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servations on the Infusoria of Rock Salt; On the genus Pupina, 
by John Edward Gray, Esq.; On the Byssus of Unio, by John G. 
Anthony, Esq., with Notes, by J. E. Gray, Esq.; On some re- 
cently proposed Genera of the Viverride; Return of Mr. Gould; 
Meteorological Observations and Table ....c....eeseseeee eveuasath 72—80 
NUMBER XXXV. 
XIII. Observations on the Genus Z'yphlopone, with descriptions of 
several exotic species of Auts. By J. O. Westwoop, F.L.S. (Witha 
Plate.) @eeteeees @eeeenescece eeeees SCC eCesceseeeteeseeeeee @eeoeeeeseesseseeuee @eeseeresese 8l 
XIV. Zoological Notices. By Dr. A. Puitier1. (With Two Plates.) 89 
XV. Thoughts on the Equivocal Generation of Entozoa. By Jas. 
L. Drummonp, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the 
Royal Belfast Institution, Ge. ° 20.00. .ccccccsscscesesescesesscccsualen ane -- 101 
XVI. Catalogue of the Land and Freshwater Mollusca of Ireland. 
By Wm. Tuompson, Vice-President of the Natural History Society of 
Belfast ...... ES ee seh deeeac nnn easeen shapseeeveusseuvas obiegcedsd¥sehheeEheaees 109 
XVII. On early Contributions to the Flora of Ireland; with Re- 
marks on Mr. Mackay’s Flora Hibernica. By the Rev. T. D. Hincxs, 
Bib Dis MR As! ssiisiceokres onsen svvagnepaees 126 
XVIII. Report of the Results of Researches in Physiological Bo- 
tany made in the year 1839. By F. J. Meyen, M.D., Professor of 
Botany in the University of Berlin ..........046 oe los diss seceamenentiet ets 136 
XIX. Account of a Specimen of the Oblong Sunfish, Orthagoriscus 
Oblongus, taken at Par in Cornwall, and preserved in the Museum of 
the Royal Institution of Cornwall at Truro. By Jonaruan Coucn, 
F.L.S., M.R.G.S. of Cornwall ...... ab ais cs vezcai’ PO rere ye NG 144 
New Books :—Icones Fungorum, &c. Tomus 3. J. C. Corda.—Plantes 
Cryptogames de France. Fasc. 21. Par J. B. H. J. Desmaziéres. 
—Monographia Tuberacearum, Auctore Carolo Vittadini.—Lin- 
nea, ein Journal fiir die Botanik, &.............ceseceseeees .-» 145—147 
Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London; Zoological So- 
ciety eeaces Fae eeeeeseceseeeceseae OCC oe eeeseeeseeeeseseeese @eereecseresr 148—155 
Notice of a Species of Warbler new to Britain; Physophores; Echi- 
nide; Carinaria; History of Mollusca; The Genus Brocchia of 
Bronn; “ The Sexes of Limpets. Patellz ;’’ The exhibition of 
Fishes in Museums; Mr. Heckl’s Method of closing Glass Jars ; 
Stands for Birds, &c.; The Genus Gynameda, Gray; The Epi- 
phragma of Achatina; The Hoopoe; Meteorological Observations 
Bnd Table. jicc. 2. Gicctocenss stars Soevepeotesseriutcaven ey seeeee «--. 155—160 
NUMBER XXXVI. 
XX. On the Stinging property of the Lesser Weever-fish (7rachi- 
nus Vipera). By Georce James Atuman, Esq. In a Letter to Wm. 
Tuompson, Esq., Vice-Pres. Natural History Society of Belfast ......... 161 
