IV CONTENTS. 



Note on the Genus LopJtopus, by T. Whitelegge ; On the Existence 

 of a Fish belonging to the Genus Neopercis m the Atlantic, 

 by M. Leon Vaillant; On the Pelagic Fauna of some Lakes in 

 Auvergne, by M. J. Ivichard ; The Fauna of the Pochiphthal- 

 mous Crustacea of the Bay of Marseilles, by M. Paul Gouiret ; 

 On the supposed Peripheral Processes of the Clionce, by M. E. 

 Topsent ; On the Formation of Vegetable Mould by the Action 

 of certain Animals, by Dr. C. Keller 62 — 08 



NUMBER II. 



IX. On some new Species of the Genus S/Jonf/odcs, Less., from the 

 Philippine Islands and the Japanese Seas. By Dr. Th. Studkr, 

 Berae 69 



X. Polyzoa of Mauritius. By II. Kirkpatrick, Assistant in the 

 British Museum (Natural History). (Plates VII.-X.) 72 



XL Note on the Extinct Keptilian Genera Mec/alcmia, Owen, and 

 Meiolmrin, Owen. By A. Smith Woodward, F.G.S., F.Z.S., of 

 the British Museum (Natural History) 85 



XII. New Species of Bittterflies collected by Mr. C. M. Woodford 



in the Solomon Islands. By F. D. Godman and O. Salvin, FF.R.S. 90 



XIII. Descriptions of new Reptiles and Batrachians from Mada- 

 gascar. By G. A. BouLENGER. (Plates V. & Vl.) 101 



XIV. On the Affinity of the North-American Lizard-Fauna. By 



G. A. BOULENGER ...<...,...... ~. 107 



XV. On some Points in the Anatomy of the Temnopleiiridce. Vty 

 Prof. P, Martin Duncan, M.B. (Lond.), F.R.S., &c. (Plate XL; 109 



XVI. An Account of three Series of Lepidoptera collected in 

 North-west India by Major Yerbury. By ARTHtiK G. Butler, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., &c ; 132 



XVII. On the Bib (Gadm lusciis) and Poor-Cod {G. miniitus). 



By Francis Day, CLE., F.L,S., &c lh\ 



XVIIL Diagnoses of six new Mammals from the Solomon Islands. 

 By Oldeield Thomas 155 



XIX. Diagnoses of foitr new QT^ecies of Didelp/ii/s. By Oldfield 

 Thomas < 158 



Note on Zophopus Lendenfeldi, by Stuai-t 0. Ridley ; On G/i/ji?ias- 

 trcea sexvadiata, Lonsdale, sp., by P. Martin Duncan, M.B, 

 (Lond.), F.R.S., &c. ; On the tirst Changes in the Fecundated 

 Ovum of Lepas, by Prof. M. Nussbaum ; On the Infection of a 

 Frog-tadpole by Saprolerpna ferax, by Prof J. B. Schnetzler ; 

 On the Significance of Sexual Reproduction, by Dr. B. Hat- 

 schek ; Notice of two new Bi'anchiopod Crustacea from the 

 Trans-Caspian Region, by Dr. Alfred Walter Wd — 164 



