CONTENTS. Vll 



Page 

 XLI. Notes on Seals (Phocid<s) and the Changes in the Form of 

 their Lower Jaw durinp- Growth. By Dr. J. E. Gbay, F.R.S. &c, . 342 



XLII. On some points in the History and Relations of the Wasp 

 ( Vespa vulgaris) and Rhipiphorus paradoxus. By Andrew Murray, 

 F.L.S 346 



XLIII. Species of Terrestrial MoUusca collected on the Island of 

 San Lucia. By Ralph Tate, Assoc. Linn. Soc., F.G.S., &c 366 



New Books : — Notes on the Geology of North Shropshire, by Char- 

 lotte Eyton. — Figures of Characteristic British Fossils, with 

 Descriptive Remarks, by W. H. Baily, F.L.S.,F.G.S.,&c.. . 356, 357 



On the Occurrence of Beania mirabilis at Shanklin, Isle of Wight, 

 by Henry Lee, F.L.S. &c. ; Cuttlefish (Sepia) of the Red Sea, 

 by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. ; The Larva of Tischeria complanella 

 and its Parasite, by Prof. Camillo Rondani ; A naked Shrew, by 

 Dr. J. E. Gray ; On Spoggodes conglomerattis, and a new Genus 

 of Fleshy Alcyonoids, by Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c., and Henry 

 J. Carter, F.R.S. ; On the Anatomy of the Genus Gordius, by 

 H. Grenadier ; On the Development of Pelobates fuscus, Wagl., 

 by C. van Bambeke ; On the Systems of Capillary Vessels in 

 the Gasteropods, by Prof. Wedl ,• Discovery of New and Rare 

 Fossils in the Marl-Slate of Midderidge, by Richard Howse, Esq, 



357—368 



NUMBER XXIV. 



XLIV. List of Coleoptera collected in Vancouver's Island by 

 Henry and Joseph Matthews, with Descriptions of some new Spe- 

 cies. By Dr. J. L. Leconte, Philadelphia 369 



XLV. On the Nomenclature of the Foraminifera. By Prof. T. 

 Rupert Jones, F.G.S., W. K. Parker, F.R.S., and J. W. I^jrkby, 

 Esq. (Plate Xlll.) 386 



XLVI. Observations on the Parasitism of Rhipiphorus paradoxus. 

 By Frederick Smith, Assistant in the Zoological Department of 

 the British Museum 393 



XLVn. On certain nondescript Bones in the Skull of Osseous 

 Fishes. By George Gulliver, F.R.S 397 



XL VIII. Description of a new Species of Upeira. By John 

 Blackwall, F.L.S 398 



XLIX. On the Coleoptera of St. Helena. By T. Vernon Wol- 

 laston, M.A., F.L.S 401 



