COISTTKNTS. 



Leidt, Joseph, M. D. Ant infected with a Fungus,. .... 9 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. Cassiterite from Black Hills, Dakota, ... 9 

 Sharp, Benjamin, M. D. Visual Organs of Lamel 11 branchs, ... 10 

 Lewis, H. Carvill. A Phosphorescent Variety of Limestone, . . 10 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. The New Jersey Coast after the btorm of January 



8, 1884, 13 



Gray, Dr. Asa. Flora of North America, 13 



RoTHROCK, J. H., M. D. Relation of Medullary Rays to the Strength of 



Timber, ............. 14 



Meehan, Thomas. Botarical Notes.— Double Flowers in Gelseminum 

 nitidum ; Euonymus Japonicus ; Development of Fruit of Opuntia ; 



Helianthus tuberosus ; Carja glabra, 14 



FouLKE, Sara Gwendolen. Some Phenomena in the life-history of Clath- 



rulina eegans, • . 17 



Putnam, F. ^V. Indian Mounds on the Miami River, . . . .20 

 PoTTS, Edward. Note on Manayunkia speciosa, . .... 21 

 Leidy, Joseph, M. D. Fossil Bones from Louisiana, .... 22 

 Leidy, Joseph M. D. Furaminifera in the Drift of Minnesota, . . 22 

 Shakp, Benjamin, M. D. On temper's Method of making Dried Prepa- 

 rations .... 24 



Potts, Edavard. Fresh-water Sponges as improbable Causes of the Pol- 

 lution of Rivei'-water, 28 



Meehan, Thomas. Indian Use of Apocynum cannabinum as a textile 



fibre, 30 



Meehan, Thomas. The Longevity of Trees, dO 



Meehan, Thomas. Paiasitism in Boschniakia glabra E. Meyer, . . 81 



Meehan, Thomas. Variation in Hale.sia, 32 



Swain, Joseph and Seth E. Meek. Notes on a Collection of Anchovies 

 from Havana and Key West, with an Account of a new Species (Stole- 

 pboivis eurystole), from Wood's Holl, Mass., ..... 34 



Foulke, Sara Gwendolen. On a New Species of Rotifei", of the Genus 



Apsilus. (Plate I), ' 37 



Jordan, David. List of Fishes from Egmont Key, Florida, in the Museum 



of Yale College, with description of two new species, . . . .42 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. Distoma and Filarise, 47 



FouLKE, Sara Gwendolen. Some Notes on Manayunkia speciosa, . 48 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. Dictyophoi a as Apsilus vorax, .... 50 

 Foulke, Sara Gwendolen. A new species of Trachelius, ... 51 

 Heii.prin, Angklo. On a Cai'bunifemus Ammonite fiom Texas, . . 53 

 McCooK, Rev. Henry C, D. D. The Rufous or Thatching Ant of Dakota 



and Colorado, ' • . . .57 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. On Eumeces chalcides, 66 



Meek, Seth E. and Robert G. Newland. A Review of the American 



Species of the Genus Sphyrsena, 67 



Meehan, Thomas. Catalogue of the Plants collected in July, 1883, during 



an Exouision along the Pacific Coast in southeastern Alask^i, . . 76 

 Jordan, David S. Notes on Species of Fishes improperly ascribed to the 



Fauna of Noith Ameri< a, . . . . . . . . .97 



Meyer, Otto. Notes on Tertiary Shelli^, 104 



DoLLEY, Chas. S., M. D. On the Process of Digestion in Sal pa, . .113 

 Randolph, N. A., M. D. A preliminary Note on a Reaction common to 



Peptone and the Bile-salts, . . 115 



Meehan, Thomas. Botanical Notes. — Evolution of Heat in Plants ; Rela- 

 tion of Heat to the Sexes of Flowers ; Specific Differences in Picea 

 nigra; The Flowers of Piatanus ; Variation in Symplocos fcetidus ; 



Sugar in Cladastris tinctoria, 118 



Leidy, Joseph, M. D. Vertebrate Fossils from Florida, . . . .118 

 Randolph, N. A., M. D. On the Digestion of Raw and of Boiled Milk, 120 

 Meek, Seth E. and David K. Gobs. A Review of the American Species 



of the Genus Trachynotus 121 



Meek, Seth E. A Revie v of the American Species of the Genus Synodus, 130 



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