vi CONTENTS. 
Rev. Epwarp Hircucock on Terraces and Ancient Sea Beaches, especially 
those on the Connecticut River, and its Tributaries in New England.......... 
Mr. Witi1am Hopxtns on the Dispersion of Granite Blocks from Ben Canachan 
Mr. Stevenson Macapam’s Remarks on the Central Heat and Density of the 
Globe, as also the Causes of Volcanic Phenomena «........+++eeeeaee shepacoepee 
Mr. C. MacuareEn on Traces of Ancient Glaciers in Glenmessan............00+0++ 
Dr. Cuartes Martins and B. Gastatpi’s Parallel between the Superficial 
Deposits of the Basin of Switzerland and those of the Valley of the Po in 
PMO Dt 6 .ckies ΠΥ cece εν ΤΡ ΠΡ τς. τ ΤΡ τσ νὰ 
Mr. ἤυση Miter on certain extraordinary Peculiarities of Structure in the 
more Ancient Ganoids ..........sssscececscecececcencecececssecsesecessseessvecsesesesees 
—_-—— on peculiar scratched Pebbles and Fossil Specimens from 
the Boulder Clay, and on Chalk Flints and Oolitic Fossils from the Boulder 
Clay in Caithness......... τες τοῦτ τ τ 
Sir RopErick Impey Murcutson on the Discovery of Palzozoic Fossils in the 
crystalline chain of the Forez in France, and on lines of dislocation between 
the Lower and Upper Carboniferous Deposits of France and Germany ....... 
—_—_______—_—’s Review of the Labours of M. Barrande in 
preparing his important work “ The Silurian System of Bohemia’’............ 
Mr. James Nrcot’s Notes on the Geology of the Southern Extremity of Can- 
tyre, Argyleshire........sessecssesecssesectensceeneesenseesseeneeeuaesaaasereesesesennerees 
Mr. G. W. Ormerop on the Gradual Subsidence of a Portion of the Surface 
of Chat Moss, in Lancashire, by Drainage ..........+2:.ssssseeeeesteeeneeeeeereeeees 
Lt.-Colonel Portiock’s Notice of the manner in which Trap or Igneous Rocks 
intrude into the Sandstone and Conglomerate near North Berwick............ 
Professor Ramsay on the Geological Position of the Black Slates of Menai 
Straits) ΡΥ ΡΠ τ τσ ρος 
Mr. ArexanpeEr ΒΟΒΕ᾽ 5 Notice of the recent Discovery of Plumbago or Gra- 
phite in the Island of Mull, Ebebridesistacesiacadsccdeccetaccesdentuusmevens casemate =o 
Rev. Professor Sepewick on the Geological Structure and Relations of the 
Frontier Chain of Scotland ........... duh du sauces chdesedaadevenvepeaed eect paem aati age 
Professor M‘Coy’s List of Organic Remains .........ssessrssenecesecrseceressereeseees 
M. E. pz Venneurt’s Notice on the Geological Structure of Spain, to explain 
an Outline General Map of the Peninsula.........ssesenssseseescseecescnececees caenes 
Mr. Brycex’s Postscript to a Paper on Striated Rocks in the Lake District...... 
BOTANY AND ZOOLOGY, 1tncitupinc PHYSIOLOGY. 
Borany. 
Mr. C.C. BasineTon on Anacharis Alsinastrum.,......s.ccsecceeseeecereceenaerseenee 
Dr. H. Ciecuorn on the Glass-Cloth (Chi Ma) of India............seeceeeeeeeeees 
———— on the Hedge Plants of India, and the conditions which 
adapt them for special purposes and particular localities..........+....++sssesre+ 
Dr. Epwrn Lanxester on the Epidermal Appendages of the Genera Callitriche, 
Hippuris, Pinguicula, FING OP KORERE Re coccn cca: coten seh a esawecae esac stereccencenensnven 
Mr. J. T. Macxay’s few Remarks on the Treatment and Flowering of a Plant 
of Dracena Draco, or Gum-Dragon Tree, in the Botanic Garden of Trinity 
College, Dublin ..... δε ἐν θυραν ς Sas Ree AGO ECE Ss τ τ ἘΞ rade 7 specs sane en 
Dr. Aue. VoELcKER on the Effects of Salt on Vegetation .........sssseeeeseeeeees 
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Mr. C. Spence BaTe’s Notes on Crustacea ...... νυ θεν εν ννν κε σννν εκ σεσον κε κεν κε κκσ σον 
Mr. George Busx’s List of Sertularian Zoophytes and Polyzoa from Port 
Natal, Algoa Bay, and Table Bay, in South Africa; with Remarks on their 
Geographical Distribution, and Observations on the Genera Plumularia and 
Catenicella......... ὙΠΈΡ ΤΡ ἔορο[Πέν eau 
Sir Joun Granam Παυυβι 5. Examples of Exuviation, or the Change of the 
Integuments of Animals in the Crustacean Tribes .......ssesseeceeeeeneeeeesernees 
Mr. James Dennistoun’s Notice of a Tissue spun by Caterpillars............+.. 
Professor Epwarp Forses on the European Species of Echinus, and the Pe- 
culiarities of their Distribution ..........:0.s.se esos sce seanieebeenntonars obeces sateen 
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