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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, 153, 155, 160, 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, in. 



Hopkins, W., biography of, 14 ; 

 communication from, 102 ; re- 

 signation of, 59. 



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

 munications from, 118, 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. i?9, 

 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- 

 occupation 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. 



