Geological Society. 305 



Naphhjlcarhamide, as obtained by the action of potassa on the 

 corresponding sulpho-compound, or by the distillation of oxalate of 

 naphtylamine, is likewise powerfully attacked by anhydrous phos- 

 phoric acid. Among the products of distillation a compound is 

 found, which, by its chemical properties, is readily identified as 

 cijanate of naphtyle, 



C,,H,NO,„=C,H,. C,NO„ 

 although the small quantity in which this body is produced — by far 

 the greater amount of the naphtjdcarbamide being charred by the 

 action of anhydrous phosphoric acid — has hitherto prevented Mr. 

 Hall from fixing the nature of the compound by an analysis. 



" Preliminary Account of an Inquiry into the Functions of the 

 Visceral Nerves, with special reference to the so-called 'Inhibitory 

 System.' " By Joseph Lister, Esq., F.R.C.S. Eng. & Edia. 



November 18, 18.58. — Richard Owen, Esq., V.P., in the Chair. 

 The following communications were read : — 

 "On the Theory of the Vertebrate Skull." [The Croonian Lec- 

 ture.] By Thomas H. Huxley, Esq., F.R.S. 



" On the Changes produced in the proportion of the Red Cor- 

 puscles of the Blood by the administration of Cod-Liver Oil." By 

 Theophilus Thompson, M.D., F.R.S. 



" Further Observations on the Power exercised by the Actinise of 

 our Shores in killing their prey." By R. M'Donnell, M.D. 



" On the Digestive and Nervous Systems of Coccus hesperidum." 

 By John Lubbock, Esq., F.R.S., F.L.S., F.G.S. 



GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 

 [Continued from p. 231.] 

 February 23, 1859.— L. Horner. Esq., in the Chair. 

 The following communications were read : — 

 1. " On the occurrence of Liassic Deposits near Carlisle." By 

 E. W. Binney, Esq., F.G.S. 



The author's attention had been drawn by Mr. Richard B. Brock- 

 bank, of Carlisle, to the district lying between Carthwaite, on the 

 Carlisle and Maryport Railway, and the Solway, especially about 

 Aikton and Oughterby, as containing a limestone, supposed to belong 

 to the coal-measures, but found by Mr. Brockbank to contain an 

 Ammonite and other fossils, which he thought to be Liassic. Mr, 



mine. This substance likewise contains 

 C 



H, J 



for 



C,,H,H,N-i-C,onTC,NS, = C,oH„H,N-|-C,,H„C,NS., = C3,H,,N,S, 

 Are these two bodies identical, or only isomeric ? [A.W.H.] 



