viii CONTENTS. 



XXXVI. Some Jccouiit of the Curatu, a Grass of the Tribe of Banibiisese, 

 of the Culm of which the Indians of Gaiana prepare their Sarbacans 

 or Blowpipes. By Robert II. Schomburgk, Esq. Communicated by 

 the Secretary page 55/ 



XXXVII. (hi discuta cpiliiuiiu and lialophyta. By Charles C. Babington, 

 Esq., M.J., F.L.S., F.G.S., ^c 563 



XXX\TII. On the Reproductive Organs of Equisetum. By Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson. Commanicatcil by the Rer. M. J. Berkeley, iM.A., 



F.L.S 567 



XXXIX. On a Gall gat Ik red in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay, Esq., upon the 

 Leaf of a Plant belonging to the Order Ocliuaceoe. By the Rer. 

 M. J. Berkeley, I\I.J., F.L.S 575 



XL. Synopsis of the Coleopterous Genus Ceraptenis. By John O. Westvvood, 

 Esq., F.L.S., 8sc 581 



XLI. Descriptions of some Nondescript Insects from .-Issam, chiefly collected by 

 William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S., ^Jssisfant Surgeon in the 3Iadras 3Ie- 

 dical Service, and attached to the late Scientific Mission to Assam. By 

 the Rev. Frederick William Hope, M.J., F.R.S. 8f L.S. . . . 587 



XLII. The Difference in the Number of Eyes with which Spiders are provided 

 proposed as the Basis of their Distribution into Tribes ; with Descrip- 

 tions of newly discovered Species, and the Characters of a new Family 

 and three new Genera of Spiders. By John Blackwall, Es(i., F.L.S. 601 



XLIII. Account of two new Genera allied to (^lacineœ iîy George Bentham, 

 Esq., F.L.S 671 



XLIV. Extracts from tlie Minute-Book of the Linnean Society of London . 687 



Catalogue of the Library of the Linnean Society 695 



List if Donors to the Library of the Linnean Society 717 



Donations to the 3Iuseum of the Linnean Society 7^5 



