'. By B. H. Hodgson, Esq., late British Resident at Nepal ... 266 



