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On Fossil Plants from Indwe and Cyphergat Coal Beds. 



By John Shaw, F.L.S 44 



Some Eemarks on the Taxation of the Cape Colony. By 



John X. Merriman, M.L.A 46 



A Note on the Phylloxera vastatrix at the Cape. By L. 



P6RINGUEY, F.E.S., F.Z.S 57 



On THE Origin of the Diamond Mines of South Africa. 



By E. Marloth, Ph.D 62 



Second Contribution to the South African Coleopterous 



Fauna (Plates i-iv). By L. Peringuey, F.Z.S., &c. . 67 



Description of New Species of South African Tene- 



BRiONiD^. By L. Fairmaire 197 



Partial List of the South African Mollusca. By J. S. 



Gibbons 201 



