iv Contents. 



VIII. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. " By William 

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

 ciety. Continued, ... Page 170 

 IX. 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. Con- 

 tinued, - - - - - - 180 



No. IX. 

 I. On the British Species of the Genus Cerastium, being an attempt to 

 elucidate their distinctive characters. By Charles C. Babing- 

 TON, M.A., F. L. S., &c. ... - 197 



II. Characters and Descriptions of the Dipterous Insects indigenous to 



Britain. By James Duncan, M. W. S., «&c. &c. Continued, 205 



III. On the existence of a second membrane in the Asci of Fungi. By the 



Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M. A., F. L. S., - - 222 



IV. Observations on the Gemmse of Bryum androgynum. By George 



Dickie, Esq. Surgeon, Aberdeen, - - - 22G 



V. On a peculiar structure in Shells ; with some observations on the Shell 



of Sphaerulites. By John Edward Gray, F. R. S., &c. 228 



VI. Localities of Scottish Coleoptera. By the Rev. William Little, 232 



No. X. 



I. Historical Notice of Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. By M. Ad. 



Brongniart, . - . . - 293 



II. Notes on the Ornithology of Norway. By W. C. Hewitson, Esq. 309 



III. The British Cerastia: a Supplement to a former Essay. By C. C. 



Babington, F,L. S., &c. Plate IX. Continued, 317 



IV. The Natural History of British Zoophytes. By George Johnston, 



M. D. Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh. (Con- 

 tinued from Vol. i. p. 447,) - - - - 319 

 V. On a Confervoid State of Mucor Clavatus, Lk. By the Rev. M. J. 



Berkeley, M. A., F. L. S., - - - 340 



No. XL 

 I. The Fauna of Twizell. By P. J. Selby, Esq. (Continued,) 387 



II. A Notice, with the results, of a Botanical Expedition to Guernsey and 



Jersey, in July and August 1837. By Charles C. Babington, 



M. A., F. L. S., &c. - . - . _ 397 



III. The Natural History of the British Entomostraca. No. IV. By 



William Baird, Surgeon H. C.S., &c. - - 400 



IV. Remarks on the Mosses found in the neighbourhood of Aberdeen. By 



G. Dickie, Esq. . . . . _ 4]2 



V. Observations on some New or Obscure Species of Plants. No. I. By 



G. A. Walker Arnott, LL. D., F. L. S., &c. - 419 



VI. Contributions to the Natural History of Ireland. By William 



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

 Society. ..--... 427 



VII. Dr Robert H. Schomburgh's description of Victoria Regina, Gray. 



Plate XIL ------ 440 



