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Mr. Ausgany Hancock and Dr. Emsueron on the Anatomy of Doris.......... 124 
Mr. James Harpy on an Acarus and a Vibrio that attack Grasses...........2.. 124 
Professor VAN DER HorEvEN on the Genus Perodicticus of Bennett, and its re- 
ἐπεϊ τί δον SEONODR τ τος Ἐπ ν, εἰ το, 3. cs ρο δὴ) 72. ἢ εν aeysdanetcnden adden ἐσονον κονονοσνύνου 125 
Dr. G. A. Manrext on the Upper Jaw of the Iguanodon . = tifameaeeh She dsaeaeasses 125 
Mr. C. W. Peacu’s List of Zoophytes found in the Vicinity of Peterhead, N.B., 
with a Notice of some new to the British List...............cssesseecceseeseceseecs 126 
Mr. H. E. Srricktanp on a peculiar Structure in the Submedial Pair of Rec- 
prices of V1dud paraitsedina tess 18. oss coauativeaiad sans. ia δ, kone dain oc sianeaee -baetidtiowsss 126 
Mr. W. THomson on the Dentition of the British Pulmoniferous Mollusca...... 126 
Mr. Wryvitte T.C. Tomson on the Application of Photography to the Com- 
Pound Microscope ......ceeccsceesessecsceceesceterererereces “Aes scree ase db waa ον ὁ εἴ one’ 126 
Mr. 1. Wox.ey on the Birds of the Faroé Islands........ Baie te eels « maneasdvasneess 127 
PuystoLoey. 
Dr. Joun Corpstream’s Suggestions regarding the expediency of ascertaining 
_ the extent to which Infantile Idiocy prevails in the United Kingdom gene- 
rally, and of inquiring into the Causes of its Prevalence in certain Districts, 
with a view to the adoption of some means of deliverance from it............... 128 
Dr. Joun Dauztex’s Observations on Hysteria, Hydrophobia, and other Con- 
vulsive Affections, embracing an Analysis of the Phenomena of Water-dread 129 
Dr. Ricuarp ΕΟ ΕΠ on the Influences of Man’s Instinct on his Intellectual 
and Moral Powers, ὃ. 6. his Mental Functions.........0...sscesecsesceesecse Zeiseves’ USO 
Dr. W. T. Garrpner on Pathological Cell-Development ............ abaksadauseetse 131 
Mr. D. R. Hay on the Geometrical Bases of Beauty in general, and more par- 
ticularly as applied to Architecture and the Human Form.................eceee0s 131 
Dr. J.O..M°Wittram on the use of the Bofaretra (Ricinus communis of Bo- 
tanists) as a means adopted by the Natives of the Cape de Verd Islands to Ὁ 
excite Lactation ......... Papeete oak ΣΟΥ, diced enas sade salto. Sak dull SGA. Hac ἐσ Looe 132 
Mr. Georce Newport on the Reciprocal Relation of the Vital and Physical 
WGRCOSY fe anen baa suiseseties ALE ἀπ λα ει ΣῊ ΡΥ bcecebaccakdenta δ... 133 
Mr. Joun S. SanpERson on the supposed relation of the Spleen to the origin 
of the Coloured Blood-Corpuscle in the Adult .........cccscecscccesescoucceceseees 134 
Dr. Wi1Li1am SELLER on a Physiological Mode of resolving the Metaphysical 
Difficulties as to the Origin of the Notion of Space, of Motion, of the External, 
στ το ρου δεδερο σοι εξ ta Xs vide seine sie ρα μοφος ον κῶς ον κεχούξάν, κε Daeaueuasee ον ϑ 135 
Dr. E. J. Τιιτ on the Causes which advance or retard the appearance of First 
. Menstruation in Woman, with a Synoptical Table showing the Mean Age of 
First: Menstruation in 10,422 Women in Hot, Temperate, and Cold Climates 135 
Dr. ALEXANDER Woop’s Remarks on the Laws regulating the Development of 
Monstrosities, with illustrative Specimens ...........:seceeecscscsceceesseceeeceeees 138 
M. Zacuas’s General View of the Morphology of the Muscular System......... 138 
pr? eek ETHNOLOGY. 
Rev. Dr. Epwarp Hincks or the Language and Mode of Writing of the an- 
GUGM MMSE RUAN mca τον ἐδ Suit cels sds “apo danctwetceaes <Bvele deta εἰ χδν νι οτος 140 
Mr. Joun Hoee on the Sicilian and Sardinian Languages.................e.eeeeeees 140 
Dr. R.-G. Laruam on the Original Distribution of the Germanic, Lithuanic and 
DlanO wie HOPMlAnONs. ὅττι ΩΝ wT, ὅδ τος οὐδεν υπονο δος ἐςρν ον. ττοσενναυςοςντενστο οι 141 
Professor F. W..NEwman’s Remarks on the Soukaneeah Dialect of the Berber 142 
Mr. Danrex Wixson’s Inquiry into the Evidence of the Existence of Primitive 
_ Races in Scotland prior to the Celtz ...... eckis SUZ ceteisadailie wha a ν σα vee sce πὸ πολ ΩΣ 142 
STATISTICS. 
Di. W. P. Attson’s Account of the System of Croft Husbandry and the Re- 
_clamation of Waste Lands, chiefly by Spade Culture, adopted at Gairloch, in 
Ross-shire since 1846, and its results as illustrating the conditions under 
which the labour of Paupers and Criminals may safely be made productive... 147 
