366 



CONTENTS. Vll 



Page 

 XLIIL Description of a new Species of the Family Pittidce. By 

 John Goui-d, F.R.S. &c 340 



XLrV. On some points in the Myology of the Chimpanzee and 

 others of the Primates, By Alexander Macalisteb, Professor of 

 Zoology and Dii-ector of the Museum, University of Dublin 341 



XLV. Contributions to the Crag-Fauna. Part II. By Alfred 

 Bell 351 



XL VI. Physico-chemical Investigations upon the Aquatic Arti- 

 culata. By F^lix Plateau. Part 1 362 



XLVn. On the supposed Legs of the Trilobite Asaphus platy- 

 cephalus. By Prof. James D. Dana 



XLVIII. Notice of a new Australian Ziphioid Whale. By G. 

 Kbefft, F.L.S. ; with a Note by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S 368 



New Books : — The Honey-Bee : its Natural History, Physiology, and 

 Management, by Edward Bevan, INLD. ; revised, enlarged, and 

 illustrated by William Augustus Munn, F.R.H.S. &c. — British 

 Insects : a Familiar Description of the Form, Structure, Habits, 

 and Transformations of Insects, by E. F. Staveley. — An Intro- 

 ductory Text-book of Zoology, for the Use of Junior Classes, 

 by H. Alleyne Nicholson, M.D., D.Sc, Ph.D., F.R.S.E., F.G.S. 



369 — 371 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 372 



Note on the Ichthyosaurian Head, by H. G. Seeley, F.G.S. ; Le J^lin 

 of Adanson, by Dr. O. A. L. Morch ; On the Action of the so- 

 called Poisonous Shadow of various Tropical Plants, by Prof. 

 Karsten; A new Genus of the Eolidicke, by Prof. Salvatore 

 Trinchese ; On the Entozoa of the Dolphins, by M. H. Gervais 



388—392 



NUMBER XLII. 



XLIX. On the Base (Pelvis) of the Crinoidea brachiata. By 

 Prof. Beybich 393 



L. Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies from Tropical 

 America, By Osbert Salvin, M.A., F.L.S., &c 412 



LI. The Descendence-Theory considered from some special points 

 of view. By W, Veltmann 417 



LH. On Amphipktcra pellucida and Surirella gemma as Test- 

 objects. By J. J. Woodward, Assistant Surgeon, U.S. Army .... 423 



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

 M.A., F.L.S., and C, E, Broome, Esq., F,L,S. (Plates XVIII,, 

 XLX,, XX., & XXL) 425 



