CONTENTS OF VOL. XVII. 
NUMBER CIX. 
I. Note on a new Genus of Nudibranchiate Mollusca. By Geo. J. 
Autman, M.B. &c., Professor of Botany in the University of Dublin... 1 
IT. Contributions to the Physiology of Fecundation in Plants. By 
G. Dicxitz, M.D., Lecturer on Botany in the University and King’s 
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BS College of Aberdeen. (With a Plate.)..........ccsccccccccssscecccscrocee ete 5 
oe III. Notes, &c. on the genera of Insects Phyllobius, Polydrosus and 
= a Metallites.. By Joun Watton, Esq., F.L.S. .......ccceccessesceeees bukics % Ae 
IV. Observations on a specimen of the Bottle-nosed Dolphin, Ded- 
“He phinus Tursio, Fabr., taken at Great Yarmouth, October 1845. By 
. Tuomas Bricgutwewt, F.L.S. (With a Plate.) ......cssccsccsecnesseseees 21 
= V. Descriptions of new or imperfectly described Diurnal Lepido- 
ptera. By Epwarp Dovstepay, Fsq., Assistant in the Zoological 
Department of the British Museum, F.L.S. &c. .....ccessecsceesseeesscoes 22 
VI. Notes on Birds. By T. C. Eyron, Esq., F.L.S. (With a 
Plate.) ...... pieKds adel saks9 enies Gigs li cabana ceshcvspatibesdassnevauhs dus eesbiacse’ 2G 
VII. Notice of Spiders captured by Professor Potter in Canada, with 
descriptions of such Species as appear to be new to science. By Joun 
Deen WALL, FALLS. ...ccovecasss Ee ape Gee Toe Saks dae cl avcahancecihes ek ve 30 
VIII. Notice of what appears to be the Embryo of an Ichthyosaurus 
in the Pelvic cavity of Ichthyosaurus (communis?). By J#Cuanine 
TR DRC Be os cs, sovccnecdees cosas wesawseteccdavs sansiudegact 44 
IX. Journey through Java, descriptive of its Topography and Na- 
' tural History. By Dr. Fr. Juncuunn ...... Wave veecnedycabucsepenes oe wa « 46 
New Books :—Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh.— 
The British Desmidiee, with coloured Figures of the Species, by 
AS 8S OR ee nerrerror perere Guebdsidedse oh. oath sealane 540 48—49 
Proceedings of the Linnzan Suciety ; Entomological Society ; Botanical 
Society of Edinburgh ............0..... reerrrrrererrirerr eserapacee 50—69 
Additional note on the Belted Kingfisher, 4/ceedo Aleyon, Linn., ob- 
tained in Ireland ; Spicula of Mollusca; Indian species of Papilio ; 
Death of Dr. Méller ; Meteorological Observations and Table 69—72 
