viii CONTENTS. 



XXXVI. .Some Account of the Curata, a Grass of the Tribe of Bambusese, 

 of the Culm of which the Indians of Guiana prepare their Sarhacans 

 or Blowpipes. By Robert H. Schomburgk, Esq. Communicated by 

 the Secretary .page 557 



XXXVII. On Cuscuta epilinuin and halophyta. By Charles C. Babington, 

 Esij., M.J., F.L.S., F.G.S., ^t 563 



XXXVIII. On the Reproductive Organs of Equisetum. By Mr. Joseph 

 Henderson. Communicated by the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., 

 F.L.S. 567 



XXXIX. On a Gall gathered in Cuba by W. S. MacLeay, Esq., upon the 

 Leaf of a Plant belonging to the Order Ochnaceae. By the Rev. 

 M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S. 576 



XL. Synopsis of the Coleopterous Genus Cerapterus. By John O. Westwood, 

 Esq., F.L.S., 8^c 581 



XLI. Descriptions of some Nondescript Insects from Assam, chiefly collected by 

 William Griffith, Esq., F.L.S., Assistant Surgeon in the Madras Me- 

 dical Service, and attached to the late Scientific Mission to Assam. By 

 the Rev. Frederick William Hope, M.A., F.R.S. 8f L.S. . . .587 



XLII. The Difference in the Number of Eyes with which Spiders are provided 

 proposed as the Basis of their Distribution into Tribes ; with Descrip- 

 tion,'! of newly discovered Species, and the Characters of a new Family 

 and three new Genera of Spiders. By John Blackwall, Esq., F.L.S.- 601 



XLIII. Account of two new Genera allied to Olacinese. By George Bentham, 

 Esq., F.L.S 671 



XLIV. Extracts from the Minute-Booh of the Linnean Society of London . 687 



Catalogue of the Library of the Linnean Society 696 



List of Donors to the Library of the Linnean Society 717 



Donations to the Museum of the Linnean Society 726 



