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servations on the Infusoria of Rock Salt ; On the genus Pupina, 

 by John Edward Gray, Esq. ; On the Byssus of Unio, by John G. 

 Anthony, Esq., with Notes, by J. E. Gray, Esq. ; On some re- 

 cently proposed Genera of the Viverridce ; Return of Mr. Gould ; 

 Meteorological Observations and Table « 72 — 80 



NUMBER XXXV. 



XIII. Observations on the Genus Typhlopone, with descriptions of 

 several exotic species of Ants. By J. O. Westwood, F.L.S. (With a 

 Plate.) 81 



XIV. Zoological Notices. By Dr. A. Philippi. (With Two Plates.) 89 



XV. Thoughts on the Equivocal Generation of Entozoa. By Jas. 

 L. Drummond, M.D., Professor of Anatomy and Physiology in the 

 Royal Belfast Institution, &c 101 



XVI. Catalogue of the Land and Freshwater Molliisca of Ireland. 

 By Wm. Thompson, Vice-President of the Natural History Society of 

 Belfast 109 



XVII. On early Contributions to the Flora of Ireland; with Re- 

 marks on Mr. Mackay's Flora Hibernica. By the Rev. T. D. Hincks, 

 LL.D., M.R.I.A 126 



XVIII. Report of the Results of Researches in Physiological Bo- 

 tany made in the year 1839. By F. J. Meyen, M.D., Professor of 

 Botany in the University of Berlin 136 



XIX. Account of a Specimen of the Oblong Sunfish, Orthagoriscus 

 Oblongus, taken at Par in Cornwall, and preserved in the Museum of 

 the Royal Institution of Cornwall at Truro. By Jonathan Couch, 

 F.L.S., M.R.G.S. of Cornwall 144 



New Books : — Icones Fungorum, &c. Tomus 3. J. C. Corda. — Plantes 

 Cryptogames de France. Fasc. 21. Par J. B. H. J. Desmazieres. 

 — Monographia Tuberacearum, Auctore Carolo Vittadini. — Lin- 

 naea, ein Journal fur die Botanik, &c 145 — 147 



Proceedings of the Botanical Society of London ; Zoological So- 

 ciety 148—155 



Notice of a Species of Warbler new to Britain ; Physophores; Echi- 

 nidts; Carinaria; History of Mollusca ; The Genus Brocchia of 

 Bronn ; <( The Sexes of Limpets. Patella? The exhibition of 

 Fishes in Museums ; Mr. Heckl's Method of closing Glass Jars ; 

 Stands for Birds, &c. ; The Genus Gynameda, Gray; The Epi- 

 phragma of Achatina ; The Hoopoe ; Meteorological Observations 

 and Table 155—160 



NUMBER XXXVI. 



XX. On the Stinging property of the Lesser Weever-fish (Trachi- 

 nus Vipera). By George James Allman, Esq. In a Letter to Wm. 

 Thompson, Esq,, Vice-Pres. Natural History Society of Belfast 161 



