Index. 
601 
Pritchard, Dr, on Species, 305 
Pseudochromis, 2?9 
Psiloma arundinis, 49 
Pteropus Whitcii, 485 
Ptilonoihynchus albirostris, 277 
Pycnogonidae, British, 368-375 
Pycnogonum, 376 ; littorale, 3?6 
Pyronema marianum, 45 
Quadrupeds, British, Bell's History 
of, noticed, 280 
Questions de TAcademie Royale des 
Sciences de Berlin pour 1837 et 
1839, 202 
Raniceps trifurcatus, 104; 201 ; 344 
Raptores of S. America, 347-309 
Raspail on the structure of Polypes, 246 
Regulus ignicapillus, - 491 
Reptiles of Chili, 414 
Reptiles, South African, two new 
genera of, - 141-5 
Rhipsalis, on the structure of the 
fruit of, - 469 
Richardson, Dr, on the /oology of 
N. America, - 298 
Rossmaessler's ' Forstinseckten,' no- 
ticed 483 
Royal Society, Edinburgh, Proceed- 
ings of - - 1 10 
Royle on the properties of Caout- 
chouc, 303 
Rubus, - 296 
1 Rumphia,' by Blume, noticed, 280 
Ruppel, Ed. 109 
Ruppel's 4 Neue Wirbelthiere,' re- 
viewed, - 275 
Rusconi on the ova of Fish, - 586 
Sabine, J. his death, - 695 
Salmon, food of, 300 
Sargus, 160 ; cuprarius, 161 ; flavi- 
pes, 162. infuscatus, 162; niti- 
dus, 162; Reaumuri, - 163 
Sceptranthes, 99 
Sclerotium cornicola, 511; medul- 
lare, 47 ; truncorum, 511 
Scolopax major, - 415 
Seal, habits of, - 103, 539 
Selby, P. J. on the Lutjanus ru- 
pestrisof Bloch, 167-170 ; on the 
importance of a Local Fauna, 421-4 
Shrimps, the Exuviation of, 170-3 
Siebold's ' Fauna Japonica,' no- 
ticed, 205 
Silene otites, 495 
Sitta europaea, 103 
Smith, Dr. 109; his characters of 
two new genera of S. African Rep- 
tiles, - 141-5 
Smith, Sir J. E. his ' English Flora' 
reviewed, * 93 
Society, Belfast, Nat. History, 308 
Society, Botanical, of Edinb. 106 ; 416 
Society, Botanical, of London,415 ; 500-92 
Society, Medico- Botanical, 207,306,500 
Society, Royal j* v 205 
Society, Royal of Edinburgh, 208 
Society, Shropshire and North Wales 
Natural History and Antiquarian, 210 
Society, Tweedside Physical and An- 
tiquarian, 307 ; 504 
Spartina glabra, - 499 
Sparus auratus, 294 
Sphasria angelicas, 48 ; arundinis, 48 ; 
decedens, 47 ; detrusa, 47 ; fava- 
cea, 47 ; herpotricha, 48 ; hypo- 
derma, 47 ; microstorna, 47 ; pan- 
therina, 47 ; rubiginosa, 47 ; san- 
guinea, 48 ; velata, 47 ; xanthos- 
troma, 47 
Sphaeronema blepharistoma, 512 
Spiranthes autumnalis, 499 
Spirula Peronii, 414 
Sprat, the - 52 
Sterna stolida, - 459 
Stilbospora angustata, 49 
Stilbum anomalum, 49 ; piliforme, 
49"; rigid um, 49 
Stratioruydae, 146 
Stratiomys, 146 ; S. chameleon, 
148 ; furcata, 150 ; potamida, 149; 
riparia, 150; strigata, 151 
Swainson, W. on the natural history 
and Relations of the Cuckoos, 213, 
225, - 430-7 
Swainson's Natural Histories in 
Lardner's Cyclopaedia' reviewed, 
-545-566 
Sykes, CoL, on the fruits of the Dec- 
can, 303 ; On the Quails and He- 
mipodii of India, - 484 
Syncesia, - 266 
Tabanida - - 359 
Tabanus, 360; T. autumnalis, 363 ; 
bovinus, 362 ; bromius, 365 ; ful- 
vtis, 368 ; luridiis, 366 ; monta- 
nus, 365 ; micans, 363 ; rusticus, 
367 ; solstitialis, 366 ; tarindinus, 
364 ; tropicus, 367 ; vittatus, 364 
Tadpole Fish, 344 
Taraxacum dens-leonis . 137 
Tea, . . 195 
Tea, Paraguay, . . 207 
Teale on Alcyonella stagnorum, 293 
Temminck ' Monographies et Re- 
cueil de Planches coloriees,' no- 
ticed, . . 108 
Testacea of the Alps, 257 
