INDEX. 



583 



Nettapus pulchellus, description of, 506. 

 Orang Utans, on the habits of, 54. 

 Orbigny, Al. de, on the Rudista, 260. 

 Owen, R., on the stomach of Colobus ursi- 



nus, 503 ; on the skeleton of the Cetio- 



saurus, 573. 

 Pagrus, new species of, 392. 

 Palaeontology, observations in, 260. 

 Papilio, new species of, 36. 

 Parlatore's,P.,Plantae novae, reviewed,498. 

 Parnell, R., on a new British grass, 254; 



on three new species of Poa, 513. 

 Pearce, J. C, on the mouths of Ammonites, 



578. 



Percis, new species of, 130. 



Phaenognathus, new genus, 425. 



Phallus, new species of, 446. 



Phascogale, new species of, 518. 



Phocaena melas, observations on a speci- 

 men of, 371. 



Phosphorescence, notice respecting, 78. 



Photography, on the application of, 355. 



Phytologist, a Botanical Journal, noticed, 

 421. 



Plantae novae, vel minus notae, auctore 



Parlatore, reviewed, 498. 

 Plants, mode of preserving the colours of, 



70 ; description of new genera of, 244, 



499 ; localities for rare British, 248, 513, 



516, 517 ; on the leafing of, 514. 

 Pollen granule, on the structure of the, 93, 



544; on showers of, 353. 

 Polycera, new species of, 33. 

 Polynemus plebeius, description of, 210. 

 Pomegranate, on the separation of the, as 



a natural group, from the Myrtaceae, 86. 

 Populus, review of the genus, 42. 

 Primrose, on the varieties of, 155. 

 Primula veris and allied species, remarks 



on, 153. 



, observations on the genus, 515. 

 Puffinus major, notice respecting, 433. 

 Queketc, J., on Infusoria, 66. 

 Radiata, fossil, 163. 

 Radulum, new species of, 445. 

 Rafflesia, on a new species of, 381. 

 Ralfs, Mr., on four new species of Desmi- 



dium, 155. 

 Rapp, Prof., on the Balanidea, 502. 

 Recluz, M., on the partiality of slugs for 



fungi, 73. 



Reeve, L., on a new species of Carinaria, 

 140; on the natural arrangement of 

 the Mollusca, 148 ; on the genus Scara- 

 bus, 218; on a new species of Corbis, 

 504 ; on a new Mitra, 509. 



Reptiles, description of new, 482 ; fossil, 

 157. 



Riccia, new species of, 418. 

 Richardson's, Dr. J., contributions to the 



ichthyology of Australia, 15, 120, 207, 



384. 



Rissoa Harvey i, occurrence of, 261. 

 Rossia, description of a new species of, 

 349. 



Royal Irish Academy, proceedings of, 348. 

 Royal Society of Edinburgh, proceedings 



of, 66, 254. 

 Rudista, on the genus, 260. 

 Rutelidae, new species of, 247. 

 Sagridae, new species of, 248. 

 Saint Hilaire, Aug. de, on the epochs of 



vegetation, 74. 

 Salix, observations on the genus, 67. 

 Sarcinula, description of, 153. 

 Saurian, description of a fossil, 573. 

 Savage, Mr., on the Goliath beetles, 496. 

 Scarabus, remarks on the genus, 218. 

 Schizodon, new genus of Rodents, 508. 

 Schleiden's views on the origin of spiral 



structure, observations on, 85. 

 Scolopsis, new species of, 389. 

 Scorpaena, new species of, 212. 

 Sebastes, new species of, 384. 

 Serranus, new species of, 18. 

 Seton, A., observations on species of Viola, 



72. 



Shaw, J., account of a botanical excursion 



in Norway, 70. 

 Shells, microscopic, 166; from the Crag, 



catalogue of the, 455, 527 ; new species 



of, 504, 509. 

 Shetland, remarks on the flora of, 69. 

 Siebold, C. Th., on the organs of hearing 



in Mollusca, 501. 

 Silk-worm, on the employment of cold in 



the preservation of the eggs of the, 436. 

 Sillago, new species of, 128. 

 Slugs, partiality of, for fungi, 73. 

 Soil, influence of, on vegetation, 469, 521. 

 Solenomelus, a new genus of plants, 244. 

 Southby, A., on fossil Infusoria, 437. 

 Sowerby, G. B., on new species of Chi- 



tones, 60. 



, J. D. C, on the ceconomy of the 



whale, 257. 

 Spach's, E., revisio Populorum, 42 ; re- 



visio Betulacearum, 44 ; revisio Tili- 



arum, 475. 

 Spiders, descriptions of new, 491. 

 Spiral structure, observations on, 85. 

 Sponge, description of a new, 504. 

 Sponges, fossil, 164; and Lithophytes, 



Johnston's History of British, reviewed, 



496. 



Stephens, H. O., on Epilobium angustifo- 



lium and macrocarpum, 117. 

 Sterna arctica, migrations of, 351, 434, 



519. 



Strickland, H. E., on the appearance of 

 flocks of Sterna arctica, 351, 519; on 

 the rediscovery of Halcyon smyrnensis 

 in Asia Minor, 441. 



Stutchbury, Mr., on a new sponge, 504. 



