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INDEX TO VOL. VIII. 



ACANTHOPHOLIS PLATYPUS, a Pa- 



cliypod from the Cambridge Upper 



Greensand, on, 305. 

 ^goprepes, characters of the genus, 



277. _ 

 /Ethyssius, new species of, 357. 

 Agardh, Prof., on Sargasso-seas, 371. 

 Alauda bimaculata of M^n^tries, on 



the, 179. 

 Alecto, new British species of, 81. 

 Allophasia, characters of the new 



genus, 351. 

 Ancylonotus, new species of, 275. 

 Ancylopoma, characters of the new 



genus, 354. 

 Anderson, Dr. J., on Testudo Phay- 



rei, 324. 

 Antinoe Sarsii, observations on, 53. 

 Aphiorhynchiis, new species of, 271. 

 Apus, new species of, 332. 

 Arctocephalus Forsteri, notes on, 



427. 

 Argus, new species of, 67, 119. 

 Astromma, new species of, 226. 

 Atasthalus, characters of the new 



genus, 348. 

 Ealauus, on a new fossil, 210. 

 Barron, C, on the skulls of Manid^e, 



138. 

 Bell, A., on the fauna of the " mud- 

 deposit " of Selsey, 45. 

 Berardius of New Zealand, notes on 



the, 115. 

 Billings, E., on Trimerella acumi- 

 nata, 140. 

 Birds, new, 28, 51, 61, 67, 119, 179, 



192, 234, 266, 281, 428, 436, 437. 

 Blackwall, J., on new species of Spi- 

 ders from Upper Canada, 429. 

 Blanchard, E., on a new gigantic 



Salamander, 212. 

 Blepisanis, characters of the genus, 



279. 

 Blood, on the constitution of, 120. 

 Blyth, E., on the supposititious 



Bos(?)pegasus of Hamilton Smith, 



204. 

 Bolitoxenus, new species of, 350. 

 Book, new: — Terquem's Researches 



on the Foraminifera of the Lias 

 and the Oolites, 361. 



Borlasia, new species of, 61. 



Bos (?) pegasus of Hamilton Smith, 

 on the, 204. 



Brady, H. B., on the nomenclature 

 of the Foraminifera, 145, 238. 



Brephilydia, description of the new 

 genus, 269. 



Buceros, new species of, 437. 



Butalis epulata, observations on, 234. 



Butler, A. G., on some new Lepido- 

 ptera, 282. 



Calcispongife, descriptions of new, 1. 



Calvert, F. C, on protoplasmic life, 

 63 ; on the action of heat on pro- 

 toplasmic life, 129, 



Calymmus, characters of the genus, 

 349. 



Campanularia, new British species 

 of, 78. 



Canestrini, M., on the reproduction 

 of the Lophobranchs, and on the 

 filiation of certain genera, 215. 



Caprimulgus, new species of, 428. 



Carter, II. J., on two new ^Calci- 

 spongias, 1 ; on the true form of 

 the sponge-cell, 6 ; on the polype- 

 like pore-area of Cliona coralli- 

 noides, 14 ; on Hackel's views on 

 the relationship of the Sponges to 

 the Corals, 19 ; on a new species 

 of Tethya, with observations on 

 the nomenclature of the Tetliy- 

 adse, 99 ; on the parasites of the 

 Sponges, 330. 

 Caryophyllia cylindracea, on the per- 

 sistence of, 443. 

 Catastygnus, description of the new 



genus, 93. 

 Cave animals, on some, 368. 

 Centyres, characters of the genus, 



96. 

 Chsetodon citrinellus, on the young 



state of, 319. 

 Chantran, S., on the development of 



the Crayfish, 219. 

 Chelone planimentum, observations 

 on, 230. 



