CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. 



NUMBER XLVIII. 



Page 



I. Description of some Molar Teeth from the Eocene Sand at Kyson 

 in Suffolk, indicative of a new species of Hyracotherium {Hyr. Cunicu- 

 lus). By Richard Owen, Esq., F.R.S., &c 1 



II. Remarks on the Horny Sponges, with proposed divisions of the 

 OxAex Spongice. By John Hogg, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S 3 



III. Notes on the Zoology of the Outer Hebrides. By John Mac- 

 GiLLivRAY, Vice-President of the Cuvierian Nat. Hist. Society of Edin- 

 burgh 7 



IV. Researches on the Structure of Annular Vessels. By Hugo 

 MoHL. (With a Plate.) 16 



V. Preliminary Reply to Mohl's Essay on the Structure of Annular 

 Vessels. By Dr. M. J. Schleiden 25 



VI. Report of the Results of Researches in Physiological Botany 

 made in the year 1839. By the late F. J. Meyen, M.D., Professor 



of Botany in the University of Berlin. {Continued.) 27 



VII. Indian Cyprinidce. By John M'Clelland, Assistant Surgeon 

 Bengal Medical Service 35 



VIII. Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S 46 



New Books : — Continuation of Wiegmann's Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte, 

 by Dr. Erichson. — The Naturalist's Library : Mammalia. Vol. xi. 

 Marsupialia, or Pouched Animals, by G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 47 — 55 



Proceedings of the Royal Society ; Geological Society ; Zoological So- 

 ciety; Microscopical Society 55 — 74 



Analogies of European and Indian Geology ; Suggestions for Experi- 

 ments on the Conservation of Vegetative Powers in Seeds ; Mete- 

 orological Observations and Table 74 — 80 



NUMBER XLIX. 



IX. Observations on the Rodentia. By G. R. Waterhouse, Esq. 

 (With a Plate.) 81 



X. Observations on the Functions performed by the Hairs on the 

 Stigma in CampanulacecE, Composit(E, and other Plants. By Arthur 



