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Vol. XXVI. ZOOLOGY. No. 170. 



CONTENTS. 



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I. On some Points in the Anatomy of Caudina coriacea, 



Hutton. By Aethtjk Dendt, D.Sc, P.L.S., Professor 

 of Biology in the Canterbury College, University of 

 NewZealand. (Plate 29.) 456 



II. On a probable Case of Protective Coloration in the 



House-Mouse {3Ius musculus, Linn.). By H. Ltster 

 J AMESON,B-A. (From the Biological Laboratory, Eoy. 

 Coll. Sci. Lond.) (Communicated by Prof. Howes, 

 Sec.L.S.) (Plate 30.) 465 



III. On the Larval Hyobranchial Skeleton of the Anurous 



Batrachians, with Special ^Reference to the Axial Parts. 

 By W. G. EiDEWooD, D.Sc, F.L.S., P.Z.S., Lecturer 

 on Biology at St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, 

 London. (Plate 31.) 474 



IV. The " Porus genitalis " in the Myxinidce. By R. H. 



BuRNE, B.A., Anatomical Assistant Mus. Eoy. Coll. 

 Surgeons. (Communicated by Prof. Howes, Sec.L.S.) 



(Plate 32.) '. 487 



V. On the Affinities of the Madreporarian Genus Alveopora 

 with the Palaeozoic Favositidce, together with a brief 

 Sketch of some of the Evolutionary Stages of the 

 Madreporarian Skeleton. By H. M. Beenahd, M.A. 

 Cantab., P.L.S. (Plate 33.) 495 



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