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of Fossil Diatomaceae ; by Prof. W. Bailey. Meteorological Observations and 
Table for June, 1856. 
No. 105, September;—(N. R. Wallace) Attempts at a Natural arrangement 
of Birds. (Arthur Henfrey) Recent discoveries in Vegetable Embryogeny. 
(Philip H. Gosse,F.R.S.) On Edwardsia carnea, a new British Zoophyte ; with 
a plate. (H. J. Carter) Notes on the Freshwater Infusoria of the Island of 
Bombay; No. 1. Organisation. (W. H. Benson) Descriptions of one Indian 
and nine new Burmese Helices, and notes on two Burmese Cyclostomacea. (John 
Lowe) On an abnormality in the Flowers of Salix Andersoniana. (Philip H. 
Gosse, F.R.S.) Cardium exiguum :—its Siphons and its Byssus ; with a plate. 
Bibliographical Notices.-—Introduction to Entomology ; by Kirby and Spence. 
Ferny Combes; by Chanter. Proceedings of the Zoological Society, Nov. 13, 
1855. Miscellaneous.—On the vitality of Anguillulse of mildewed wheat; by 
C. Davaine. Notice of anew species of Nocturnal Lizard from Mexico; by 
Dr. Gray. On a new genus and species of Trochilidae from Ecuador ; by John 
Gould, F.R.S. Meteorological Observations and Table for July, 1856. 
Tns Zoologist. No. 165, July; No. 166, August; No. 167, September, 1856. 
8vo. London: John Yan Yoorst. Price Is. each. 
No. 165, JulyProceedings of Societies.—Entomological Society, June 2, 
1856. (A. C. Smith) Origin of the name Horse-chesnut. (S. Stone) Amours 
of the Hedgehog. (W. Baker) Occurrence of the little Owl at Maidstone. 
(J. H. Gurney) Rare birds in Norfolk and Suffolk ; remarkable destruction of 
Sea Birds on Norfolk coast. (T. J. Bold) Crossbill breeding in North of Eng¬ 
land. (H. Stevenson) Golden Oriole near Norwich; Note on the broad-billed 
Sandpiper in Norfolk; Late appearance of the long-tailed Duck ; Note on Sari’s 
Warbler, and on a variety of the Grasshopper Warbler. (R. N. Dermis) Oc¬ 
currence of the Black Stork in Kent. (J. J. Briggs) Remarks on Anacharis 
Alsinastrum. ^Weekly Intelligencer) Vanessa Antiopa ; Meliteea Athalia ; 
Habit of Hensimene firubriana; Elachista taeniatella; Tinea biselliella; Nomada 
borealis. (E. C. Buxton) On Daplidice and Lathonia. (E. Shepherd and H. 
Doubleday) Notodontse not double-brooded. (R. F. Logan) Note on the Geome- 
trinae. (H. Doubleday) Note on Dorithea circuitaria. (P. H. Yaughan) Occur¬ 
rence of Platypteryx Sicula near Bristol. (C. S. Gregson) Description of 
Coleoptera Vitiselia; a new species of Tineina. (F. Smith) How Vespa rufa 
builds its nest. (John N. Power, M.D.) Notes on the genus Haliplus. (T. 
Vernon Wollaston) Coleopterous genus new to Britain. (Edward Newman) 
Captures of Cryptocephalus and Agrilus biguttatus ; Ravages of Otiorhynchus 
scabrosus on the Hop; Capture of Hydroporus scalesianus. (J. J. Reading) 
Capture of Carabus intricatus in Devonshire. (J. W. Douglas) Capture of 
Heliomanes umbellatarum. (W. Alford Lloyd) Occurrence in Britain of Ed¬ 
wardsia vestita. Notices of New Books.—Annals and Magazine of Natural 
History. 
No. 166, August. Notices of New Books.—On the Variation of Species, with 
especial reference to the Insecta, followed by an Inquiry into the Nature of Genera. 
The Natural History of Ireland. The Natural History Review. (H. T. Stain- 
ton) Entomological Botany, with more especial reference to the plants frequented 
by the Tineina. (Thomas Edward) A list of the Birds of Banffshire, accompa¬ 
nied with Anecdotes. (Rev. William Henry Hawker, M.A.) Zoology from the 
Seat of War. (Edward J. Tuck) Occurrence of the Rose-coloured Pastor and 
Woodchat in Hertfordshire. (Capt. R. W. Hadfield) Anecdote of Swallows; 
Tubercular Excrescences of the Hedgesparrow; Attack on a Cat by Hedgespar-* 
rows. (Charles William Peach) Egg Prodigies. (W. Webster) Description of a 
supposed new Skenea: occurrence of Crenella costulata and Modiola phaseolina in 
Mounts Bay. (R. S. Edleston) “ Do the Males of certain of our Lepidopterous 
Insects,” &e., &c. (T. Wildman) Early appearance of Vanessa Atalanta. (In¬ 
telligencer) Aporia Cratsegi in Kent; Aporia Cratsegi; Colias Hyale. (Samuel 
Stevens) Capture of Trochilium Chrysidiforme. (Intelligencer) Trochilium Cyni- 
