INDEX. 



581 



Coleoptera, descriptions of new, 64, 302. 

 Colobus ursinus, on the stomach of, 503. 

 Coniatulae, observations on the, 500. 

 Confervae, occurrence of, vegetating on the 



skin of the goldfish, 333 ; on the growth 



of, 431. 



Couch, J., on a specimen of Phocaena me- 



las, taken off Cornwall, 371. 

 Crag, catalogue of shells from the, 455,527. 

 Craterium pyriforme, notice respecting, 



354, 431. 



Crinoidea, fossil, notice respecting, 438. 

 Crustacea, fossil, 161 ; descriptions of new, 

 490. 



Cryptogamic vegetation of the Malvern 



Hills, 516. 

 Cuckoo, history and habits of the, 221. 

 Curculionides, new, 302. 

 Cygnus guineensis, occurrence of, 79. 

 Cyphosoma, new genus of insects, 426. 

 Cyrtoderus, new genus, 427. 

 Dale, J. C, on some Libellulae, 257. 

 Darwin, C, on new fungi collected by, 



443. 



Deakin's, R., Florigraphia Britannica, no- 

 ticed, 339. 



Desmidium, on four new species of, 155. 



Dickie, G., on the occurrence of Gelidium 

 rostratum, 350. 



Doris, new species of, 32. 



Dotted vessels, on the structure of, 393 ; 

 on the formation of, 453. 



Doubleday, E., on the genus Primula, 

 515. 



Dryas octopetala, on varieties of, 154. 

 Duck, new species of, 511. 

 Echinodermata, on the progress recently 



made in the natural history of the, 189, 



296. 



Edmonston, T., on the flora of Shetland, 

 69. 



Embryology, vegetable, observations on, 

 245. 



Eolis, new species of, 34. 

 Epilobium angustifolium, remarks on, 11 7. 

 Epizoon, description of a new, 501. 

 Eurypterus, gigantic species of, 161. 

 Evans, Mr., on the preservation of the 



colours of plants, 70. 

 Excerpta botanica, 42, 475. 

 Expedition to Torres Straits and New 



Guinea, notice of the, 167. 

 Fauna of Chusan, remarks on the, 265. 

 Ferns, observations on some genera of, 



156. 



Fibre, remarks on, 258 ; spiral, on the 

 origin of, 448. 



Fishes, of Australia, 15, 120, 207 ; on the 

 natural arrangement of, 197; descrip- 

 tion of new, 484; fossil, 158. 



Flints, occurrence of fossil sponges in, 161. 



Flora of Norway, notice respecting the, 

 70 ; of the Malvern Hills, remarks on 

 the, 248, 516; of Chusan, remarks on 

 the, 265. 



Floras Suecicae, mantissa altera, noticed, 

 422. 



Florigraphia Britannica reviewed, 339. 



Forbes, E., notices on natural history, 239. 



Fossil insects, 422. 



Fossils from the Crag, 455, 527. 



Fries's Flora Suecica, noticed, 422. 



Fulgoridae, new species of, 118. 



Fumariaparviflora, occurrence of, in Great 

 Britain, 350. 



Fungi, organographic and physiologic 

 sketch of the class, 1, 107, 230, 283; 

 parasitical on living animals, 66, 71, 131, 

 333 ; partiality of slugs for, 73 ; new, 

 419 ; notices of some, collected in South 

 America and the islands of the Pacific, 

 443. 



Galium cruciatum, occurrence of in Ire- 

 land, 519. 



Gelidium rostratum, occurrence of, 350. 



Geodephaga, descriptions of new, 425. 



Geological Society, Proceedings of the, 

 551, 573. 



Gibson, T., on Tetrao tetrix, 438. 



Giraud, H., on the origin and develop- 

 ment of the embryo in Tropseolum 

 majus, 245. 



Goldfish, description of a vegetable found 

 on the gills of, 71, 333. 



Goliath beetles, on the habits of the, 496. 



Goodsir, J., on the conferva which vege- 

 tates on the skin of the goldfish, 71, 

 333 ; on a new vegetable infusorial, 

 153; on the ultimate secreting struc- 

 ture and on the law of its function, 254. 



Gould, J., on two new species of Trogon 

 and a new species of Toucan, 236 ; 

 Birds of Australia, reviewed, 337 ; on 

 four new species of Kangaroos, 345 ; 

 on a new species of Goose, 506 ; on the 

 genus Merganetta, 511. 



Grasses, on three new species of, 513. 



Gray, J. E., on two new species of Mam- 

 malia, 39 ; on a new species of Her- 

 pestes, 49 ; on a new species of Phas- 

 cogale, 518. 



Grey's, G., expeditions of discovery in 

 North-west and Western Australia, no- 

 ticed, 499. 



Griffith, W., on the ovulum of Santalum, 

 243. 



Gurney, J. H., on the occurrence of rare 



British birds, 353. 

 Halcyon smyrnensis, on the rediscovery 



of, 441. 



Hancock and Alder, Messrs., on new spe- 

 cies of nudibranchous Mollusca, 31. 



