

CONTENTS OF VOL. VIII. 



[FOURTH SERIES.] 



NUMBER XLIII. 



Page 



I. A Description of two new Calcispongm, to which is added 

 Confirmation of Prof. James-Clark's Discovery of the True Form of 

 the Spouge-cell (Animal), and an Account of the Polype-like Pore- 

 area of Cliona coraUmoides contrasted with Prof. E. Ilackel's View 

 on the Relationship of the Sponges to the Corals. By H. J. Carter, 

 F.R.S. &c. (Plates I. & II.) 1 



II. Notes on Sylviads. By the Rev. H. B. Tristram, LL.D., 

 F.R.S 28 



III. Notes on New-Zealand Eared Seals. By Dr. Hector, 

 F.R.S. &c ." 2!) 



IV. On the Agamic Reproduction of a Species of Chironofmts, 

 and its Development from the Uufecundated Egg. By Oscar von 

 Grimm. (Plate III.) 31 



V. Contributions to the Fauna of the Upper Tertiaries. No. I. 

 The " Mud-deposit " at Selsey, Sussex. By Alfred Bell 45 



VI. On the American Eider Duck. ByR. B. Sharpe, F.L.S. &c.. 

 Librarian to the Zoological Society of London 51 



VII. On the Vermes collected by M. von Heuglin in the Sea of 

 Spitzbergen. By Prof. Ehlers 53 



VIII. On a new Species of Humming-bird belonging to the 

 Genus Spathura. By J. Gould, F.R.S Gl 



Proceedings of the Royal Society 63 



On a new Species of Argus Pheasant, by T. \V. Wood, Esq. ; Notes 

 Dn Podocnemis tmifiUs, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. ; Note on 

 TesUido chUensis, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c. ; Note on Dac- 

 ^y%jora, by Dr. C. W. Giimbel ; PalaWax; Chinese Freshwater 

 Crabs and Hairy Tortoises ; Death of E. Claparede 67 — 72 



NUMBER XLIV. 



IX. Supplement to a " Catalogue of the Zoophytes of South 

 Devon and South Cornwall," with Descriptions of new Species. By 

 the Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A. (Plates V. & VI.) 73 



