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 Gemma? of Bryum androgynum. By George 



Dickie, Esq. Surgeon, Aberdeen, ... 226 



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. ..... 412 



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 XII. - - - -440 



