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in the East Indies. — 22. Electro-Chemical Researches or* 

 the Decomposition of the Earths: with Observations on the 

 Metals obtained from the alkaline Earths, and on the Amal- 

 gam procured from Ammonia. By Humphry Davy, Esq. ? 

 Sec. R.S., M.R.I.A. 



The Ninth Volume of the Transactions of the Linnean So r 

 cietyis published, and the following are the contents: 

 1. The Genus Apion of Herbst's Natursystem considered, 

 its Characters laid down, and many of the Species described. 

 By the Rev. William Kirby, F.L.S. — 2. Description of se- 

 veral Marine Animals found on the South Coast of Devon- 

 shire. By George Montagu, Esq., F.L.S. — 3. An Account 

 of the Indian Badger; the Ursus indicus of Shaw's Zoology. 

 By Lieutenant Co!onel Thomas Hardwicke, F.L.S. — 4„ A 

 Botanical Sketch of the Genus Conchium. By James Ed- 

 ward Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S. — 5. An Inquiry into the 

 Genus of the Tree called by Pona Abelicea cretica. By James 

 Edward Smith, M.D. F.R.S^P.L.S— 6. An Inquiry into 

 the real Daucus Gingidium of Linnaeus. By James Edward 

 Smith, M.D. F.R.S. P.L.S.— 7- Descriptions of Eight Nevy 

 British Lichens. By Dawson Turner, Esq., F.R.S. A.S. 

 and L.S. — 8. An Illustration of the Species of Lycium 

 which grow wild at the Cape of Good Hope. By Sir Charles 

 Peter Thunberg, Knight of the Order of Wasa, Professor 

 of Botany at Upsal, F.M.L.S. — £)• Some Observations on 

 an Insect that destroys the Wheat, supposed to be the Wire- 

 worm. By Thomas Walford, Esq., F.A.S. and L.S. With 

 an additional Note, by Thomas Marsham, Esq., Treas. L.S. 

 — 10. An Account of the larger and lesser Species of Horse- 

 shoe Bats, proving them to be distinct ; together with a 

 Description of Vespertilio Barbastellus, taken in the South 

 of Devonshire. By George Montagu, Esq., F.L.S.-— 11. De- 

 scription of two new Species of Didelphis from Van Die- 

 men's Land. By G. P. Harris, Esq. Communicated by the 

 Rio-ht Honourable Sir Joseph Banks, Bart. K.B. Pres. R.S. 

 H.M.L.S. — 12. Description of a Species of Dimorpha. By 

 Edward Rudge, Esq., F.R.S. and L.S. — 13. Some interest- 

 ing Additions to the Natural History of Falco cyanens and 



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