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XXXVIII. On the Reproduction of a lost part of an Operculum, 

 and of its probable Restoration when entirely destroyed. By John 

 Edward Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c 419 



Proceedings of the Linnaean Society 421 — 430 



Note on Runcina Hancocki, by Dr. J. E. Gray ; On the Coloration of 



the Waters of the Chinese Sea, by M. Camille Dareste ; Meteo- 

 rological Observations and Table 430 — 432 



NUMBER LXXVIII. 



XXXIX. On some new Genera and Species of Fossil Fishes. By 



Sir Philip Grey Egerton, Bart., F.R.S. &c 433 



XL. Monograph of the British Graphidea. By the Rev. W. A. 

 Leighto.v, B.A., F.B.S.E 436 



XLI. Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an 

 eight years' residence in the Island. By Edgar Leopold La yard, 

 F.Z.S', C.M.E.S. &c 446 



XLII. Description of a new Helix from Montpellier, and a new 

 Hydrohia from Nice, with Observations on some varieties of the 

 Extra -marine Shells of those districts. By John Paget, Esq 454 



XLIII. Notices of British Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 M.A., F.L.S., and C. E. Broome, Esq 458 



XLFV^. A Reply to Prof. Sedgwick's Article pubhshed in the Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History, 2nd Series, No. 7&, April 1854. By 

 Prof. Milne-Edwards 469 



XLV. A Synopsis of the Fissirostral family Buceonidee. By Philip 

 Lutley Sclater, M.A., F.Z.S 474 



XLVI. On the Anatomy of the Giraffe {Camelopardalis giraffa, 

 Linn.). By T. Spencer Cobbold, M.D., Conservator of the Ana- 

 tomical Museum, University of Edinburgh 484 



XLVII. On the Growth of Sea- Weeds. By P. H. Gosse, A.L.S. 488 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society ; Royal Society ; Botanical So- 

 ciety of Edinburgh 491 504 



Bellia arenaria, by C. Spence Bate ; Mr. Bowerbank and Prof. Sedg- 

 wick ; On the Habits of the Mungoos (Herpestes griseus), by 

 Lieut. Pegus; Viola lactea, by C. C. Lucas; On some Varieties 

 of Land Shells from the South of France, by J. Paget ; 

 Schaerer's Collection of Lichens; Meteorological Observations 

 and Table 504—507 



Index 508 



