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Page 

 XLI. Centuries of North American Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., and the Rev. M. A. Curtis, D.D 4\7 



XLII. Note on the Transverse Processes of the Two-toothed Dol- 

 phin {Hyperoodon bidens). By Prof. Owen, F.R.S. &c 435 



XLIII. Remarks on Libellula Brodiei (Buckman), a Fossil Insect 

 from the Upper Lias of Dumbleton, Gloucestershire. By Professor 

 Buckman, F.G.S., F.L.S 436 



XLIV. On Gallionella ferruginea (Ehrenb.). By J. W. Griffith, 

 M.D., F.L.S 438 



New Books : — The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the jxipular 

 names and uses of the Plants, and of the customs and behefs 

 which have been associated with them, by G. Johnston, M.D. &c. 

 — The Handbook of British Ferns, comprising scientific and 

 popular Descriptions with Engravings of all the Indigenous Spe- 

 cies and Vai'ieties, with Instructions for their Cultivation, by 

 T. Moore, F.L.S. &c. — Beitrage ziu* Mycologie, von G. Frese- 

 nius, M.D. — A Monograph of the Subclass Cirripedia, with 

 figures of all the species. The Lepadidee or Pedunculated Cirri- 

 pedes, by Charles Darwin, F.R.S., F.G.S 439 — 448 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Linnaean Society 448 — 476 



On the Mode of Reproduction and Development in various groups of 

 Zoophytes and MoUusca, by M. Gegenbaur ; On the Teeth of Tes- 

 tacellus and Glandina, by J. E. Gray, Ph.D. &c.; On the Struc- 

 ture of the Retma in Man, by Profs. KoUiker and H. Miiller; 

 Discover}- in the Human Body of a Substance giving the same 

 Chemical Reactions as Cellulose, by M. Virchow ; Meteorolo- 

 gical Observations and Table 476 — 483 



Index 484 



