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Vol. XXIII. April, 1886. No. 122. 



TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE. 



Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigensis, Mass. Part I. Chilopoda. By 



Fr. Meincrt 161 



On the Structure of the Brain and Auditory Apparatus of a Thero- 

 morphous Reptile of the Permian Epoch. By Prof. E. D. Cope 



(with plate) 234 



Notes on the Mangue ; an Extinct Dialect formerly spoken in Nica- 

 ragua. By Daniel G. Brinton, M.D 238 



Photography by a Lightning-Flash. By Prof. Edwin J. Houston. . 257 

 Resume of the Work of the International Geological Congress, held 



at Berlin, Sept. 28 to Oct. 3, 1885. By Dr. Persifor Frazer 259 



On the Species of Iguanina?. By Prof. E. D. Cope 261 



Thirteenth Contribution to the Herpetology of Tropical America. 



By Prof. E. D. Cope 271 



An Obituary Notice of James Macfarlane. By Prof. J. P. Lesley. . 287 



Sur le Rhinocheilus Antonii. Par Dr. Alfredo Duges 290 



A Revision of the Section of Chemung Rock exposed in the Gulf 

 Brook Gorge at LeRoy, in Bradford County, Pennsylvania. By 



A. T. Lilley, of LeRoy 291 



Remarks on Indian Tribal Names. By W. J. Hoffman, M.D. . . . 294 

 On the Hebrew WordShDI (Shaddai), translated "The Almighty." 



By Prof. J. P. Lesley 303 



Stated Meeting, November 6, 1885 313 



Stated Meeting, November 20, 1885 315 



Stated Meeting, December 4, 1885 319 



Stated Meeting, December IS, 1885 321 



Stated Meeting, January 1, 1SS6 324 



Stated Meeting, January 15, 1886 326 



Stated Meeting, February 5, 1SS6 330 



Stated Meeting, February 19, 1SSG 333 



Stated Meeting, March 5, 1886 335 



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