CONTENTS. V 



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 Leay, Esq., A.M., F.L.S., in a Letter to J. M'Clelland, Esq., dated 

 Elizabeth Bay, near Sidney, N. S. W., September 12th, 1840 197 



XXV. Contributions to the Ichthyology of Australia. By John 

 Richardson, M.D., F.R.S., &c., In.=!pector of Hospitals, Haslar. {Con- 

 tinued.) 207 



XXVI. On the genus Scarabus, a small group of Pulmobranchiate 

 Mollusks of the family Auriculacea. By Mr. Lovell Reeve, A.L.S. 

 (With a Plate.) 218 



XXV^II. The Birds of Ireland By Wm. Thompson, Esq., Vice- 

 Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast. {Continued.) 221 



XXVIII. Organographic and Physiologic Sketch of the Class Fungi, 

 by C. MoNTAGNE, D.M. Extracted from ' Histoire physique, politique 

 et naturelle de Tile de Cuba/ par M. Ramon de la Sagra, and trans- 

 lated and illustrated with short notes by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S. {Continued.) 230 



XXIX. On two new species of Trogon and a new species of Toucan 

 from the Cordillerian Andes. By John Gould, Esq., F.L.S. , &c. ... 236 



XXX. Information respecting Scientific Travellers : — Extracts from 

 Letters received from Mr. E. Forbes in Asia Minor; Mr. Jerdon239 — 243 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society ; Botanical Society of London ; 

 Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; Philosophical Society of Glasgow; 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh 243 — 256 



Notes on Marine Animals, by R. B. Hinds, Esq. ; Mr. J. D. C. Sow- 

 erby on the CEconomy of the Whale ; Notes on some Libellidce, by 

 J. C. Dale, Esq., F.L.S.; Definition of a Genus; Dr. Barry on 

 Fibre; Temperature of Cold-blooded Animals; Palaeontology — 

 Rudista; Rev. D. Landsborough on Rissoa Harveyi, &c. ; Niger 

 Expedition — Mr. Eraser ; Scientific Memoirs, Part X. ; Obituary — 

 Dr. TheodorVogel; Meteorological Observations and Table. 25G — 264 



NUMBER LVIII. 



XXXI. General Features of Chusan, with remarks on the Flora and 

 Fauna of that Island. By Theodore Cantor, M.D., Bengal Medical 

 Service, &c 265 



XXXII. Notice of the Genus Murchisonia. By M. D'Archiac ... 278 



XXXIII. Organographic and Physiologic Sketch of the Class Fungi, 

 by C. MoNTAGNE, D.M. Extracted from ' Histoire physique, politique 

 et naturelle de I'ile de Cuba,' par M. Ramon de la Sagra, and trans- 

 lated and illustrated with short notes by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S. {Concluded.) 283 



XXXIV. Observations on the Progress recently made in the Natural 

 YWsiory oi i\\e Ecliinodermata. By Prof. Agassiz. {Concluded.) ... 296 



XXXV. Descriptions of new species of Coleopterous Insects be- 

 longing to the genus Apocyrtus, collected by Hugh Cuming, Esq., in 

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

 tary and Cin-ator to the Zoological Society ;J02 



