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Index 



Hofman, A. W. von, election and 

 biography of, 36 ; communica- 

 tions from, 129, 147 ; resignation 

 of, 59- 



Hooker, J. D., biography of, 13 ; 

 communications from, 102, 106, 

 109, 119, 126, 132, 139, 147, 148, 

 151* I53> 155. 1 60, 165, 166, 167, 

 168, 176, 179, 182, 188, 191, 192, 



202, 206, 208, 214, 215, 227, 249 ; 

 absence from England, 30 ; im- 

 prisonment in Sikkim, 1 1 1 . 



Hopkins, W., biography of, 14 ; 

 communication from, 102 ; re- 

 signation of, 59. 



Horner, L., biography of, 14 ; com- 

 munications from, 1 1 8, 123, 129, 

 136, 143 ; death of, 57. 



Horsley, V. A. H., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 85 ; com- 

 munication from, 245. 



Hot springs, the vegetation in, 228, 

 229. 



Hudleston, W. H., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 89. 



Huggins, W., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 62 ; com- 

 munications from, 187, 193, 200, 



203, 204, 205, 209, 230. 

 Hughes, D. E., election of, and 



biographical note on, 81 ; com- 

 munication from, 230 ; death of, 



93- 



Humphry, G. M., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 79 ; death 

 of, 91. 



Huxley, T. H., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 42 ; com- 

 munications from, 129, 133, 134, 

 136, 145, 149, 150, 156, 171, 179, 

 181, 184, 186, 196, 204, 220, 225 ; 

 on division of British Museum, 

 54 ; on a passage in the Minutes, 

 64 ; on affinities of reptiles and 

 birds, 178 ; placed on super- 

 numerary list, 83. 



Hydrogen, analogy of phosphuretted 

 with ammonia, 130 ; experi- 

 ments to obtain it cheaply, 240, 

 248. 



Hygrometer, Regnault's, 114. 



Hyperodapedon, represented by a 

 New Zealand lizard, 181. 



Iguanodon, Professor Huxley on 



wrong attribution of bones, 179. 

 India, coalfields in the Nizam's 



dominions, 197. 

 Instrument to ascertain depth of 



sea without a sounding wire, 198 ; 



for studying rapidly moving 



animals, 221. 

 Iodine solution, its effect on solar 



light, 171. 

 Ipecacuanha plant established in 



Himalayas, 191. 



Jack the Giant-killer, Japanese 

 version of, 209. 



Jacquard's loom, improved by Mr. 

 Bonelli, 125. 



James, H., election of, and bio- 

 graphical note on, 45 ; com- 

 munications from, 131, 149, 157, 

 1 60, 1 66, 169, 170, 176 ; resigna- 

 tion of, 70. 



James, Professor W., on dizziness 

 felt by deaf mutes, 223. 



Japan, a naturalist banished from, 

 for digging up skulls, 175. 



Japanese book on botany, 165 ; ver- 

 sion of Jack the Giantkiller, 209. 



Jerusalem, the survey of, com- 

 pleted, 169. 



Johns Hopkins University, de- 

 scribed by Dr. Carpenter, 224. 



Johnston, H. H., exploration in 

 Kilimanjaro district, 227, 228. 



Jones, Bence, election of, 36 ; 

 biographical note on, 37 ; com- 

 munications from, 128, 132, 137, 

 155, 161, 170, 171, 173 ; death 

 of, 66. 



Judd, J. W., election of, 80 ; bio- 

 graphical note on, 81 ; com- 

 munications from, 233, 239, 253. 



Jupiter, observation of moon's 

 occultation of, 133 ; changes of 

 lighter and darker areas on its 

 disc, 185. 



Kempe, A. B., election of, and 

 biographical note on, 87. 



Kent's Hole, Torquay, investiga- 

 tion of, 140. 



Kew, construction of standards of 

 weight and length at, 121. 



