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 Netc Book : — A History of British Quadrupeds, including the Cetacea, 

 by Thomas Bell, RR.S., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.G.S., &c. Second 

 Edition, revised and partly rewritten by the Author, assisted by 

 Robert F. Tomes, Corr. Memb. Z.Sf, and Edward Richard 

 Alston, F.Z.S 75 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 81 



New Observations on the Habits of the Ants of the South of France, 

 by T. Moggridge ; On Neardos and yElurina, by Dr. J. E. Gray, 

 F.R.S. &c. ; On the Metamorphoses of the Acarina of the 

 Families Sarcopiidcs and Gmnasidce, by M. Megnin ; Observa- 

 tions on the Fecundation of the Batrachia Urodela, by M. C. 

 Robin ; The Large Seal {Halichoerus (/rypus) in Cornwall . . 89-96 



NUMBER LXXX. 



XIII. On the Nature of the Seed-like Body of Spongilla ; on the 

 Origin or Mother Cell of the Spicule ; and on the Presence of Sper- 

 matozoa in the Spongida. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c. (Plate X.) 97 



XIV. On some Species of AmphitJwe and SunamjMtho'e. By the 

 Rev. Thomas R. R. Stebbijsg, M.A. (Plates XI. & XII.) Ill 



XV. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of New Zealand. By H. W. 

 Bates, F.L.S 118 



XVI. Descriptions of two new Species of Fidgora from India. By 

 Arthur Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., Senior Assistant, Zoo- 

 logical Department, British Museum 131 



XVn. On Dendrohyrax Bakeri, a new Species from Tropical North- 

 eastern Africa. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c 132 



XVIII. On Sexual Variations in the Nestling-Plumage of the 

 Booted Eagle {Nisaetus pemiatus). By Ho ward Saunders,F.Z.S. &c. 136 



XIX. On the Strife of Foraminiferous Tests ; with Reply to Cri- 

 ticism. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c 138 



XX. On the Invertebrate Marine Fauna and Fishes of St. Andrews. 



By W. C. M'Intosh 144 



XXI. Descriptions of some new Species of Birds. By Arthur, 

 Viscount Walden, P.Z.S., F.R.S 156 



XXII. Description of a new European Species of Zootoca. By Dr. 

 Albert Glimther, F.R.S 158 



XXin. On the Identity of Esox Lewini with the Dinolestes Mulleri 

 of Klunzinger. By Theodore Gill 159 



Felomyxa pahistris, a freshwater Amoeboid Organism, by Dr. Richard 

 Greef ; On Megapodius trinkute7ms, Sharpe, by Arthur, Viscount 

 Walden, P.Z.S. ; On the Structure of the Caudal Appendage of 

 some Ascidian Larvae, by M. A. Giard ; Parthenogenesis in Ferns ; 

 On New-Zealand ^^'hales ; Small Size of the Brain in Tertiary 

 Mammals, by Prof. O. C. Marsh ; On Euphysetes Pottsii, by Dr. 

 Julius Haast, F.R.S. ; On a new Genus oi Asellidcc, bv Oscar 

 Harger .^ . 101-168 



