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NUMBER XLII. 



X, Contributions to British Actinology. By Edward Forbes, 

 M.W.S., For. Sec. B.S., &c. (With a Plate.) 81 



Xr. Description of some new Species and four new Genera of Rep- 

 tiles from Western Australia, discovered by John Gould, Esq. By J. 

 E. Gray, Esq., F.R.S., &c ^^ 



Xn. Description of some new Species of Madeiran Fishes, with ad- 

 ditional information relating to those already described. By the Rev. 

 R. T. Lowe, M.A 92 



XIII. On the Species of Stickleback {Gasterostens, Linn.) found in 

 Ireland. By Wm. Thompson, Vice-Pres. Nat. Hist. Society of Belfast 95 



XIV. Notice of Plants and Animals found in the Sulphureous 

 Waters of Harrowgate and Askern, Yorkshire. By E. Lankester, 

 M.D., F.L.S., &c 105 



XV. Remarks upon the Recent and Fossil Cycadeas. By J. Morris, 

 Esq 110 



XVI. Carahideoiis Insects collected by Charles Darwin, Esq., during 

 the Voyage of Her Majesty's Ship Beagle. By G. R. Waterhouse, 

 Esq '. 120 



XVII. Observations on a Keratose Sponge from Australia. By J. 



S. BowERBANK, Esq, F.G.S. (With a Plate.)..... 129 



XVIII. Notices of European Herbaria, particularly those most in- 

 teresting to the North American Botanist 132 



New Books: — Monographic des Libellulidees d'Europe, par Edm. De 



Selys Longchamps, Membre de plusieurs Societes savantes 141 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society; Zoological Society; Royal 

 Botanical Society of Edinburgh; Wernerian Natural History So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh 143 — 159 



Mr. Gray's ' Genera of Birds ;' Birds of Kent ; Meteorological Observa- 

 tions and Table 159 — IGO 



NUMBER XLIII. 



XIX. On the Alteration which the Atmosphere undergoes during 

 the Development of Heat in the Spadix of Colocasia odora. By Pro- 

 fessors G. VROLiKand W. H. De Vriese 161 



XX. Note on the Occurrence of the Genus Diphya on the Coast of 

 Ireland. By G. C. Hyndman, Esq., Member of the Natural History 

 Society of Belfast 164 



XXI. 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 166 



XXII. Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S 177 



XXIII. Notices of European Herbaria, particularly those most in- 

 teresting to the North American Botanist 179 



