IV CONTENTS. 



Page 

 Changes of Coloui- in the Chameleon, by M. P. Bert ; On the 

 Anatomy and Histology oi Lucernaria, by M. A. de Korottneff; 

 Instinct (?) in Hermit Crabs, by Alexander Agassiz ; On the 

 Organization of the Acarina of the Family Gamasidce — Cha- 

 racters which prove that they constitute a natural Transition 

 between the Hexapod Insects and the Arachnida, by M. Megnin ; 

 On the Presence in existing Seas of a Type of Sarcodaria of the 

 Secondary Formations, by M. P. Fischer 91 — 103 



NUMBER XCVIII. 



XI. Descriptions of Species of Asterudce and Ophiuridee from Ker- 

 guelen's Island. By Edgar A. Smith, F.Z.S., Zoological Depart- 

 ment, British Museum 105 



Xn. Descriptions of some new Species of Hvdroida from Kergue- 

 len's Island. By Professor Allman, M.D., LLID., F.R.S., P.L.S. . . 113 



XIII. Descriptions of some new Species of Polyzoa from Kei^ue- 

 len's Island. By Professor G. Busk, F.R.S 116 



XIV. On Mr. Carter's Objections to Eozoon. By Principal J. W. 

 Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S 118 



XV. A Conspectus of the Species of Parutelphusa, an Indo-Malayan 

 Genus of Freshwater Crabs. By Ja31es Wood-Mason, Professor of 

 Comparative Anatomy, Medical College, Calcutta 120 



X\T.. Contributions to the Study of the chief Generic Types of 

 the Palfeozoic Corals. By James Thomson, F.G.S., and H. Alleyne 

 Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc.', F.R.S. E., Professor of Natural History in 

 the University of St. Andrews. (Plate VIH.) 123 



XVII. Notices of British Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq., F.L.S. (Plates IX., X., 

 & XL) 129 



XVni. On the Habitat of llromys aruensis (Gray) and its Allies. 

 By Dr. A. B. Meyer 145 



iVew JBook : — Medicinal Plants ; being Descriptions with Original 

 Figiu-es of the Principal Plants employed in Medicine, and an 

 Account of theii- Properties and Uses, b}^ R. Bentley, F.L.S., and 

 H. Trimen, M.B., F.L.S 146 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 14? — 163 



Proceedings of the Geological Society 164 — 168 



On some Ornithological Errors in the ' Reliqiiine Aquitanicse,' by 

 Alfred Newton, 3LA., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., &c. ; On the Verminous 

 Pneumonia of Domestic Animals, by M. E. Bugnion ; Nidifica- 

 tion of the Indian Rainbow-Fish, by M. Paul Carbonnier ; Zoo- 

 logical Notes made during a Residence at Scheveningen, by M. 

 P. Harting ; On the Scientific Exploration of the Caspian Sea, 

 by M. Oscar Grimm ; On Fossil Remains of Reptilia and Fishes 

 from Illinois, bv E. D. Cope ; Formation of Nitrites by Bac- 

 teria '. 168—184 



