IV CONTENTS. 



NUMBER LXIL 



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XI, Summaiy of Zoological Observations made at Naples in the 

 winter of 1871-72, By E, Ray Lankester, M.A., Fellow and Lec- 

 tui-er of Exeter College, Oxford 81 



XII. On the Geographical Distribution, Migration, and Occasional 

 Habitats of TVTiales and Dolphins ( Cete). By Dr. J, E. Gray, F.R.S. 



&c 98 



Xm, Notes on the Whales and Dolphins of the New-Zealand 

 Seas. By Dr. James Hectoe, F.R.S. With Remarks by Dr. J, E, 

 Gray, F.R.S. &c 104 



XIV. A Monogi'aphic List of the Species of the Genus Gonyhptes, 

 with Descriptions of three remarkable new Species. By Arthub 

 Gardiner Butler, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c. (Plate HI.) 112 



XV. Notes on the Longicom Coleoptera of Tropical America. By 



H. W. Bates, F.L.S 117 



XVI. On a new Species of Turkey Vulture from the Falkland 

 Islands and a new Genus of Old- World Vultures. By R, Bo"s\T)ler 

 Sharpe, F.L.S. , F.Z.S., &c., Senior Assistant, Zoological Depart- 

 ment, British Museum 133 



XVII. On some Fossils from the Quebec Group of Point Levis, 

 Quebec, By H. Alleyke Nicholsox, M,D., D.Sc, M. A., F.R.S.E., 

 Professor of Natural History in University College, Toronto ib. 



XVIII. Notes on Tortoises. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c 143 



New Books: — Records of the Rocks; or Notes on the Geology, 

 Natural History, and Antiquities of North and South Wales, 

 Devon, and Cornwall, by the Rev. W. S. Symonds, F.G.S. &c. 

 — ^A Manual of Palteontolog}- for the Use of Students, with a 

 General Introduction on the Principles of Palaeontology, by H. 

 A. Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc, &c 149—151 



Anatomical Investigations on the Limuli, by A. Milne-Edwards ; On 

 the Boomdas {Dendrohyrax arboretis), by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. 

 &c. ; On Deep-sea Dredging in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, by J. 

 F. Whiteaves, F.G.S. &c. ; Nitophyllum litteratum, a new Bri- 

 tish Alga, by Prof. T. G. Agardh ; On a new Freshwater Tortoise 

 from Borneo (Orlitia borneensis), by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. ; 

 Descriptions of three new Species of Crustacea parasitic on the 

 Cetacea of the N.W. coast of America, by W. H. Dall, U.S. 

 Coast Survey ; Orca stenorliyncha (the Narrow-nosed Killer) ; 

 Preliminary Descriptions of new Species of Mollusks from the 

 North-west coast of America, by W. H. Dall, U.S. Coast Sur- 

 vey ; Projectile Power of the Capsules of Hamamelis virginica, 

 bv'Mr. T. Meehan 152—160 



