ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



No. VII. 

 I. Account of a Botanical Excursion in the Alps of the Canton of Valais, 

 Switzerland, in August 1835; and Catalogue of the Plants collected, 

 with occasional Remarks. By R. J. Shuttleworth, Esq. Page 1 

 II. On the Dentition and other Characters of the British Shrews, with re- 

 ference to M. Duvernoy's recent researches into the structure of this 

 genus of Animals. By the Rev. Leonard Jenyns, M. A. F. L. S., 

 F. Z. S., &c. - - - - 24 



I'll. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. By William 

 Thompson, Esq. Vice-President of the Belfast Natural History 

 Society, ..... 42 



IV. Cheloniorum Tabula Analytica. Auctore Carolo L. Bonaparte, 



Muxiniani Priucip. . - _ . 58 



V. Miscellanea Zoologica. . By George .Johnston, M. D , Fellow of 



the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, - - G3 



No. VIII. 



I. Notes on the Land and Fresh Water Mollusca of Great Britain, with a 

 revised list of Species. By Joshua Albeu, Member of the Natu- 

 ral History Society of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, • 101 

 II. On the Botany of Erris, County Mayo, and a notice of several addi- 

 tions to the Flora Hibernica. By Charles C. Babington, M. A. 

 F. L. S., &c. - - - - - 119 



III. Notes upon Subaquatic Insects, with the description of a New Genus of 



British Staphylinidas. By J. O. Westwood, F. L. S., &c. 124 



IV. The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. By William 



Baird, Surgeon, H. C. S. Continued, - - 132 



V. Directions for the preservation of Sea Plants, with Miscellaneous Re- 

 marks on a number of species collected at Cairnlough Bay, on the 

 Coast of Antrim, in the months of May and June 1836. By James 

 S. Drummond, M. D. President of the Belfast Natural History 

 Society, &c. - - - - - - 144 



VI. Observations on the Caprimulgus Europzeus (Night- Jar.) By Dr W. 



B. Clarke, Ipswich, . . - . - 158 



VII. On the advancement of Local Botany in the environs of London, with 

 remarks relative to the Dispersion of Plants in that vicinity, and the 

 formation of plans exhibiting the Distribution of Species over locali- 

 ties. By Daniel Cooper, Curator to the Botanical Society of 

 London, &c. - - - - - 163 



