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 XXI, On the Contractile Tissue of Plants, By PxoL Febdinabtd 

 COHN ..^ " - 188 



XXIL On the Japanese Species of SiphonaUa, a jmjposed new 

 Genus of Gasteropodons Mollusca. By Abthcr Adams, F.L.S. &c. 202 



XXIII. On the Higher Subdivisions in the Clafisificatiwi of Mam- 

 mals. By James D. Dana 207 



XXIV. Diagnostic Notices of new Canarian Coleoptenu By T. 

 Vernon Wollaston, M.A., F.L.S 214 



New Book .- — OutUnes of Botany, designed for Schools and Colleges, 

 by J. H. Balfour, M.D., Prof, of Botany in the University of 

 Edinburgh ....«^..... 221 



Proceedings of the Zoological Society 222 — 228 



Notice of a Flycatcher new to the Fauna of Great Britain, by G. R. 

 Gray; On the Development, Structure, and Functions of the 

 Tissues of the Anther, by A. Chatin ; On a new Pteropus from 

 New Holland, by W. Peters 228—232 



NUMBER LXIV. 



XXV. On the Classification of the Brachyura, and on the Homo- 

 logies of the Antennary Joints in Decapod Crustacea. By Wm. 

 Stimpson, M.D 233 



XXVI. Notes on rare and little-known Fishes taken at Madeira. 

 No. III. By James Yate Johnson, Cor. Mem. Z.S 237 



XXVII. On Ephedra. By John Miers, F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. ... 248 



XXVIII. On the Raphides of Isnardia. By Prof. Gulliver ... 263 



XXIX. On some new Genera and Species of Umhoniidce from the 

 Seas of Japan. By Arthur Adams, F.L.S. &c 264 



XXX. Notice of the Occurrence of a rare Cetacean {Lagenorhyn- 

 chus albirostris. Gray) at the Mouth of the Dee. By Thomas J. 

 MooRE 268 



XXXI. On the Geographical Distribution and Varieties of the 

 Honey- Bee, with Remarks upon the Exotic Honey-Bees of the Old 

 World. By Dr. A. Gerstacker 270 



XXXII. On some Species of Tree-Snakes {AhcBtulla). By Dr. 

 Albert Gunther - 283 



XXXIII. On an Undescribed Indigenous Form of Amceba. By 



G. C. Wallich, M.D., F.L.S. &c. (Plate VIII.) 287 



