CONTENTS OF VOL. III. 



NUMBER XIV. 



I. On the Production of Vanilla in Europe. By Prof. Ch. Morren, 

 Member of the Royal Academy of Sciences of Brussels pf^g^ I 



J I. On the Goniatites found in the Transition Formations of the 

 Rhine. By Dr. Ernest Beyrich. (With Plates.) 9 



[II. Descriptions of some new or rare Indian Plants. By G. A. W. 

 Arnott, Esq., LL.D 20 



IV. An attempt to ascertain the Fauna of Shropshire and North 

 Wales. By T. C. Eyton, Esq., F.L.S 24 



V. Florae Insularum Novas Zelandise Precursor ; or a Specimen of 

 the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunningham, 

 Esq 29 



VI. On an apparently undescribed Species of Lepadogaster ; and on 

 the Gobius minufus of Muller. By William Thompson, Esq., Vice- 

 President of the Natural History Society of Belfast 34 



New Books : — A History of British Zoophytes, by George Johnston, 

 M.D. ; Flora of North America, by Drs. Torrey and Gray; Genera 

 Insectorum Iconibus illustravit et descripsit Dr. H. Burmeister; 

 Second Annual Report of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; 

 Flora of Jamaica, by Dr. J. Macfadyen 46 — 54 



Proceedings of the Linnsean Society ; Royal Irish Academy ; Geological 



Society; Zoological Society 54 — 69 



On the genus Syngnathus\ Influence of native Magnesia on the Vege- 

 tation and Fructification of Vegetables ; Meteorological Observa- 

 tions and Table 69 — 72 



NUMBER XV. 



VII. On a new Species of Bat, found in the County of Durham. By 



the Rev. L. Jenyns, M.A., F.L.S. (With a Plate.) 73 



VIII. On the Pith of Plants. By the Rev. P. Keith, F.L.S 77 



IX. Remarks on some Species of the Genus Syngnathus. By W. 

 Yarrell, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S 81 



X. Descriptions of some new or rare Indian Plants. By G. A. W. 

 Arnott, Esq., LL.D 85 



XI. On the Tortoise Beetles, commonly denominated Cassida, with 

 the Characters of Six new Genera. By the Rev. F. W. Hope, F.R.S., 

 L.S., andZ.S. (With a Plate.) 92 



XII. ^Some observations on the Digestive Apparatus of Infusoria. By 



Dr. J. Mbyen, Prof. Bot. University of Berlin 100 



Prof. Rymer Jones on the Digestive Apparatus of Infusoria 105 



XIII. On the Migration of the Snowy Owl. By W. Thompson, Esq., 

 Vice-President of the Natural History Society of Belfast 107 



XIV. Florae Insularum Novae Zelandise Precursor; or a Specimen of 

 the Botany of the Islands of New Zealand. By Allan Cunningham, Esq. Ill 



New Books : — Genera et Species Gentianearum, Auctore Dr. H. Grise- 

 bach ; Natural History of the Sperm Whale, by T. Beale ; Flora 

 Excursovia Hafniensis scripsit S. T. N. Drejer ; Bee-Keeper's 

 Manual, by Henry Taylor ; A Botanical Chart for Schools, by 

 Elizabeth A. Warren; Flora Aberdonensis, by George Dickie; 



