LIST OF CONTENTS 



OF 



PART I.— 1862. 



Page 

 January 14th, 1862. 



Exhibition of tracing of outline of Skull of male Rhinoceros su- 



matranus, on behalf of Mr. E. Blyth, by Dr. P. L. Sclater 1 

 Extracts from letter addressed to Secretary by Dr. G. Bennett 



of Sydney , I 



Remarks on the incubation of the female Python in the Society's 



Gardens, by Dr. Giinther 2 



Exhibition of a preparation of remarkable pouched Peyerian 



gland from young Giraffe, by Dr. Cobbold 2 



Exhibition of nest and eggs of Ortyx virginianus, by A. Newton 2 

 Descriptions of Three New Species of Shells belonging to the 



Family of Cyclades. By Temple Prime of New York . 2 

 Descriptions of Two New Species of Helicter {Achatinella, 



Swains.), from the Sandwich Islands, with a History of the 



Genus. By "W. Harper Pease , 3 



Description of Sphyrocephalus labrosus, a New Bat from Old 



Calabar River, Western Africa. By Andrew Murray, 



Ass. Sec. Roy. Hort. Soc 8 



On the Anatomy of the Aye-aye, by Professor Owen. Part I. 



(Abstract) 11 



January 28th. 



List of specimens forwarded by Capt. Speke 12 



Letter from E. H. Rodd, Esq., of Penzance 13 



On the anatomy of the Aye-aye, by Professor Owen. Part II. 



(Abstract) 13 



On the Skull of the Japanese Pig (Sus pliciceps). By Dr. J. 



E.Gray 13 



On some Birds recently collected by M. Boucard in Southern 



Mexico. By Dr. P. L. Sclater 18 



Description of Two New Species of Cestoid Worms, belonging 



to the Genus Tcenia. By W. Baird, M.D 20 



Additions to the Menagerie in November and December .... 22 



February 11th. 



On the Assumption of the Male Plumage by the Female of the 



Common Pheasant. By Dr. E. Hamilton 23 



Note on the Gigantic Earth-worm {Megascolex cceruleus) from 



Ceylon. By Sir James Emerson Tennent, K.C.B. . . 25 



Description of some New Species of Spoggodes and of a New 

 Allied Genus {Morchellana) in the Collection of the British 

 Museum. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S 27 



Notes on some Specimens of Claviform PennatuUdts {Veretil- 

 lece) in the Collection of the British Museum. By Dr. J. 

 E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S 31 



Description of Two New Genera of Zoophytes (Solenocaulon 

 and Bellonella) discovered on the North Coast of Australia 

 by Mr. Rayner. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. 34 



Contribution to the Knowledge of the British Charrs. By Dr. 



Albert Gunther , 37 



Review of the Vermetidce. By Otto A. L. Morch of Copen- 

 hagen. (Part III.) 54 



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