xil CONTENTS. 
Mr. G. C. Hynpman’s Notice of a curious Monstrosity of Form in the Fusus 
GUAR wkn cvns occosssdes <sices ees sc-lecsitvar=dsess><aslegegsass asapaas Sepaiti seis easeces coos 
Professor J. R. Kinauan’s Remarks on certain Genera of Terrestrial Isopoda... 
on a New Species of Galathed ...scccccsseceesevsceveeees 
Professor Macponaup on the Cranium of Osseous Fishes Bae its Vertebrate 
and Articulate Homologies..........+. Ssmamepacsaoet odes sEnce Rees eases sped sen eps esate 
Rev. F. O. Morris on the Specific Distinctions of Uria troile and Uria lacrymans 
Mr. W. Oarsy on the Dispersion of Domestic Animals in connexion with the 
Primary Ethnological Divisions of the Human Race ...........00+ gasesnesensasces 
Professor REDFERN on a Method of applying the Compound Microscope to the 
sides or top of Aquaria less than two feet in height........... se ceeneccevecnsecs 
On Flustrella hispida, ....ceccccesecccossecceccsnsscnsssoespousdcunsas 
Messrs. HERMANN and Ropert ScHLAGINTWEIT’s Notes on some of the Ani- 
mals of Tibet and India............ceeseeeee eaciuehpacsccewensVechossncccomeceonee cnanaee 
Professor Wyvi1LLe THompson on the Reproductive Zooids of Comatula rosacea 
Mr. W. Tuompson on Dredging in Weymouth Bay........sseessseeeees sesineeeeeae's 
Dr. E. PercivaAt Waricut'’s Notes of a Visit to Mitchelstown Caves....ssceseee 
PHYSIOLOGY. 
Professor ALISON on certain a priori Principles of Biology .....ssssseeeesesseeeeee 
Mr. R. DowpEn’s Brief Suggestion, recommending a more complete Compila- 
tion of the Facts illustrating the Physiology of Vegetable and Animal Secre- 
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M. Fay on the Action of some Animal Poisons .......... Aare RGensaeupennats 
Dr. GarRDNER on the Action of the Auriculo-Ventricular Valves of the Heart 
on the Mortality from certain Diseases.......sssesssereesseerenees 
Dr. Epwarp HavGuTon on the Oriental Bath — ...cccsecccscserenacsteteerseecsseens 
Professor HaypEn on the Physiological Relations of Albumen.........sssessseseee 
Mr. J. P. Hennessy on certain Pathological Characters of the Blood Corpus- 
ClOSidcanaasscsmsassscpseose ven. Shpssaecnn Scone Spores sene th ateake caaeeeasae see’ Vest seers 
Dr. E. LanKeEsTER on the Alternation of Generations and Parthenogenesis in 
Plants and Animals........ssccccseeesescseees nenacconnnee sacvmcwedcy diesueeRaane manual eats 
Mr. JoserH Lister on the Flow of the Lacteal Fluid in the Mesentery of the 
Mouse......+.2008¢ Sedeeaecrleresareraensts BoccerecocceaccKsc Para ARORACSSAACE Schcinbcro dane 
Professor Lyons on the Importance of introducing a New and Uniform Stand- 
ard of Micrometric Measurement ...........s00. Jocaus chee sesasetataseonnssensmenns mires 
Dr. Rosert M‘DonneE Lt on the Valvular Apparatus connected with the Vas- 
cular System of certain Abdominal Viscera.........++ caoccnscasecoceceassuscanesases 
Dr. Poznansx1 on the Connexion between Atmospheric Vicissitudes and Epi- 
demic Diseases ..... saccscvcscsacsccosusccccecececsorercsaseresvenpeaessscesesccssectsenese 
Sir J. Ricuarpson’s Note on Electric Fishes ......sessseseseceeessectncsscseseveee css 
Professor G. W1zson on the Employment of the Living Electric Fishes as 
Medical Shock-Machines ...scsssssesssscccnccecsevececssceterscesevscassassegecsesecsons 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Professor H. CaRuiLe on the Functions of the Human Ear...ssesersseerseesesece 
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