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INDEX TO VOL. XVI. 



Acacia magnifica, on the gland 



of the phyllodium of, 12. 

 Acalephffi, on the histology of the,142. 

 iEgeon, description of the new genus, 



41. 

 Mgeon Alfordi, note on, 448. 

 Agassiz, Prof., on the metamorphoses 



of certain Fishes, 69. 

 Alford, Rev. D. P., on iEgeon Al- 



fordi, 448. 

 Alphidia, characters of the genus, 



258. 

 Ammobroma Sonorse, note on the, 



223. 

 Ammonactis, characters of the new 



genus, 195. 

 Ammonites, descriptions of new, 225, 



334. 

 Amphibians, notes on some, 120. 

 Amphiprora, new species of, 5. 

 Amphisbaenians, on the genera and 



species of, 365. 

 Anabathra pulcherrima, description 



of, 128. 

 Antedon rosaceus, on the structure, 



physiology, and development of, 



200. 

 Anthocharis, new species of, 397. 

 Antillia, new species of, 185. 

 Antipha, description of the new ge- 

 nus, 251. 

 Argyopes, new species of, 98, 346. 

 Arripis, on the Australian species of, 



187. 

 Artamus, new species of, 60. 

 Ascidians, on a new type in the group 



of, 143. 

 Astacus, new species of, 296. 

 Asterionella, new species of, 4. 

 Austen, N. L., on the habits of the 



Water-shrew, 302. 

 Australia, on the cretaceous deposits 



of, 333. 

 Axolotl of the Mexicans, on the, 122. 

 Aye-Aye, on the food of the, 142. 

 Baikia, description of the new genus, 



373. 

 Baird, Dr. W., on a new species of 



Entozoon, 52. 

 Balaenoptera, new species of, 54, 148. 

 Balanophyha, new species of, 195. 

 Baly, J. S., on new species of Crio- 



ceridae, 1 53 ; on new genera and 

 species of Gallerucidse, 247, 402. 



Bartlett, A. D., on the food of the 

 Aye-Aye, 142. 



Bastian, H. C, on the anatomy and 

 physiology of the Nematoids, 197. 



Bat, on the mode in which the Long- 

 eared, captures its prey, 301. 



Bate, C. S., on a new species of As- 

 tacus, 296. 



Bates, H. W., on the Longicorn Co- 

 leoptera of the Amazons Valley, 

 101, 167, 308. 



Bennett, Dr., on the habits of the 

 Lyre-bird, 63. 



Binney, E. W., on some fossil plants 

 from the lower coal-seams of Lan- 

 cashire, 128. 



Blackwall, J., on new Spiders from 

 the Cape de Verde Islands, 80 ; 

 from Central Africa, 336. 



Boehm, J., on the parasitic nature of 

 the Mistletoe, 222. 



Books, new : — Spratt's Travels and 

 Researches in Crete, 279; Gray's 

 Handbook of British Water-weeds, 

 280 ; Natural-History Transactions 

 of Northumberland and Durham, 

 282 ; Newman's British Ferns, 

 359 ; Salter and Woodward's Chart 

 of Fossil Crustacea, 362 ; Bentham 

 and Hooker's Genera Plantarum, 

 Pars 2, 364 ; Jeffreys's British 

 Conchology, vol. iii., 443. 



Bothridium, new species of, 52. 



Brachiolaria, on a new form of, 70. 



Brady, G. S., on undescribed fossil 

 Entomostraca from the brick-earth 

 of theNar,189. 



Brady, H. B., on the nomenclature 

 of the Foraminifera, 15. 



Bronia, characters of the new genus, 

 371. 



Burmeister, Dr. H., on a new species 

 of Whale, 54 ; on a new species of 

 Porpoise, 135. 



Butler, A. G., on a new species of 

 Cetonia, 161 ; on four new species 

 of Butterflies, 397. 



Butterflies, new species of, 397. 



Carpenter, Dr. W. B., on the struc- 

 ture, physiology, and development 



