INDEX. 4-73 
Meliantheae, observations on the new 
order, 461. 
Meloe, on the anatomy of the, 377- 
Meteorological observations, "J9, 159, 
247, 319, 399, 468. 
Miers, J., on a new genus of plants of 
the family Burmanniaceae, 234 ; on 
the genus Atamisquea, 384. 
Mitscherlich, Prof., on the develop- 
ment and composition of Confervae, 
436. 
Mohl, Prof., on the origin and deve- 
lopment of the vegetable embryo, 
55. 
Mollusca, notes on rare British, 239 ; 
on the occurrence of Diatomaceae in 
the stomachs of certain, 322. 
, gasteropodous, on a proposed 
new order of, 401 ; new species of, 
402. 
, nudibranchiate, new British spe- 
cies of, 189. 
Monocotyledons, on some points in 
the structure and growth of, 180. 
Morris, J., on a new species of Nau- 
tilus, 106. 
Mosses, on the reproductive organs 
of, 238 ; new species of, 325. 
Mould, on a new British species of, 
467. 
Muller, K., on the origin and deve- 
lopment of the vegetable embryo, 
Muller, Prof. J., on Basilosaurus, 246. 
Mulsant, M., on a new species of 
Coccinella, 66. 
Nageli, M., on the growth of leaves, 
275. 
Nautilus, new species of, 106. 
Newport, G., on the anatomy of the 
Meloe, 377 ; on the formation and 
use of the air-sacs and dilated 
tracheae in insects, 383. 
Notonecta glauca, on the habits of, 
158. 
Nucula, new species of, 348. 
Nummulites, observations on the, 395. 
Nymphon, new species of, 227. 
Oleandi’a, new species of, 326. 
Onthophagus, new species of, 143. 
Ophiomeris, description of the new 
genus, 234. 
Orthoseira, characters of the new 
genus, 167. 
Otiorhynchus, on a new British spe- 
cies of, 302. 
Owen, Prof, on Mr. Cuming’s collec- 
tion of shells, 149. 
Pagurus, new species of, 224. 
Pfeiffer’s, Dr. L., Monographia Heli- 
ceorum viventium, noticed, 459. 
Phogocata, description of the new 
genus, 242. 
Pissodes, on the British species of, 
295. 
Planaria, new species of, 78; on a 
new subgenus of, 242. 
Planchon, J. E., on Anacharis and 
Apalanthe, 85 ; on Meliantheae, 46 1 . 
Plants, rare British, 315; new species 
of, 425. 
, monocotyledonous, on the 
structure and growth of, 180. 
, cryptogamic, on the reproduc- 
tion of, 236, 465. 
Poebrotherium, description of the, 
389. 
Polygastrica, on two new genera of, 
392. 
Polypes, on the rapid growth of, 137. 
Porcupines, notes on, 246. 
Potatoe disease, remarks on the, 377- 
Potentilla, monstrous growth of a, 77. 
Pouchet, F., on the digestive appa- 
ratus of the gnat, 241. 
Productus, on the genus, 457. 
Pterocyclos, observations on the ge- 
nus, 345. 
Pyrophorus noctilucus, observations 
on, 200. 
Rafflesia Patma, observations on, 154. 
Rainey’s, G., Experimental Inquiry 
into the Cause of the Ascent and 
Descent of the Sap, noticed, 73. 
Reeve, L., on the habits and geogra- 
phical distribution of Bulimus, 270. 
Reid, Dr., on the development of the 
Medusae, 25 ; on a new species of 
Actinia, 34. 
Royal Society, proceedings of the, 388. 
Sagina ciliata, British haft tat for, 153. 
Salvia, new species of, 432. 
Scalaria, new species of, 347. 
Schizonema, new species of, 169. 
Schleiden, M., on the structure and 
growth of monocotyledons, 182. 
Schomburgk’s, Sir R. H., History of 
Barbados, noticed, 67 ; on some 
new fossil shells from Barbados, 
347. 
Schonherr, Carl Johan, notice of the 
late, 397 . 
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