CONTENTS. Vll 



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 XLIX. On the Temperature of Geological Periods, from indications 

 derived from the observation of Fossil Plants. By the Count Gaston 

 DE Saporta 340 



L. On the Occurrence of Ichthyosaurus and Plesiosaurus in Aus- 

 tralia. By Frederick M'Coy, Professor of Natural Science in the 

 University of Melbourne, and Director of the National Museum of 

 Victoria 355 



LI. On the Peculiarities of some Stylospores of SphcericB. By H. 

 Karsten. (Plate X. figs. 5-13.) 356 



LII. Note on the Reproduction of the Aphides. By Professor E. 

 CLAPARfeDE '. 360 



LIII. Remarks on M. Claparede's Note on the Reproduction of 

 the Aphides. By M. Balbiani 367 



LIV. Description of a new Species of the Genus Malurus. By 

 John Gould, Esq., F.R.S. &e 369 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 369 



Theory of the Skull and the Skeleton, by Harry Seeley, Esq. ; A new 

 Rodent ; On Euphysetes simus, by Sir Walter EUiot ; Addition 

 to the Note on Euphysetes simus, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.; 

 Foraminiferal Soundings; Observations on the Situation of the 

 Alkaloids in the Bark of the Cinchonce, by Carl Miiller; On the 

 Cephalic Disk of the Remora {Echeneis), by E. Baudelot ; Oc- 

 currence of Apus and Branchipus near Vienna 371 — 376 



NUMBER CXIV. 



LV. On the Dentition of the Common Mole {Talpa europoea). 

 By C. Spence Bate, F.R.S. &c. (Plate XI.) 377 



LVI. Descriptions of some Indian and Burmese Species of Assi- 

 minea. By William T. Blanford, A.R.S.M., F.G.S 381 



LVII. Descriptions of several Species of East-Indian Spiders 

 apparently new or little known to arachnologists. By John Black- 

 wall, F.L.S 387 



LVIII. On some British Neuroptera. By A. E. Eaton, of Trin. 

 Coll. Cambridge 395 



LIX. Notulse Lichenologicaj. No. XV. By the Rev. W. A. 

 Leighton, B.A., F.L.S. — Notes on the Lichens of Cader Idris, 

 North Wales 402 



LX. Diagnostic Characters of some new Genera and Species of 

 PHonidce. By Francis P. Pascoe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c 410 



LXI. Notes on Pelonnia corrugata. By W. Carmichael M'In- 

 tosh, M.D., F.L.S. (Plate XII.) 414 



