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INDEX. 



Owen, Professor, on microscopic inves- 

 tigation, 375. 

 Oyster, 255. 

 Oyster Fry, 280. 



PARABOLIC reflectors, 62. 

 Parasites, 326. 



of cat, 328. 



of dog, 328. 



of engle, 335. 



of fowl, 333. 



ofhornbill, 332. 



human, 327. 



of pheasant, 333. 



of pigeon, 335. 



of sheep, 336. 



of swallow, 332, 



of turkey, 333. 



of vulture, 335. 



Parkes', Dr., caution on using re-agents, 



92. 

 Pearls, 256. 



artificial, 257. 



Pediculi, 333. 



Pennatulidae, 213. 



Photography applied to microscope, 126. 



Phryganeidffi, 303. 



Pigment cells, 356. 



Plants, chorophyl in, 432. 



cellular tissue of, 419. 



circulation in, 433. 



crystals in, 42U. 



lactiferous tissue of, 419. 



lice, 308. 



preparation of tissues, 440. 



raphides in, 420. 



sections of, 443. 



siliceous cuticle of, 443. 



starch in, 422. 



starch of potato, 426. 



structure of, 394. 



vascular tissue of, 436. 



vital characteristics, 395. 



Podura plumbea, 323. 



Polarisation of light as applied to the 



microscope, 103. 

 Polygastria of Ehrenberg, 1 36. 

 Polypifera, 195. 

 Polythalamia, 133. 

 Porifera. 177. 



Potato, disease of, 426. 

 Preparation of insects, 337. 

 Preparing sections of bone, 386. 

 Preservation of algse, 92. 



zoophytes, 241. 



Prism, Dujardin's, 447. 

 Proteus, the, 131. 

 Protozoa, 130. 



QUEKETT, Edwin, Mr., on the vascular 

 tissue of plants, 437. 



Professor, on. advantages of polar- 

 ised light, 121. 



on raphides in plants, 420. 



on the structure of bone, 378. 



RALFS, Mr., on Desmidacete, 409. 

 Read, Rev. J. B., on the background 



illuminator, 64. 

 Reflector, parabolic, 62. 



Shadbolt's, Mr., 64. 



Rhizopoda, 133. 



Ross, Mr., on illumination, 55. 



Rotatorice, 1G7. 



SALTER, Dr., on dentine, 376. 



Dr. Hyde, on muscle, 370. 



Salt water, artificial, 245. 



Sarcina ventriculi, 399. 



Sarcoptes scabiei, 329. 



Saw-fly, 310. 



Schacht's, Dr., preservative fluid for 



microscopic uses, 90. 

 Scissors for dissecting, 75. 

 Sea-mice, 277. 



Section cutting-machine, 444. 

 Selenite, 110. 

 Serpula, 277. 

 Sertularia filicula, 242. 

 Sertularidse, 202. 



Shadbolt, Mr., on collecting objects, 95. 

 Silkworm's breathing-aperture, 292. 

 Siller-cups, 404. 

 Single microscope, 3. 

 Skeletons of zoophytes, 241. 

 Skin, fungoid diseases of, 401. 



section of, 358. 



Smith's and Beck's troughs, 72. 



Smith, James, Mr., on management of 



light in viewing objects, 54. 



