CONTENTS. Vll 



Page 

 NUMBER LXXI. 



XLIV. Oh the Hexactinellidae and Lithistidas generally, and par- 

 ticularly on the AphrocaUistideE, Aulodidyon, and Farrea, together 

 with Facts elicited from their Deciduous Structures, and Descrip- 

 tions respectively of three new Species. By H. J. Caetee, F.R.S. 

 &c. (Plates XIIL-XVII.) 349 



XLV. On three new Species of Birds from Chefoo (North China). 

 By Robert Swixhoe, H.B.M. Consul at Chefoo 373 



XLVI. On a Collection of Fishes from Chefoo, Xorth China. By 

 Dr. Albert Gunther, F.R.S 377 



XLVII. On the Longicorn Coleoptera of Japan. By H. W, Bates, 

 F.L.S .■ 380 



XLVIII. On Spontaneous Division in the Echinodermata and other 

 Radiata. By Dr. C. F. Lvtken 391 



XLIX. Xotes on some X'ew-Zealand Fishes. By F. "W. Hutton, 

 F.G.S., C.M.Z.S '. 400 



L. Description of a new Species of Freshwater Crayfish from New 

 Zealand. By F. W. Huttox, F.G.S., C.M.Z.S 402 



LI. Description:* of new Species of Fossorial Hymenoptera in the 

 Collection of the British Museum. By Frederick Smith, Assistant 

 in the Zoological Department of the British Museum ib. 



LIT. Notes on the Rats : with the Description of some new Species 

 from Panama and the Aru Islands. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. . . 416 



Xew Books : — The Sea and its Living Wonders ; a Popular Account 

 of the Marvels of the Deep, and of the Progress of Maritime 

 Discoveiy from the earliest ages to the present time, by Dr. G. 

 Hai'twig. — Outlines of X'atural History for Beginners, being 

 Descriptions of a Progressive Series of Zoological Types, by 

 H.AUeyne Nicholson, M.D. &c.— Endomycici Recitati : A Cata- 

 logue of the Endomycici, &c., with Descriptions of X'ew Species 

 and Notes, by Henry Stephen Gorham, Vicar of Shipley, 

 Sussex .' '. 4l6_421 



On the Respiratory Organs of the Aj"aneida, by Dr. P. Bertkau : Mi- 

 grations of Danais Archippus, by Georg Semper ; On the Change 

 of Form of the Lachrj-mal Pit during Growth in the Skulls of 

 the Bush-boks { Cephalophm) and Muntjacs (Cervulm), by Dr. 

 J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; New Species of Shells, by F. P. Ma'rrat ; 

 On the Wood-Deer of Brazil ( Blastocerus sylvestris), by Dr. 

 J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; Dolphins from the Cape of Good Hope, by 

 Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. : Experiments on the Scolex of 

 T<enia mediocanellata, by M. Saiut-Cyr ; On a new Genus and 

 Species of the Family frochilida, by John Gould, F.R.S. &c. ; 

 On the Zoological Position and Function of the Parasitic Acarina 

 called Hypopus, by M. Megnin 422 — 429 



NUMBER LXXII. 



LIII. On the Protection of Pollen from Premature Dislodgnient 

 or Moisture. By ^I. A. Keener 4;51 



LIV. On the Hexactinellidae and Lithistidse o-enerallv, and 



