THE ANNALS & MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY
VOLUME XI. (11) – SECOND SERIES.
Covering issues – No. 61 Jan 1853; No. 66 June 1853.

NUMBER LXI.
(No: 61 January 1853.)

I. Observations on the Solanaceæ . By John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 1.
II. Descriptions of some newly discovered species of Araneidea . By John Blackwall, F.L.S. Page 14.
III. Description of a new genus of Calanidæ . By John Lubbock, Esq. (With Plate.) Page 25.
IV. Characters of several Helices from West Australia and the Mauritius ; with Notes on some species of Cyclostoma from Borneo . By W. H. Benson, Esq. Page 29.
V. A revision of the Genera of some of the Families of Conchifera or Bivalve Shells. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 33.
VI. On the Ianthinæ, Scalariæ, Naticæ, Lamellariæ, and Velutinæ . By William Clark, Esq. Page 44.

New Books :- A Popular History of British Zoophytes, by the Rev. D. Landsborough, D.D., A.L.S. &c. Page 58.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh . Pages 59-77.

On the Coccidæ of the Olive, Orange, Lemon and Rose-bay, and on the Maladies produced by them on those trees in the Province of Nice and in the Department of the Var, by M, Robinean-Des-viody; Obituary – James Francis Stephen; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 77-80.

NUMBER LXII.
(No: 62 February 1853.)

VII. On Relative Position; including a new Arrangement of Phanerogamous Plants:- Part 1. On the Position of the Raphe. By B. Clarke. F.L.S. &c. (With Plate.) Page 81.
VIII. Observations on the Solanaceæ . By John Miers, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 90.
IX. Descriptions of species belonging to the genera Pterocyclos , and Cyslostoma , from Ceylon and West Australia . By W. H. Benson, Esp. Page 105.
X. On the Animal of Chamostrea albida . By Albany Hancock, Esq. (With two Plates.) Page 106.
XI. Supplement to a Catalogue of British Spiders, including remarks on their Structure, Function, Œconomy, and Systematic Arrangement. By John Blackwall, F.L.S. Page 113.
XII. Observations on the Anatomy of Actinia . By T. Spencer Cobbold, M.D., Vice-President of the Physiological Society, Edinburgh . Page 121.
XIII. On the Division of Ctenobranchous Gasteropodous Mollusca into larger Groups and Families. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S. V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 124.

New Books :- On the Growth of Plants in Closely Glazed Cases, by N, B. Ward, F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 134.

Proceedings of the Linnæn Society; Zoological Society; Cork Cuvierian Society. Page 135-157.

On the Classification of Serpents , by M. C. Duméril; On the Influence of Coal Gas upon Vegetation, by G. U, Ulex; On the Habits of the Wigeon, by Matthew Moggridge; On the Relations between the Oxygen consumed by the Spadix of Arum italicum and the Heat produced by it, by M. Garreau; Meteorological Observations and Table.

NUMBER LXIII.
(No: 63 March 1853.)

XIV. Descriptions of some of the larger Forms of Fossilized Foraminifera in Scinde; with Observations on their Internal Structure. By H. J. Carter, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, Bombay Establishment. (With Plate.) Page 161.
XV. Further Notes on British Zoophytes, with descriptions of new Species. By the Rev. Thomas Hincks, B.A. (With Plates.) Page 178.
XVII. Observations on the Genus Schwenkia . By John Miers, Esq. F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 185.
XVII. Observations on Relative Position: including new Arrangement of Phanerogamous Plants:- Part II. On the Position of Carpels. By B. Clarke, F.L.S. &c. Page 189.
XVIII. Note on the Gryphæa of the Bed called Gryphite Grit in the Cotteswolds. By John Lycett, Esq. Page 200.
XIX. On two new Subgenera of Calanidæ . By John Lubbock, Esq., F.Z.S. (With Plate.) Page 202.
XX. On the Germination of the Resting Spores, and on a form of Moving Spores in Spirogyra . By Dr. W. Pringsheim. (With two Plates.) Page 210.
XXI. Revision of the Families of Nudibranch Mollusks, with the description of a new Genus of Phyllidiadæ . By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S. V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 218.
XXII. Additional Notice of the genus Tancridia (Lycett), Hettangia (Turquem). By John Lycett, Esq. Page 221.
XXIII. Rambles in Ceylon . By Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq. Page 224.

New Books :- A History of British Birds, Indigenous and Migratory; Illustrated by numerous Engravings, by William MacGillivray, A.M. Page 236.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Page 244-259.

Notice of a Binocular Microscope, by J. L. Riddell; On the genus Bifrontia , by J. E. Gray, Ph.D.; On a new Method of Illuminating Opake Objects, for the high powers of the Microscope; and on a new Achromatic Condenser, by J. L. Riddell; On the Structure of the Cells of Plants; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 259-264.

NUMBER LXIV.
(No: 64 April 1853.)

XXIV. Remarks upon British Plants. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. Page 265.
XXV. On the Chitonidæ. By William Clark, Esq. Page 274.
XXVI. Additional Character of the Shell of the Cyclostomatous genus Alycæus of Gray, with descriptions of its Animal Inhabitant, - of a fourth species, - and of other new Indian Cyclostomata ; also Remarks on an unrecorded Character in Diplommatina . By W. H. Benson, Esq. Page 283.
XXVII. On the Animal of Myochama anomioides . By Albany Hancock, Esq. (With Plate.) Page 287.
XXVIII. On the Germination of the Resting Spores, and on a form of Moving Spores in Spirogyra . By Dr. W. Pringsheim. Page 292.
XXIX. Description of Rhopalodina , a new form of Echinodermata. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 301.
XXX. Rambles in Ceylon . By Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq. Page 302.

New Books :- Principles of the Anatomy and Physiology of the Vegetable Cell, by Hugo von Mohl; Translated by Arthur Henfrey, F.R.S. &c. – Handbook der Conchyliologie und Malacozoologie, von Dr. R. A. Philippi. Pages 314-316.

Proceedings of the Royal Society; Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; Dublin University Zoological Association; Entomological Society. Pages 318-338.

Note on Eucratea chelata , by John Coppin; Description of a new Genus and Species of Crustacea, by James Eights; on the Coleopterous Insects of the genus Cebrio , by M. Guérin-Méneville; On the Reproduction of the Toad and Frog without the intermediate stage of Tadpole, by Edward Joseph Lowe, Esq., F.G.S., F.R.A.S.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 339-344.

NUMBER LXV.
(No: 65 May 1853.)

XXXI. On the Occurrence of Palms and Bambus with Pines and other Forms considered Northern, at considerable elevations in the Himalaya , By Major Madden, H.E.I.C.S., F.R.S.E., M.R. Dublin Society. Page 345.
XXXII. On the Genus Pachybathron , and on some new Species of Marginella . By K. S. Gaskion, Esq. (With Plate.) Page 356.
XXXIII. Remarks upon British Plants. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. Page 360.
XXXIV. On the Genera of the Tribe Duboisieæ . By John Miers, Esq. F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 368.
XXXV. On Marine Vivaria. By William Thompson, Esq. Page 382.
XXXVI. Rambles in Ceylon . By Edgar Leopold Layard, Esq. Page 386.
XXXVII. A Revision of the Genera of some of the Families of Conchifera or Bivalve Shells. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 398.

New Books :- Revue et Magasin de Zoologie, par M. F. E. Guérin-Méneville. Page 402.

Proceedings of the Royal Institution; Zoological Society. Pages 408-418.

On the Nervures of Leaves and their Distribution, by L von Buch; On the Occurrence of large quantities of the Shells of Anodonta cygnea on the sea-coast near Sandgate, by Francis Brent, Esq.; Description of a new genus of Gorgoniadæ , by J, E. Gray Ph.D., F.R.S., P.B.S. &c.; Note on a new species of Francolin, by Dr. Nicholson, H.E.I.C. Medical Service; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 418-424.

NUMBER LXVI.
(No: 66 June 1853.)

XXXVIII. Description of Orbitolites Malabarica (H. K. C.), illustrative of the Spiral and not Concentric Arrangement of Chambers in D'Orbigny's Order Cyclostégues. By H. J. Carter, Esq., Assistant Surgeon, Bombay Establishment. (With Plate.) Page 425.
XXXIX. Remarks upon British Plants. By Charles C. Babington, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. Page 427.
XL. Further Observations of the Animal of Diplommatina (including a Note by Capt. T. Hutton). By W. H. Benson, Esq. Page 433.
XLI. On the Genera of the Tribe Duboisieæ . By John Miers, Esq. F.R.S., F.L.S. Page 435.
XLII. Notes on some British Zoophytes. By Wyville Thomson, F.R.P.S. &c. Lecturer on Botany, Univ. and Marischal College , Aberdeen . (With Plate.) Page 442.
XLIII. Observations on Relative Position; including a new Arrangement of Phanerogamous Plants. By B. Clarke, F.L.S. &c. (With Plates.) Page 444.
XLIV. On some points relating to the Structure and Mechanism of the Wolf-fish ( Anarrhichas Lupus ). By Edwards Crisp, M.D. Page 463.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh ; Entomological Society. Pages 466-481.

On the Reproduction of Frogs and Toads without the intermediate stage of Tadpole, by the Rev. L. Jenyns; Researches on the Fecundation and Formation of the Embryo in the Hepaticæ and Ferns, by H. Philibert; Mode of Determining the Optical Power of a Microscope, by Professor Harting of Utrecht; Marine Vivaria, by William Thompson; Labidocera magna , by J, Lubbock; Observations on the Anatomy of the Antennæ in a small species of Crustacean, by John D. M'Donald, M.D., Assistant Surgeon to H.M.S.V. Torch; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 482-490.

Index. Page 491.

I. Remarks on some Algæ belonging to the genus Caulerpa. By R. K. Grenville. LL.D. &c. (with two plates.) Page 1.
II. On the Genus Truncatella. By William Clark. Esq. Page 4.
III. On the Operculum of the Genus Diplommatina. By Dr. J. E. Gray, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 9.
IV. Description of a new species of Rhododendron from Bootan, in India. By Thomas Nuttal, Esq. Page 10.
V. On Relative Position; including a new Arrangement of Phanerogamous Plants:- Part IV. On Dorsal Placentation. By B. Clarke, F.R.S. &c. (with plate) Page 11.
VI. On the Phosphorescence of some Marine Invertebrata. By M. A. De Quatrefages. Page 15.
VII. On the Structure of the Leaves of Palms. By M. A. Trécul. Page 27.

Proceedings of the Linnæan Society; Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 31-64.

On the Fecundation of the Fucaceæ, by M. Gustave Thuret; Time of Spawning of British Crustacea, By William Thompson; Experimental Researches on Vegetation, by M. Georges Ville; On the Priority of the Discovery of the Mode of Action of the Pholades in the Perforation of Stones, by M. Vrolik; On Sun Columns observed at Sandwick Manse, Orkney, by the Rev. C. Clouston; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 64-72.

Number LXVIII. (68) August 1853.

VIII. On the Genus Cercyon, with a short Monographical Synopsis of the British Sphæridiidæ. By Andrew Murray, W.S. Edinburgh. (With plate.) Page 73.
IX. Characters of new Land Shells, collected by Edgar L. Layard, Esq., in Ceylon. By W. H. Bennson, Esq. Page 90.
X. Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an eight year’s residence in the Island. By Edgar Leopold Layard, C.C.S. Page 97.
XI. On the Rissoa rubra. By William Clark, Esq. Page 107.
XII. Description of several new species of British Crustacea. By William Thompson, Esq. (With plate.) Page 110.
XIII. On two new species of Calanidæ, with Observations on the Spermatic Tubes of Pontella, Diaptomus, &c. By John Lubbock, Esq., F.Z.S. (With plate.) Page 115.
XIV. Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. By P. H. Gosse, A.L.S. Page 124.
XV. On the Teeth of the Genus Mitra, Lamarck. By D. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 129.

New Books; -Systéme Silurien du Centr de la Bohême. 1ére partie, Recherches Paléontologiques. Trilobites, par J. Barrande. – Popular Physical Geology, by J, B. Jukes, F.R.S. Pages 130-135.

Proceedings of the Royal Institution; Zoological Society. Pages 136-148.

Observations on the Breeding of the Nightingale in Captivity, by H. Hanley; Eucratea chelata, by William F. Templer; On a species of Bulimus, by Lovell Reeve, F.L.S.; Johnstonella Catharina, Gosse, by F. E. Gray. F.R.S. &c.; On a new genus of Anomiadæ, by J. E. Gray, F.R.S. &c.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 148-152.

Number LXIX. (69) September 1853.

XVI. Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. (No. 2.) By P. H. Gosse, A.L.S. (With plate.) Page 153.
XVII. On two new species of Calanidæ, with Observations on the Spermatic Tubes of Pontella, Diaptomus, &c. By John Lubbock, Esq., F.Z.S. (With plate.) Page 159.
XVIII. Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an eight years residence in the Island. By Edgar Leopold Layard, C.C.S. Page 165.
XIX. On the Head of the Genus Conus, Linn. By F. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 176.
XX. On the Animal of Rotella, Lamk. By F. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 179.
XXI. On the Phosphorescence, of some Marine Invertebrata. By M. A. De Quatrefages. (With plate.) Page 180.
XXII. On some new Carboniferous Limestone Fossils. By Frederick M’Coy, F.G.S., Hon. F.C.P.S., Professor of Mineralogy and Geology in the Queen’s University of Ireland. Page 188.

New Books:- A Naturalist’s Rambles on the Devonshire Coast, by P. H. Gosse, A.L.S. &c. Page 197.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 199-219.

On the Movements of the Blood in the Pulmonary Archnida, by E. Blanchard; The Tibetan Badger of Hodgson, by J. E. Gray; Note on the Germination of the Spores of the Uredines, by L. R. Tulasne; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 219-224.

Number LXX. (70) October 1853.

XXIII. On some new species of Trigonia from the Inferior Oolite of the Cotteswolds, with preliminary Remarks upon that Genus. By John Lycett, Esq. (With plate.) Page 255.
XXIV. Note on the Artesian Well at Colchester; and Remarks on some of the Microscopic Fossils from the Colchester Chalk. By John Brown, Esq., F.G.S. (With two plates.) Page 240.
XXV. On the Mechanism of Aquatic Respiration and on the Structure of the Organs of Breathing in Invertebrate Animals. By Thomas Williams, M.D. Lond. (With plate.) Page 243.
XXVI. Notes on the Ornithology of Ceylon, collected during an eight year’s residence in the Island. By Edgar Leopold Layard, C.C.S. Page 262.
XXVII. Remarks on the Lias at Fretherne near Newnham, and Purton near Sharpness; with an Account of some new Foraminifera discovered there; and on certain Pleistocene Deposits in the Vale of Gloucester. By the Rev. P. B. Brodie, M.A., F.G.S. Page 272.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Royal Society. Pages 278-290.

On the Monstrosity of a Rose, by J. T. Arlidge, A.B.; On the Change of Colour in a Chamæleon (Chamæleo vulgaris), by H. N. Turner, Jun.; Notes on a new species of Artamus, from India, by Dr. Nicholson; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 290-296.

Number LXXI. (71) November 1853.

XXVIII. On the “Nucleus” of the Characeæ. By Al. Braun. Page 297.
XXIX. On the Branchial Currents in the Bivalves. By William Clark, Esq. Page 303.
XXX. On Preserving the Balance between the Animal and Vegetable Organisms in Sea Water. By Robert Warington. Page 319.
XXXI. On the Cornbrash of the neighbourhood of Cirencester. By James Buckman, F.L.S., F.G.S., professor of Geology Royal Agricultural College. Page 324.
XXXII. On the Teeth of the Pneumonobranchiate Mollusca. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. &c. Page 329.
XXXIII. On the Mechanism of Aquatic Respiration and on the Structure of the Organs of Breathing in Invertebrate Animals. By Thomas Williams, M.D. Lond. (With plate.) Page 333.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Page 348.

Spadix purpurea, by W. P. Cocks; Note on the Parasitism of Comandra umbellate, by Asa Gray; Rare Irish Mollusca, by William White Walpole; Natica sordida, by William White Walpole; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 365-368.

Number LXXII. (72) December 1853.

XXXIV. On the British Tritons. By John Higginbottom, F.R.S. (With two plates.) Page 369.
XXXV. Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. (No.3.) By P. H. Gosse, A.L.S. Page 384.
XXXVI. Descriptions of some undescribed species of Reptiles collected by Dr. Joseph Hooker in the Khassia Mountains, East of Bengal, and Sikkim Himalaya. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S., P.B.S. &c. page 386.
XXXVII. On the Mechanism of Aquatic Respiration and on the Structure of the Organs of Breathing in Invertebrate Animals. By Thomas Williams, M.D. Lond. (With plate.) Page 393.
XXXVIII. On Blood Rain (Palmella prodigiosa, Mont.). By H. O. Stephens, Esq., Vice President of the Bristol Microscopical Society. (With plate.) Page 409.
XXXIX. Descriptions of two new genera (Pfeifferia and Janella) of Land Mollusca. By J. E. Gray, Ph.D., F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. Page 412.
XL. Notes on the Habits of Bivalve Shell-fish. By S. P. Woodward. Page 415.
XLI. Centuries of North American Fungi. By the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, M.A., F.L.S., and the Rev. M. A. Curtis, D.D. Page 417.
XLII. Note on the Transverse Processes of the Two-toothed Dolphin (Hyperoodon bidens). By Prof. Owen, F.R.S. &c. Page 435.
XLIII. Remarks on Libellula Brodiei (Buckman), a Fossil Insect from the Upper Lias of Dumbleton, Gloucestershire. By Professor Buckman, F.G.S., F.L.S. Page 436.
XLIV. On Gallionella ferruginea (Ehrenb.). By J. W. Griffith, M.D., F.L.S. Page 438.

New Books:- The Botany of the Eastern Borders, with the popular names and uses of the Plants, and of the customs and beliefs which have been associated with them, by G. Johnston, M.D. &c. – The Handbook of British Ferns, comprising scientific and popular Descriptions with Engravings of all the Indigenous Species and Varieties, with Instructions for their Cultivation, by T. Moore, F.L.S., &c. – Beiträge zur Mycologie, von G. Fresenius, M.D. – A Monograph of the Subclass Cirripedia, with figures of all the species. The Lepadidæ or Pedunculated Cirripedes, by Charles Darwin, F.R.S., F.G.S. Pages 439-448.

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Linnæan Society. Pages 448-476.

On the mode of Reproduction and Development in various groups of Zoophytes and Mollusca, by M. Gegenbaur; On the Teeth of Testacellus and Glandina, by J. E. Gray, Ph.D. &c.; On the Structure of the Retina in Man, by Profs. Kölliker and H. Müller; Discovery in the Human Body of a Substance giving the same Chemical Reactions as Cellulose, by M. Virchow; Meteorological Observations and Table. Page 476. Index. Pages 484-488.