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INDEX. 



Lepidosiren, on the red corpuscles of 

 the blood of the, 292. 



Leptacanthus, new species of, 122. 



Lilac, on some microscopic bodies ex- 

 isting on the epidermal surface of 

 the, 148. 



Limnsea, description of a new British 

 species of, 396. 



Limosa, new species of, 451. 



Linguatula, on the organization and 

 development of, 69. 



Linneean Society, proceedings of the, 

 143, 352. 



Liquidamber altingia, notice respect- 

 ing the, 464. 



Lucemaria fascicularis, Fleming, ha- 

 bits of, 68. 



Lycett, J., on the fossil conchology of 

 the oolitic formations in the vicinity 

 of Minchinhampton, Gloucester- 

 shire, 248. 



M'Coy, F., on some new fossil fish of 

 the carboniferous period, 1, 115 ; ob- 

 servations on the Placodermi, 2/7 ; 

 on some new ichthyolites from the 

 Scotch old red sandstone, 297 ; on 

 some new mesozoic Radiata, 397. 



MacGillivray's, J., letters to Prof. E. 

 Forbes, on subjects of natural hi- 

 story, 21. 



Manon, new species of, 398. 



Mantell, Dr. G. A., on the structure 

 of the jaws and teeth of the Igua- 

 nodon, 51 ; on the Ventriculidae, 

 133; on some colossal bones of the 

 Iguanodon, 360. 



Mason, Rev. F., on the Liquidamber 

 tree of the Tenasserim provinces, 

 464. 



Meandrina, new species of, 402. 



Melilotus arvensis, notice respecting, 

 293. 



Melithreptus, new species of, 280. 



Meloe, on the anatomy and develop- 

 ment of, 145. 



Melville and Strickland's Dodo and its 

 kindred, reviewed, 443. 



Mencethius, new species of, 284. 



Meteorological observations, 79, 151, 

 223, 295, 367, 465. 



Milne-Edwards, M., on certain princi- 

 ples bearing upon the natural classi- 

 fication of animals, and more par- 

 ticularly on the methodical distri- 

 bution of the Mammifera, 70. 



Mollusca, on the boring of, into rocks, 

 225. 



Montlivaultia, new species of, 403. 



Moore's, T., Handbook of British 

 Ferns, 440. 



Mould, fossil, descriptions of three 

 species of, 380. 



Miiller, Prof., on some new species of 

 fish from Barbados, 12. 



Miiller, K., on the germination of Iso- 

 etes lacustris, 81, 181, 322. 



Musk-shrew of Mauritius, notice re- 

 specting the habits of the, 361. 



Myiagra, new species of, 281. 



Myochama anomioides, on the habitat 

 of, 222. 



Myodes hudsonicus, observations on, 

 456. 



Nemacanthus, new species of, 120. 



Nemoura, new species of, 357. 



Nestor, on some fossil remains be- 

 longing to the genus, 59. 



Newport, Mr., on the anatomy and 

 development of Meloe, 145 ; on the 

 anatomy and affinities of Pteronar- 

 cys regalis, Newm., 147, 356. 



Notaris, on the British species of, 167. 



Notornis, on some remains of the 

 presumed extinct genus, 59. 



Nucleolites, new species of, 415. 



Odostomia, on the British species of, 

 330. 



Oolitic formations of Minchinhamp- 

 ton, on the fossil conchology of the, 

 248. 



Ornithology of Madagascar, on the, 

 383. 



Ornithorhynchus, observations on the, 

 317. 



Orobanche Picridis, notice respecting, 

 149. 



Orodus, new species of, 131. 



Osteolepis, new species of, 305. 



Osteoplax, characters of the new ge- 

 nus, 6. 



Outlines of Botany, noticed, 447. 



Owen, Prof., on the remains of the 

 gigantic birds of New Zealand, 53 ; 

 observations on the Ornithorhyn- 

 chus, 317; on the supposed sea- 

 serpent, 458. 



Oxypogon, characters of the genus, 65. 



Ozius, new species of, 286. 



Palapteryx, on the remains of some 

 species of, 53. 



