INDEX. 



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Correspondence — Continued. 



Microscopical exhibitions i6o 



Mosquitoes and their scales .... 20 



Mounting urinary- deposits 39 



Peteratonius phasiolus 40 



Photo-micrography 40 



Pollen-tubes loo 



Pseudo-cyclosis 219 



Spongella 40 



Stvrax for mounting 120, 219 



Various subjects 59 



Volvox globator 139 



White zinc cement 39 



Cothurnia biparfita, n. s 126 



plectosfyla, n. s 125 



Cox, J. D., diatoms of the Gulf .... 145 



the actinic and visual focus in 



photo-micrography with high 



powers 193 



Culture media for bacteria 55 



Culture-tubes for micro-organisms . . i 



Dcxiotricha centralis, n. s 1S4 



Diatomacese, Schmidt's atlas of . . . 200 



Diatoms of the Gulf, J. D. Cox ... 145 



and how to collect them 230 



fixing arranged 233 



strite of, on test-plate 234 



structure of ^t^ 



Difflugia globulosus, copulation of . . 15 



Disinfection, science of 207 



Disease, on the precise relations of 

 micro-organisms to, and the 



science of disinfection 207 



Durand, W. F., a practical method of 

 finding the optical centre of an 



objective, and its focal length . 141 



Eggs ©f house -fly 17 



Electric spark under microscope . . . 138 



Embedding in bayberry tallow .... 98 



Eiitomologia Americana 200 



Epidemics, and National Board of 



Health 79 



Ewell, M. D., measurement of blood 



corpuscles 150 



Exhibitions, microscopical . . 77, 15S, 160 

 Exhibits, microscopical, atN. Orleans 



Exposition, L.W. Chaney, Jr . 102 

 Eye-piece micrometers, H. L. Tol- 



man 115 



Fasoldt's detaching nose-piece .... 149 



Fibres, method of analysis 47 



Fibres, \-egetable, the study of . . . 21 



Flint, J. M., rotary object carrier . . . 204 



Focal length of objective, finding . . 141 



Germicides and antiseptics 114 



Germination of seeds, bacteria neces- 

 sary for 78 



Gowen, F. H., improved microtome . 156 

 Gray, Edward, orthocarpus purpu- 



rascens 105 



Growing slide, E. L. Cheeseman . . 53 



Gum, production on fruit trees .... 200 



Hed-wigia 138 



Hitchcock, R., optical arrangements 



for photo-micrography 16S 



PA«E. 



Hitchcock, R., photo-micrography 201, 321 



the red snow 221 



Illumination, dark-ground 20 



electric 42, 96 



Illuminator, Abbe, Grunow's form . . 183 



Iris, R. H. Ward 14 



Immersion fluid, improved 218 



Infusoria, notices of new fresh-water. 



A. C. Stokes 121, 183 



Infusoria, revivification of 25 



Intra-cellular digestion, abstract from 

 an article on, by Dr. E. Metsch- 



nikoft". H. G. Beyer 61 



Journal, a new 34 



of Microscopy 219 



Journal for 1886 237 



Journal of Mycology 37 



Kansas City Review 218 



Kellicott, D. S., Opercularia con- 

 st ricta, n. s 121 



Killing infusoria with cocaine .... 178 



Kruttschnitt, J., pollen-tubes 74 



Lacrytnaria verietis, n. s 124 



Lagynus lasius, n. s 125 



Lathrop, James C 137 



Lockwood, S., pseudo-cyclosis .... 46 

 Magnifj'ing power of an inch objec- 

 tive 203 



Mallomonas litomesutu^ n. s 124 



Meetings, scientific 134 



Meteoric dust 59 



Meteorites, microscopic 16 



Microbe of mumps 99 



Microbes in daphnia 58 



Micrococcus of swine-plague 20 



Micrometer, stage 38 



cobweb 239 



Microscope, Mcintosh Galvanic Com- 

 pany's 104 



New Star _. 229 



• of past and present 119 



pencil-case 200 



portable 59 



recent progress — the improve- 

 ment of the 136 



Microscopes, old forms desired .... 159 



Microscopic meteorites 16 



Microscopical exhibitions 77 



Microscopical societies 76, 95 



and microscopy, W. H. Seaman, 87 



Microtome, Bausch & Lomb 205 



Bulloch's combination 45 



improved, F. H. Gowen 156 



Monoculars vs. binoculars 98 



Monosiga obovata, n. s 8 



Mosquitoes and their scales 20 



Mounting, device for pressing down 



covers 60 



in balsam of tolu 17S 



insect-eggs 17 



media of high refractive index, 



H. L. Smith 161 



media, new 217 



medium, new, of H. L. Smith, . 182 



medium, phosphorus .6 



