VI CONTENTS. 



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XXXVI. On the British Dialomacece. By John Kalis, F.sq., 

 M.R.C.S., Penzance. (Continued.) (With a Plate.) 270 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Geological Society ; Botanical 



Society of London 276—296 



Griffithsia s'mpUcifilum, Agardh ; Italian Fire-fly in Norfolk ; Occur- 

 rence of rare British Birds ; Capture of a Wolf-fish ; Description of 

 a " Blind Fish " from a Cave in Kentucky, by Jeffries Wyman, 

 M.D. ; On Fermentation, by Prof E. Mitscherlich ; Letters from 

 Rav to Sir Hans Sloane ; Meteorological Observations and 

 Table 296—304 



NUMBER LXXVIII. 



XXXVII. On the Structure and Homology of the Cephalic Ten- 

 tacles in the Pearly Nautilus. By Prof. Owen, F.R.S 305 



XXXVIII. Description of Six supposed new species of Parasites. 

 By Henry Denny, Corresponding Member of the Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, &c. (With a Plate.) 312 



XXXIX. On the Inflorescence of Fedia oUtoria, and its order of 

 expansion. By G. Dickie, M.D., Lecturer on Botany in the Univer- 

 sity and King's College of Aberdeen 317 



XL. Upon the Anatomy o^ Phalangium Opilio (Latr.). By Alfred 

 TuLK, M.R.C.S., M.E.S. (With three Plates.) {Concluded.) 318 



XLI. Notice of a new species of Seal {Stenorhynchus serridens). By 

 Prof. Owen, F.R.S 331 



XLII. On the Species of the Genus Limax occurring in Ireland. 

 By the Rev. B. J. Clarke, Mem. of the Dub. Nat. Hist. Soc. (With 

 three Plates.) 332 



XLIII. Descriptions of apparently new species and varieties of In- 

 sects and other Annulosa, principally from the collection in the British 

 Museum. By Adam White, M.E.SS. Lond. and Paris, Assistant Zoo- 

 logical Department, British Museum 342 



XLIV. On the British Diatomacece. By John Ralfs, Esq., 

 M.R.C.S., Penzance. {Continued.) (With a Plate.) 346 



XLV. Information respecting Scientific Travellers 352 



Neiv Books : — A Catalogue of British Fossils ; compiising all the genera 

 and species hitherto described, with references to their Geological 

 Distribution and to the Localities in which they have been found, 

 by John Morris, F.G.S 353 



Proceedings of the Entomological Society; Zoulogical Societj-... 356 — 373 



On the Phosphorescence of the Lampyris Italica; Observations on 

 Dr. Martin Barry's Memoir on Fibre, by Prof. Mold; Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations and Table 373 — 376 



