CONTENTS 0F VOL. XI. 



[FOURTH SERIES.] 



NUMBER LXI. 



Page 



Transformation of an entire SheU into Chitinous Structure by 



thePolype Hydractinia, with short Descriptions of the Polypidoma 

 )f live other Species. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c. (Plate I.) . . 1 



II On a new Species of Nettapus (Cotton-Teal) from the River 

 Yangtsze, China. By R. Swinhoe, H.M, Consul at Ningo 15 



III. On Berardim and other Ziphioid Wales. By Dr. J. E. Gray, 

 F.R.S. &c 



IV. On the Peregrine Falcon from Sardinia. By R. Bowdleb 

 Shabpe, F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c., Senior Assistant, Zoological Department, 

 British Museum 



V. Notes on the Longicorn Coleoptera of Tropical America. By 



11. W. Bates, Esq., F.L.S ^^ 



VI. Growth or Evolution of Structure in Seedlings. By John C. 



46 

 Draper, M.D 



VII. Sequoia and its History. By Professor Asa Gray, President 



of the American Association for the Advancement of Science 52 



VIII. Physico-chemical Investigations upon the Aquatic Ai-ticu- 

 lata. By M. Felix Plateau. Part II 70 



IX. Additional Notes on Spatulemys Lasalcs. By Dr. J. E. Gray, 

 F.R.S. &c. (Plate II.) ''^ 



X. On the Macleayius australiensis from New Zealand. By Dr. J. 



E. Gray, F.R.S. &c 75 



On the Reproduction and Development of the Telescope-fish of China, 

 hy M. Carbonnier ; Additional Observations on Codiophyllum, 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.; The BeU Collection of Reptiles ; 

 Answer to Ilerr Ritsema's " Note on Crmodes Sommeri " &c., 

 by A. G. Butler, F.L.S. &c. ; On a Mite in the Ear of the Ox ; 

 The Horns oi Antilocapra, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.; Notice 

 of a new and remarkable Fossil Bird, by O. C. Marsh 76—80 



