Oct. 12, i8;^6] 



NATURE 



I-ake dwellings by Herr Geinitz.-On the buryine-Saci S 



ofwL '\'^'V'^?P°l°S^'=^^ S°"^^y at Munich, and r^Sf 

 on the same, by Major ^^\^yx^i^r.~Zoologkal Setion-loTT^ 

 season dimorphism of certain day lepidoptera, by HeVr von 

 Kiesenwetter.-On anthropoid monkeys, by Dr. A B Mever - 

 On the metamorphosis of the Mexican axoloti, by Dn B VetteT 

 -Phymal and Chemical Section.-On an improved influen/; 

 t^T T'^'^'' ^7 ^^'^ I^^the.-On a new |Lvanometer by 

 P of Sel? ""oftS 'f -,\"evv Geislef radiomet"' ^^ 

 i-roi. iMeubeit.— On the action of chlor de of lime uoon rarhnn 

 compounds. -^/«M.^«^,V^/ Seaian—On ray-compWs ofS 

 second degree, by Dr. Burmester.-On methods of projection 

 Heeer OnTl2° the problem to determine two curvL?by Dn 

 u/ A-T. xionmann. — Un Riemann's planes bv Dr ir«»r„-„„ 



vations and discoveries near Halle bv Dr rtv^ A .i. 

 Colorado beetle, by He^ von Kfesenw/tte'^.-grtiirinteneV 



•Caucasus Vuntains3eThwa°S^^^^^^^ 'h" '\' 



canoes, by Dr. Schneider. ' petroleum, and mud vol- 



Zeitschriftfur Wissenschaftliche Zoologie, vol. xxvii Part i 



.h= Paris Jardi„des°Pta.Ts,^a:Sta°SJa7S°r ''°*' " 



read by all student, of ,h°^abZiZict ""J'' ^='f ^"'X >« 

 tinues h s enethv conlrihnfi™. .„ ™°J'"-— K- Harlmann con- 



poid apes, by^SLSgTv^i^tall^Tcht' '""'= ""'t™- 

 remaining papers do not call fnr„™;- ?i ■Jn'mpanzees— The 



for .876lo£aL,Sres, ngLcounf WfI",'?"'","!-';"' " 

 anatomy of the leaf of Z),V,„l."™5ij , "^' ""?« "'''""= 

 plates.-A verylon« Daner tl Xtf •«"°,'"'"""^ ti^ t"" 

 and the following mrtTnAeelMrS^r "/"'' ''•"•'"'• '» ""« 

 of the leaf of i^,,:!? -V.'|.: f' TL^JiLTTST^r 

 Sanderson and Prof. Hermann %.r« ^^„f ! Y? ^'^- Burdon 



it being contended hat tTeTseSni'Tl*"'^ ^" T^^^ ^^^P^^'s; 

 of muscle and that of the leaf isTar le^ . "^'"^ V^' contraction 

 Pbserve. has ass.rted.^^SL'faLi^^cS^Trt^^^^^ 



539 



iiu:L'Lr?ent^^kt^^°5^^^ 



allantni-c In ♦>. u -K-rause maintains his account of the 



etre ^i; t ^rS rrron^Sr^eSeiJ^'^ ^^^ V^^^ 

 £S p^rt ™an?DrL:Lr°^ anaToSaTt-^^Jns ttj 

 bution o^n iiiS ?it.^S=isrtXTf ^^tt^^^^^^^^^ 

 lowiapers'!'' ITZ' ""' '^\ ^".^'^•?" ^^^^ contains the fol- 



wirhXLSo;;?y\t «r""lJ'tid1mar"on"" ^'^ '^"'^T!!"" 

 mounting microscopical ob e^s, VS' H TlmiTh n ' 

 new process of histological stainin/ bv Dr Frnn.^e^ S ' ^'^ ^ 

 On Tubicolaria Najas\ Mr T FullLar th. .HH "°¥^? ' 

 President, Dr. MatUs.'and th^e I& AtuSll^^rt^ ^'^ 



SOCIETIES AND ACADEMIES 



London 

 qn5.7^^ Microscopical Society, October 4. -Mr H C 



lsS^r'orati;"e.td'Sras'^„p„rLrr;slK'1 



to be capable of adjustment as requi, dm" vlrfXS 



rs".';ria.Sin^f=tiXur)'&reF— ^^ 



Paris 



the^^hl^-^^ht^Snl VpJ?^- :e^;e-S-.^r'^- ^^^^^ ^". 



observations presented at "va^fo^urep^c" rSrf^^^^^^^ 



an mtra-Mercurial planet (continued), -by MLeverrie?Hf 



.Srp'oseJ SE^S'^'s'oKd'"'"'"" " «"?' ""'■■*'' »' 

 Tempered steelproblly ow s' its elas.fc'prrrtvt'" '• "''"'''• 



KisU™j:^tt:„:£i™rapLrrrari Ei°i ? 



of reduction of salts of silver i«Votog4?Uc nega,°,2'' bvT 

 S„ctly^:SsuTphrof"g5n~al",rii^^^^^ 



bins of very small resistance in employment of tefeSaoh bn~ 

 for meteorologtcal announcements S„ stormy weathP'^bv M 



(?T"-hTc?°cu?a%i.\'S%l'S-!;rL^^^^^^^^^^^ 



L 4 ,f ^LTan!'-^ "/eSrUpSrglv?^ t 

 Zinc in the acid solution of the natural mineral is disEd in 

 hydrochloric acid and treated with sulphuretted h ^rogen Car" 

 bonate of soda added m portions to the filtered liquid, enables the 

 oxides with which the gallium is associated to be isolated These 

 transformed mto sulphates, leave in hot water the sub salf nf 

 gallium when the oxide of this metal is predpi tated by a pro 

 longed current of carbonic acid. It has then onlv fo il^ -TT 

 October 2.-Vice-Admiral Paris in the chai?^ ¥h^f^n"^'^- 

 papers were read :-Rectification oL; ILwhkh Jar! heor^^^ 

 Z S SLll^V; '\^ ''^?''' niaking aconSait prod^c^' 

 by M. Chasles.—Intra.Mercurlal planets (contmued) bv M T ^' 

 yerner Heanayses the observations given. We possess^ da^fh; 

 a first theory which will make it possible to find the ^iSt eSi^; 



