I. Notes of an Excursion to the South of France and the Auvergne in search of Diatomaceæ. By the Rev. WILLIAM SMITH, F.L.S., Professor of Natural History, Queen's College, Cork. (With a Plate.) Page 1
II. Amended Characters of the singular Lymneadous Genus Camptoceras, and description of a new Ancylus, inhabitants of Northwestern India. By W. H. BENSON, Esq. Page 9
III. Characters of the Genus Opisthoporus, an Eastern form of the Cyclostomacea, with Remarks on its Affinities and Notes on several Opercula. By W. II. BENSON, Esq. Page 13
IV. On Artificial Sea Water. By PHILIP H. GOSSE, A.L.S. Page 17
V. Notes on Swiss Mollusca. By J. GWYN JEFFREYS, Esq., F.R.S. Page 20
VI. Sketch of the Life of the late Professor Edward Forbes. By J. H. BALFOUR, M.D., Professor of Botany, Edinburgh. Page 35

New Books:- The Entomologist's Annual for 1855, Edited by H. T. Stainton.- A Catalogue of British Fossils, by John Morris. Second Edition- Popular Conchology, by Agnes Catlow. Second Edition. Pages 53-63

Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Pages 64-76

Note on the Reproduction of Ligula, by M. Brulle; Description of the Animal of Cyclina sinensis, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Observations on the Development of Actinia, by M. Lacaze-Duthiers; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 76-80
 

NUMBER LXXXVI.
(No. 86. February 1855.)

VII. Some Account of the Actiniadæ found upon the coast near Teignmouth, Devon. By ROBERT C. R. JORDAN, M.B. Lond., Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Queen's Coll. Birmingham. Page 81
VIII. On a Monstrous-Oyster-Shell. By GEORGE BusK, Esq. (With a Plate.) Page 91
IX. On Hypcricuin anglicum. By CHARLES C. BABINGTON, M.A., F.R.S. &c. Page 92
X. On the Ornithology of Malacca. By A. R. WALLACE, Esq. Page 95
XI. Descriptions of the Animals of certain Genera of Bivalve Shells. By S. P. WOODWARD, Esq., F.G.S. Page 99
XII. On Fossil Echinoderms from the Island of Malta; with Notes on the stratigraphical distribution of the Fossil Organisms in the Maltese Beds. By THOMAS WRIGHT, M.D. &c. (With four Plates.) Page 101
XIII. Notes on British Zoophytes, with descriptions of new species. By the Rev. THOMAS HINCKS, B.A. (With two Plates.) Page 127
XIV. On the Marine Vivarium. 113, C. S. HARRIS, Esq. Page 130

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Lmnaean Society; Royal Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 134-157

Observations on the Nests of Humming Birds, by John Gould, F.R.S. &e,; On a Marsupial Frog (Notodelphys ovifera) from Venezuela, by Dr. D. F. Weinland ; Descriptions of two new species of Ptilonopus, by George Robert Gray, F.L.S. & F.Z.S.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 157-160
 

NUMBER LXXXWII.
(No. 87. March 1855.)

XV. A Monograph of the Indian species of Phylloscopus and its immediate affines. By EDWARD BLYTH, Esq. Page 161
XVI. On Fossil Echinoderms from the Island of Malta; with Notes on the stratigraphical distribution of the Fossil Organisms in the Maltese Beds. By THOMAS WRIGHT, M.D. &e. Page 175
XVII. On the Genera Pionandra, Cliocarpus and Pæcilochroma.
By JOHN MIERS, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S. &c. 196
XVIII. On the Discovery of Viviparous Fish is Louisiana. By B. DOWLER, M.D. Page 206
XIX. On the Anon aloes Oyster-Shell described in the `Annals' for February. By Dr. J. E. GRAY. Page 210
XX. On Actinophrys Sol. BY E. CLAPARĒDE. (With a Plate.) Page 211

Proceedings of tile Zoological Society; Royal Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 218-237

On the Movements and Reproduction of the Naviculæ, by M. Focke; On Lottia zebrina and L. Scurra, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Description of a new species of Sorex from India, by R. Templeton; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pagese 237-2-10
 

NUMBER LXXXVIII.
(No. 88. April 1855.)

XXI. A Comparative View of the more important Stages of Development of some of the higher Cryptogamia and the Phanerogamia. By CHARLES JENNER. Page 241
XXII. Observations on the Natural History and Habits of the Common Prawn, Palæmon serratus. By ROBERT WARINGTON, Esq. Page 247
XXIII. Report on a Collection of Diatomaceæ made in the district of Braemar by Professor Balfour and Mr. George Lawson. By R. K. GRENVILLE, LL.D. &c. (With a Plate.) Page 252
XXIV. On Fossil Echinoderms from the Island of Malta; with Notes on the stratigraphical distribution of the Fossil Organisms in the Maltese Beds. BY THOMAS WRIGHT, M.D. &c. Page 262
XXV. On Monopus medusicola, a species of Leech. By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, A.L.S. (With a Plate.) Page 277
XXVI. On Ancylas oblongus and A. fluviatilis. By WILLIAM CLARE, Esq. Page 278
XXVII. On Actinophrys Sol. By E. CLAPARĒDE. Page 285

Proceedings of the Royal Society; Zoological Society; Linnaen Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 291-313

On the Anomalous Oyster-Shell, by Prof. J. S. Hounslow; Description of a new species of Corynactis, by William Thompson; On the Species confounded under the name of Laminaria digitata, with some Observations on the genus Laminaria, by M. A. Le Jolis; Descriptions of two new species of Humming Birds front Peru, by john Gould, F.R,S.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 314-320
 

NUMBER LXXXIX.
(No. 89 May 1855.)

XXVIII. On the Structure of Chlorophyll. By HUGO VON MOHL. Page 321
XXIX. Notice on the question of the presence of an Operculum in the genes Diplommatina, Benson, and description of a New Species. By W. H. BENSON, Esq. Page 329
XXX. Short Characters of some nets Genera mil Species of Algæ discovered on the coast of the Colony of Victoria, Australia. By W. H. HARVEY, M.D., M.R.I.A. &c., Keeper of the Herbarium of the University of Dublin. (With a Plate.) Page 332
XXXI. Some Remarks on Vegetable Placentation. By JOHN CLELAND, Esq. Page 336
XXXII. On the Attitudes and Figures of the Morse. By Dr. J. E. GRAY, F.R.S., V.P.Z.S. Page 339
XXXIII. Descriptions of Eight New Species of Birds from South America. By JOHN GOULD, Esq., F.R.S. Page 343
XXXIV. On the Impregnation and Germination of the Algæ. By Dr. PRINGSHEIM. Page 346

New Books :- A History of the British Marine Testaceous Mollusca, distributed in their Natural Order, by William Clark.- The Ferns of Great Britain. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby. The Descriptions, Synonyms, &c. by C. Johnson.- First Steps in Economic Botany, for the use of Students, by Thomas Croxen Archer.- The Entomologist's Annual for 1855, edited by H. T. Stainton. Pages 349-357

Proceedings of the Royal Society; Linnean Society; Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 357-353

Origin of Wheat; Mr. Buss's Anomalous Shell, by Prof. J. S. Henslow; On the Fructification of the Arachis hypogaæ, by Hugh M. Neisler; On the Structure of the Starch Granule, by Mr. Grundy; Description of a New Species of Aulacorhamphus, by John Gould, F.R.S.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 353-392
 

NUMBER XC.
(No. 90. June 1855.)

XXXV. Monograph on the British species of Phalanyiidæ or Harvest-men. By R. H. MEADE, F.R.C.S. (With two Plates.) Page 393
XXXVI. On the Structure of Chlorophyll. By HUGO VON MOHL. Page 416
XXXVII. On Perna quadrata, Sow. By JOHN LYCETT, Esq. Page 427
XXXVIII. Notes on the Ornithology of Madeira. By EDWARD VERNON HARCOURT, Esq. Page 430
XXXIX. On the Characters which distinguish the Vegetation of a Country. By M. ALPHONSE DeCANDOLLE. Page 438

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Royal Society. Pages 450-460

On Phænicura Tithys, by Dr. Jordan; On the Transmission and Metamorphoses of the Intestinal Worms, by MM. Milne-Edwards and Valenciennes; Note on the Trichomonas vaginalis of Donné, by MM. Scanzoni and Kölliker; On a Lunar Vapour Bow, by Charles Clouston; Meteorological Observations and Table ...461-467. Index 468

I. Observations on the Development of Gonidia (?) from the Cellcontents of the Characeæ, and on the Circulation of the Mucus-substance of the Cell; with a Postscript. By H. J. CARTER, Esq., Assistant-Surgeon H.C.S., Bombay. Page I
II. Descriptions of the Animals of certain Genera of Conchifera. By S. P. WOODWARD, Esq., F.G.S. Page 22
III. Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, A.L.S. (With two Plates.) Page 27
IV. On the Homologies of the Carapace and on the Structure and Function of the Antenna in Crustacea. By C. SPENCE BATE, F.L.S., &c. (With two Plates.) Page 36
V. On Double Monstrosity in Fishes. Page 47

Proceedings of the Linnnaen Society; Zoological Society; Royal Institution; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 51-78

On the Nereis bilineata, by William Thompson; On a New Species
of Thalassidroma, by George Robert Gray, F.L.S. & F.Z.S.; On the Eggs of Otogyps and Prosthemadera, by PI. F. Walter; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 78-80
 

NUMBER XCII.
No. 92. August 1855.

VI. Notes on Palæozoic Bivalved Entomostraca. No. I. Some Species of Beyrichia from the Upper Silurian Limestones of Scandinavia. By T. RUPERT JONES, F.G.S. (With a Plate.) Page 81
VII. On the Conjugation of the Diatomaceae. By J. W. GRIFFITH, M.D., F.L.S. (with a Plate.) Page 92
VIII. On a new Genus of Fossil Cidaridæ, with a Synopsis of the Species included therein. By THOMAS WRIGHT, M.D., F.R.S.E. Page 94
IX. Brief Notices of several new or little-known species of Mammalia, lately discovered and collected in Nepal, by BRIAN HOUGHTON HODOGSON, Esq. By T. HORSFIELD, M.D. Page 101
X. On the Assiminia Grayana and Rissoa anatina. By WILLIAM CLARK, Esq. Page 114
XI. Descriptions of two newly discovered species of Araneidea. By JOHN BLACKWALL, F.L.S. Page 120
XII. Note on the Descent of Glaciers. By J. GWYN JEFFREYS, Esq., F.R.S. Page 122

New Books :- Catalogue of British Hymenoptera in the Collection of the British Museum. Part I. Apidæ- Bees, by Frederick Smith, M.E.S.- Proceedings of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society. Pages 124-128

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Pages 128-146

On the Organization of the Pedicellate Glands of the Leaf of Drosera rotundifolia, by M. A. Trécul; On a new Organ observed in Callitriche (C. platycarpa, &c.), by M. A. Chatin; Description of a new Tanager of the Genus Calliste, by Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A.; On the Spermatophora of the Crickets, by C. Lespés; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 146-152
 

NUMBER XCIII.
No. 93. September 1855.

XIII. Observations on the Genera Pachybdella (Diesing) and Peltoyaster (Rathke), two animal forms parasitic upon the abdomen of Crabs. By Professor STEENSTRUP. Page 153
XIV. Notes on Palæozoic Bivalved Entomostraca. No. II. Some British and Foreign Species of Beyrichia. By T. RUPERT JONES, F.G.S. (With a Plate.) Page 163
XV. On the Heart and Circulation in the Pycnogonidæ. By Dr. A. KROHN. (With a Plate.) Page 176
XVI. Abstract of a Monograph of the Family Gorgonidæ. By M. VALENCIENNES. Page 177
XVII. On the Genus Assiminia. By Dr. J. E. GRAY, F.R.S., V,P,Z.S. Page 183
XVIII. On the Law which has regulated the Introduction of New Species. By ALFRED R. WALLACE, F.R.G.S. Page 184
lIX. On some new Species of Hemipedina from the Oolites. By THOMAS WRIGHT, M.D., F.R.S.E. Page 196
XX. Short Biographical Notice of the late Dr. JOHNSTON of Berwick-upon-Tweed. Page 199

New Books :-The British Flora, comprising the Phaenogamous or Flowering Plants and the Ferns. The 7th edition, with Additions and Corrections, &c., by Sir William Jackson Hooker, K.H., D.C.L. &c. &c., and George A. Walker-Arnott, LL.D. &c. &c. Page 203

Proceedings of the Royal Society; Linnaean Society; Botanical Society of Edinburgh; Zoological Society. Pages 205-229

Monstrosity of Antirrhinum majus, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Notice of the Horns and Skull of the Arnee, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 229-232
 

NUMBER XCIV.
No. 94. October 1855.

XXI. The Vegetable Individual, in its relation to Species. By Dr. ALEXANDER BRAUN, Professor of Botany in the University of Berlin, &c. Translated by CHAS. FRANCIS STONE. Page 233
XXII. Note on the Subgenus Limea, Bronn. By JOHN LYcETT, Esq. Page 256
XXIII. Notes on the Brachiopoda observed in a Dredging Tour with Mr. M`Andrew on the Coast of Norway, in the summer of the present year. By LUCAS BARRETT, F.G.S. Page 257
XXIV. On the Young States of some Annelides. By R. LEUCKART. (With a Plate.) Page 259
XXV. Observations on the Genus Assiminia. By WILLIAM CLARK, Esq . Page 272
XXVI. On the Morphology of the Organs called Lenticels. By M. E. GERMAIN OF SAINT-PIERRE. Page 273

New Books:- A Manual of Marine Zoology for the British Isles, by Philip Henry Gosse, A.L.S. Page 277

Proceedings of the Zoological Society; Linnæan Society. Pages 278-296

Sibbald's Drawings of Scottish Animals, by the late Dr. George Johnston ; Clausilia Rolphii, by Mr. S. P. Woodward; Note on Helix aspersa, by Mr. S. P. Woodward; Descriptions of some new species of Birds, by the Viscount Du Bus de Gisignies; On the Operculum of Diplommatina, by Captain Thomas Hutton; Note on Aphyllanthes monspeliensis, and the new Family Aphyllanthaceæ, by M. Parlatore; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 296-304
 

NUMBER XCV.
No 95. November 1855.

XXVII. Notes on some new or little-known Marine Animals. By PHILIP HENRY GOSSE, A.L.S. (With a Plate.) Page 305
XXVIII. On the Injurious Effects of an excess or want of Heat and Light on the Aquarium. By ROBERT WARINGTON, Esq. Page 313
XXIX. 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 a Plate.) Page 315
XXX. Notice and Description of a new species of Spider. By the Rev. HAMLET CLARK, M.A., Curate of All Saints, Northampton ... 329
XXXI. Observations on the Habits of the Stickleback. By ROBERT WARINGTON, Esq. Page 330
XXXII. The Vegetable Individual, in its relation to Species. By Dr. ALEXANDER BRAUN, Professor of Botany in the University of Berlin, &c. Page 333

New Books:- Glaucus; or the Wonders of the Shore, by Charles Kingsley. Page 354

Proceedings of the Linnæan Society; Zoological Society. Pages 356-378

Bohemian Forests and Peat-bogs, by Dr. Hochstetter; Occurrence of Diodonta fragilis at Weymouth, by William Thompson, Esq.; Description of a second species of the genus Procnias, by Philip Lutley Sclater, M.A.; Descriptions of some new species of Birds, by the Viscount Du Bus de Gisignies; Description of a new species of Petrogale, by Dr. J. E. Gray; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 378-384
 

NUMBER XCVI.
No. 96. December 1855.

XXXIII. On the Batrachian Ranunculi of Britain. By CHARLES C. BABINGTON, M.A., F.R.S. &c. Page 385
XXXIV. 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 a Plate.) Page 404
XXXV. On the Genera of Mollusca, and on the Genus Assiminia in particular. By Dr. J. E. GRAY, F.R.S. &c. Page 422
XXXVI. A few Remarks on the Brachiopoda. By THOMAS DAVIDSON, Esq., F.G.S. &c. (With a Plate.) Page 429
XXXVII. On the Phænomena of the Reproduction of the Chitons. By WILLIAM CLARK, Esq. Page 446
XXXVIII. Note on Linaria sepium, Allman. By CHARLES C. BABINGTON, M.A., F.R.S. &c. Page 449

New Books :- Catalogue of the Genera and Subgenera of Birds contained in the British Museum, by G. R. Gray, F.L.S.- Descriptive and Illustrated Catalogue of the Histological Series contained in the Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons. Prepared for the Microscope. Vol. ii. Pages 450-457

Proceedings of the Zoological Society. Pages 457-464

Shropshire Mollusca, by J. Gwyn Jeffreys; Note on the Arrested Development of the Tadpole of the Common Frog, by W. Davies; List of Species of Mollusca obtained by Prof. Goodsir from Spitzbergen, by R. M`Andrew, Esq.; Meteorological Observations and Table. Pages 464-467. Index 468
PLATES IN VOL. XVI.
Plate I. II. Structure of the Carapace in the Crustacea. – Conjugation of the Diatomaceæ.
III. IV. New or little-known Marine Animals.
V. VI. Palæozoic Bivalved Entomastraca.
VII. Young States of some Annelides. – Circulation in the Pyenogonidæ.
VIII. New or little-known Marine Animals.
IX. Mechanism of Aquatic Repiration in Invertebrate Animals.
X. New species of Brachiopoda.
XI. Mechanism of Aquatic Respiration in Invertebrate Animals.