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INDEX to VOL. VI. 



AcHATINA, on the ophragma of, 159. 



Agassiz, Prof., on the glaciers of Switzer- 

 land, 350, 392, 396; on former glaciers 

 in Scotland, Ireland, and England,501. 



Agrilorhinus, on some new species of, 304. 



Alcyone, Australian, 394. 



Alder, J., on the genus Polycera, 337. 



Aleuteres, on some new species of, 309. 



Allman, G. J., on the stinging property 

 of the lesser We ever-fish, 161. ^ 



Animalcules, on the nature of some, 148; 

 observations on, 161,311; notice re- 

 specting, 318. 



Animals, on the generative system of 

 some of the lower, 70. 



Anniversary Address of the President of 



v the Linnaean Society, 229. 



Anopleura Britanniae, notice respecting, 

 318. 



Anthony, J. G., on the Byssus of Unio, 

 77. 



Antilope, new, Mr. Ogilby on, 510. 

 Ants, descriptions of several exotic species 



of, 81. 

 Arbutus, 385. 



Areschoug's Algae Scandinaviae, noticed, 

 472 ; De Hydrodictyo utriculato, no- 

 ticed, 473. 



Arion, observations on the species of, 202. 

 Assam, animals of, 366, 450. 

 Astacus marinus, on the development of, 

 263. 



Asteriadae, synopsis of the genera and 



species of, 178, 275. 

 Asterinidae, synopsis of the genera and 



species of, 288. 

 Asterope, description of the new genus, 



94. 



Astropectinidae, synopsis of the genera 



and species of, 180. 

 Aucklandia, description of, 474. 

 Babington, Ch. C, on a new British 



species of Colymbetes, 53 ; on Lychnis 



diurna and vespertina of Sibthorp, 56 ; 



on the Flora of Ireland, 328 ; on Di- 



anthus flumarius, 525. 

 Baboon, booted, 517. 

 Bainbridge, W., on new Cetoniadae, 481. 

 Baines, H., Flora of Yorkshire reviewed, 



215. 



Balaenoptera hoops, notice respecting, 72, 

 301. 



Bankier, R. A., on Alcyone ruficollaris, 

 394. 



Bark, supposed reproduction of, 335. 

 Becks, Dr., on the growth of Dicotyle- 

 donous Trees, 335. 

 Bees, destroyed by the Tomtit, 525. 

 Beetles, mummied, 4S2. 

 Berg Meal, on, 521. 



Berkeley, Rev. M. J., on British Fungi, 

 355, 430. 



Bird, description of the fossil remains of 

 a, 64. 



Birds, notes on British, 73 ; on some new 

 species of Insessorial Birds, 304. 



BischofF, M., on the Lepidosiren, 466. 



Blackwall, Mr., on the number of eyes 

 with which Spiders are provided, 229. 



Blumenbach, J. F., notice of the late, 

 234. 



Blyth, Mr., monograph of the species of 



Ovis, 302. 

 Botanic Society, 393. 

 Botanical Society of London, proceedings 



of, 148. 



Botanical Travellers, information respect- 

 ing, 468. 



Botany, physiological, report on the pro- 

 gress of, 136, 269, 330, 424. 



Boussingault, M., experiments on vegeta- 

 tion, 137. 



Bowerbank, J. S., on the structure of 



fossil wood, 312. 

 Bowman, J. E., on some objections to the 



theory attributing the natural terraces 



of the Eildon Hills to the action of 



water, 207 ; on fossil trees, 388 ; on 



ancient glaciers, 346. 

 Braun, A., on the mode of growth of Ophio- 



glosseae, 62. 

 Brazil, on the fossil Fauna of, 318. 

 Bree, Rev. W. T., on Saxifraga umbrosa, 



and the Kerry Saxifrages, 401. 

 British Museum, notices respecting the, 



319. 



Brocchia, remarks on the genus, 157. * 

 Brown, J., on birds from the Cotswokl, 

 395. 



Buch, L. von, on Sphaeronites and some 

 other genera from which Crinoidea ori- 

 ginate, 12. 



Buckland, Rev. Prof., anniversary address 

 of, 484. 



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