CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 



[THIRD SERIES.] 



NUMBER XIII. 



Page 



I. On Fecundation in the two Volvoces, and their Specific Dif- 

 ferences ; on Eudorina, Spongilla, Astasia, Euglena, and Cryptoglena. 



By H. J. Carter, Esq., H.C.S. Bombay. (With a Plate.) 1 



II. On the Cerastium pumilum of Curtis. By Charles C. 

 Babington, M.A., F.R.S. &c 20 



III. On the Grapfolites from the Silurian Shales of Dumfriesshire, 

 with a Description of three new species. By William Carruthers, 

 F.R.P.S.E 23 



IV. List of Coleoptera received from Old Calabar, on the West 

 Coast of Africa. By Andrew Murray, Edinburgh 26 



V. Further Gleanings in British Conchology. By J. Gwyn Jef- 

 freys, Esq., F.R.S. (With a Plate.) .' 30 



VI. On the Synonyms and Habitats of Cavolina, Diacria, and 

 Pleuropiis. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S., Surgeon of H.M.S. Actseon. 44 



VII. Characters and Descriptions of some new British Sea-Ane- 

 mones. By Philip H. Gosse, F.R.S 46 



VIII. Characters of some apparently undescribed Ceylon Insects. 



By F. Walker, F.L.S 50 



IX. Note on Squilla Mantis, Rondel. By James Yate Johnson, 

 Esq 56 



X. Biographical Notice of the late Richard Taylor, F.L.S. &c. 58 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 61 — 78 



On the Burrowing Habits of Peachia hastata, Gosse, by E. W. H, 

 Holdsworth, F.L.S. ; Application of Polarized Light to the Micro- 

 scope, by Dr. M. C. White; On the Introduction of Bombyx 

 Cynthia into France, by M. Gucvin-Meneville 78 — 80 



