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INDEX. 



Meteorological observations, 79, 159, 239, 

 319, 399, 479. 



Meyen, Dr. F. J., report on physiological 

 botany, 27, 130, 249, 328 ;" on glan- 

 duliferous hairs, 132; on the roots of 

 the Orchideae, 330. 



Meyer, E., on the structure of amylum, 

 332. 



Microscopical Society, proceedings of the, 

 74,151,227,392. 



Mnium annotinum, Linn., 433. 



Mohl, H., on the structure of annular ves- 

 sels, 16; on spiral formations in the 

 cells of plants, 251. 



Mollusca, list of, collected in the Shetland 

 isles, 165. 



Monkey, new species of, 314, 526. 



Monstrosities, vegetable, 451. 



Moore, E., notice on the pilot fish, 316. 



Morren, Prof., on the appearance of in- 

 digo in Polygonum tinctorium, 34 ; on 

 Malaxis Parthoni, 130; on the discoid 

 pith of plants, 131 ; on the structure of 

 Hedychium and Musa, 135 ; on the 

 presence of fatty and volatile oils in the 

 cells of plants, 255 ; on the gum found 

 in the Cycadeae, 256. 



Munford, Rev. G., on the Flora of West- 

 ern Norfolk, 171. 



Murchison, R. I., on the geology of Rus- 

 sia, 289. 



Mus agrestis, notice on, 395. 



Musa paradisiaca, on the fibres in, 133. 



Muscicapidse, 522. 



Mygale lonica, experiments made with, 

 455. 



Myriapoda, on the organs of reproduction 

 and on the development of the, 389. 



Mystromys, new species of, 53. 



Naturalist's Library ; ]\Iarsupialia, re- 

 viewed, 54 ; History of Dogs, of Horses, 

 reviewed. 137; of Fishes, 138. 



Naturhistorisk Tidskrift, contents of the, 

 296. 



Naucrates ductor, occurrence of, 316. 



Nematoptera, monograph of the, 376. 



Newport, G., on the organs of reproduc- 

 tion and on the development of the My- 

 riapoda, 389. 



New York, fossils from, 506. 



Niger expedition, 445. 



Norfolk, on the Flora of, 171. 



Nuytsia floribunda, note on, 439. 



Ogilby, W., on a new species of monkey, 

 526. 



Orchideae, anatomical structure of the 

 roots of the, 330. 



Ord, George, on the box tortoise of Ame- 

 rica, 449. 



Ornithichnites, remarks on, 235. , 



Osyris, fecundation of, 447. 



Owen, R., on some molar teeth from the 

 Eocene sand, 1 ; on the teeth of Laby- 

 rinthodon, 58, 305 ; description of a 

 new genus of sponge, 222; on a gigantic 

 crocodilian Saurian from Hythe, 517. 



Pachyodon, description of, 481. 



Pachyrhynchus, new species of, 218. 



Panorpa, monograph of the genus, 298. 



Pastor, rose-coloured, rare in Ireland, 418. 



Paussus, species of, 449. 



Pediculus Melittae, 455. 



Petit, M., on names given to undescribed 

 genera and species, 474. 



Phaseolus vulgaris, anatomy and physi- 

 ology of the seed of, 542. 



Picidce, 486, 524. 



Pilot-fish, capture of, in fresh water, 316. 



Pines, on some species of European, 87. 



PipridsE, 522. 



Plantigrada, measurement of blood-cor- 

 puscles of, 535. 



Plants, on the structure of annular vessels 

 in, 16, 25; on the evolution of heat 

 by, 27 ; on the odours of, 31 ; on the 

 formation of colours in, 33 ; on the func- 

 tions of the hairs on the stigma in, 84 ; 

 on the pith of, 131; on the stoniata, 

 134; of Western Norfolk, list of the, 

 171 ; on spiral formations in the cells 

 of, 249 ; on the presence of fatty and 

 volatile oils in the cells of, 255 ; cata- 

 logue of British, reviewed, 294 ; on the 

 presence of amylum in the flowers of, 

 328 ; on the movement of the sap in, 

 334 ; on the chemical statics of, 360. 



Pliocene deposit at Stevenston, en a 

 newer, 514. 



Pollen, on the structure of, 92. 



Polyptychodon, on teeth referable to the 

 genus, 517. 



Pratt, S. P., on some new species of Am- 

 monites found in the Oxford clay, 161. 



Pritchard, A., on Infusoria, noticed, 543. 



Psophodes crepitans, remarks on, 46. 



Pteromys, new species of, 53. 



Quekett, J., on the anatomy of four spe- 

 cies of Strongylus, 151 ; on the minute 

 structure of bats hair, 227. 



Ranella, new species of, 538. 



Raven, numerous in Ireland, 423. 



Reade, Rev. .1. B., on the stomata in the 

 epidermis of the garden rhubarb, 74, 

 392. 



Rhombomys, new species of, 53. 



Ribes petrseum, 473. 



Richardson, Dr., on Australian fishes, 464. 



Rodentia, on the natural arrangement of 

 the, 50; observations on the, 81. 



Rook, 486. 



Royal Irish Academy, proceedings of the, 

 470. 



