October 31. t>Fji>ice 3». 



THE JOURNAL ^"^^^ 



OF 



THE LINNEAN SOCIETY. 



Vol. XIV. ZOOLOGY, ,-- >: ' No. 76. 



CONTENTS, ^^''■o^,^^ 



I. Eevision of the Hippidea. Bj EDWAifc J. MiiSEs, 

 F.L.S., F.Z.S., Assistant in the Zoological Depart- 

 ment of the British Museum. (Plate V.) 312 



II. Descriptions of new Species of Phytophagous Coleo- 



ptera. By Joseph S. Bi.LT, M.E.C.S., F.L.S., &e.... 336 



III. The Life-history of Filaria Bancrofti, as explained by 



the Discoveries of Wucherer, Lewis, Bancroft, Man- 

 son, Sonsino, myself, and others. By T. Spencer 

 CoBBOLD,M.D., F.E.S., F.L.S., Professor of Botany 

 and Helminthology, Eoyal Veterinary College 356 



IV. On the Anatomy of the Elk {Alces malcMs). By 



Prof. Morrison "Watson, M.D., and A, H. Toung, 

 M.B., Owens College, Manchester. (Communicated 

 by Dr. J. Murie, F.L.S.) (Plates VL & VIL, and a 



"VVoodcut.) 371 



V. On tlie Geographical Distribution of the Gulls and 

 Terns {Laridce). By Howard Saunders, F.L.S., 



F.Z.S 390 



VI, On the Action of Limpets {Patella) in sinking Pits in 

 and abrading the Surface of the Chalk at Dover. 

 By J. Clarke Hawkshaw, M.A., F.G.S. (Commu- 

 nicated by Dr. J. Murie, F.L.S.) 40S 



VII. Notes on the Presence of Tacliyglossus and Orni- 

 thorhynclms in Northern and North-eastern Queens- 

 land. By Capt. William E. Armit, F.L.S 411 



VIII. Eemarks on the Skull of the EcTiidna from Queens- 

 land. By Dr. J. Murie, F.L.S. (With a Woodcut.) 413 



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LONGMANS, GEEEN, EEADEE, AND DTEE, 



AND 



WILLIAMS AND NOEGATE. 



1878. 



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