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XXII. On the Species of Neara found in the Seas of Japan. By 

 Akthur Adams, F.L.S. &c 206 



XXIII. Characters of new Land-Shells from the Mahabaleshwar 

 Hills in Western India, and from Agra in the North-west Provinces. 



By W. H. Benson, Esq 209 



XXIV. Description of a Lahyrinthibranchiate Fish from the Nile. 



By Dr. A. Gunther 211 



XXV. Observations on Raphides. By George Gulliver, F.R.S. 212 



XXVI. On the Extent, and some of the Principal Causes, of 

 Structural Variation among the Difflugian Rhizopods. By G. C. 

 Wallich, M.D., F.L.S., &c. (Plates XV. & XVI.) 216 



New Books : — The Natural History of Tutbury, by Sir Oswald Mosley, 

 Bart., D.C.L., F.L.S. Together with the Fauna and Flora of 

 the District surrounding Tutbury and Burton-on -Trent, by Edwin 

 Brown. — Homes without Hands ; being an Account of the Habita- 

 tions constructed by various Animals, classed according to their 

 principles of Construction, by the Rev. J. G. Wood, M.A., F.L.S. 



245—248 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 248 — 261 



On a Function of Roots, by M. Henrici ; On the Air of the Swimraing- 

 Bladder of Fishes, by A. Moreau ; On the Intercellular Substance 

 and the Milk -Vessels in the Root of the common Dandelion, by 

 Dr. A. Vogl 261—264 



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XXVII. Histological Researches on the Formation, Development, 

 and Structure of the Vegetable Cell. By Prof. H. Karsten. 

 (Plates v., VI., VII.) 265 



XXVIII. Notes on the Byblus-Rush and the Byblus-Bok. By 

 John Hogg, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c 290 



XXIX. Observations on Raphides and other Crystals. By George 

 Gulliver, F.R.S 292 



XXX. A Description of, and Remarks upon, some Fossil Corals 

 from Sinde. By P. Martin Duncan, M.B. Lond., F.G.S. &c. 

 (Plates XVin. & XIX.) 295 



XXXI. On some new Genera and Species of MoUusca from the 

 Seas of China and Japan. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S. &c 307 



XXXII. Diagnoses of new Forms of Mollusks collected at Cape 



St. Lucas by Mr. J. Xantus. By Philip P. Carpenter, B.A., Ph.D. 311 



