CONTENTS. 



V. History of the Sternoptixiiiae, Ji family of the Osseous 

 Fishes, and their anatomical peculiarities ; with a 

 description of the Sternoptix Celebes, a species not 

 hitherto noticed. By P. D. Handyside, M.D., 

 F.R.S.E., Lecturer on Anatomy. Illustrated by 

 two Engravings. Communicated by the Author, 324 



Sect. I. Historical Remarks, . . - 324 



II. On the Sternoptixinac Family in j^eneral, 326 



III. The Sternoptix Celebes, . . . 329 



VI. Table of Mean Temperature of Orkney. Commu- 

 nicated by the Rev. Charle.s Clouston of Sand- 

 wick Manse, . . • .331 



VII. Notice concerning an Improvement in the Construc- 

 tion of the Single Vision Prism of Calcareous Spar. 

 By William Nicol, Esq., F.R.S.E. Communi- 

 cated by the Author, . . . 332 



VIII. On the Geographical Distribution of Insects. (Con- 

 tinued from p. Ill), . • . 333 



IX. On the Natural History of Man. By M. Flourens, 351 



X. On certain Circumstances affecting the Colour of 

 Blood during Coagulation. By Patrick S. K. 

 Newbigging, M. D. F.R.C.S.E., formerly Senior 

 President of the Royal Medical Society, one of 

 the Medical Officers of the New Town Dispen- 

 sary, &c. Communicated by the Author, 3.58 



XI. On the Form of the Globules of the Blood in some 



Mammifera, ..... 362 



XII. Some Account of Violent Columnar Whirlwinds, 

 which appear to have resulted from the action of 

 large Circular Fires ; with Remarks on the same. 

 By Mr W. C. Redfield, . . 369 



Statement of William Akin, . . 370 



Statement of Theodore Dwiglit, Esq. . . • 37 1 



