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NA TURE 



[November 30, 189; 



— -Botanical notes from the Technological Mii'^eum, Sydney. 

 No. I. by J. H. Maiden and R. T. Baker. The paper em- 

 bodied a number of fresh localities for New South Wales plants, 

 and also New South Wales localities for plants hitherto known 

 only from Queensland, viz. Decaspernmm paniciilatttm, 

 Psychotria neinalopoda, Tetranthera ferrugiuea, {Litsira hex- 

 anthus). There are also recorded observations on Aniperea 

 spartioides with pedicellate female flowers, several at each 

 Tode, Hovea acutifolia, with glabrous pods; notes on Melo- 

 dorui;' Leichhardti, Sideroxylon myrsinoides, Blechnum serru- 

 latinn, B. carlilagiimim. Eucalyptus saligiia, and others. — 

 Preliminary note on a species of Balanoglossus from the coast of 

 New South Wales, by J. P. Hill. Balanoglosstis, hitherto un- 

 recorded from Australia, has recently been met with, both at 

 Broken I'ay and at Jervis Bay, in loose sand under large stones 

 between tide-marks. A detailed account of this interesting 

 form, in all probability a new species, was promised. — Note on 

 the presence of vestigial Mullerian ducts in a full-grown male 

 lizard {Amphiholurus ?nu7ica(us), by J- P- Hill. 



DIARY OF SOCIETIES. 



London. 



THURSDAY, November 30. 



Sanitary Institute, at S. — Textile Manufactures, Silk, Cotton, 

 Woollen, and Linen Industries; Dr. J. T. Arlidge. 



FRIDAY, December i. 



Geologists' A<:<;ociation, at 8. — Notes on a Discovery of Fossils at 

 Little Stairs Point, Sandown Bay, I<-le of Wight: Thos. Leighton. — 

 Notes on the Sharks' Teeth front British Cretaceous Formations : A. 

 Smith Woodward. — The Breakinsr-iip of the Ice on the St. Mary River, 

 Nova Scotia, and its Geological Lessons: Geoffrey F. Monckton. 



Institution OF Civil, Engineers, at 7.30. — Forms of Tensile Test-Pieces : 

 Leonard H. Appleby. 



SUNDAY, December 3. 



Sunday Lecture Society, at 4.— The Body's Servants— A Talk about 

 Cells and their Work : Dr. Andrew Wilson. 



MONDA Y, December 4. 



Victoria Institute, at 8. — Habit in Man : Dr. Schofield. 



Society of Chemical Industry, at 8.— Application of Air in Motion to 

 Chemical Industry : H. G. Watel. (Adjourned Discussion.) — Note on 

 the Copper Mines of Singhbhoom : H. Harris— The Product of the 

 Action of Mercuric Chloride upon Metallic Silver: Chapman Jones. 



Aristotelian Society, ai 8.— On the Import of Categorical Propositions 

 Miss E. E. Constance Jones. 



Royal Institution, at 5.— General Monthly Meeting. 



TUESDA Y, December 5. 



Zoological Society, at 8.30.— On the Geographical Distribution of Earth 

 worms: F. E. Bedd.atd, F.R.S.— f>n a C'llection of Coleoptera sent by 

 Mr. H. H. Johnston. C.B., from British Central Africa: C J. Gahan.— 

 On a Collection of Petrels from the Kermadec Islands: Captain F. W. 

 Hutton, F.R.S. 



Institi'tion of Civil Engineers, at 8. — Impounding- Reservoirs in India, 

 and the Design of Masonry Dams: Mr. Gierke, Mr. Sadasewjee, Colonel 

 Jacob, and Prof. Krtuter. (Discussion.) 



WEDNESDA Y, December 6. 



Geological Society, at 8.— The Purbeck Beds of the Vale of Wardour: 

 Rev. W. R. Andrews and A, J. Jukes-Browne.— On the Variety of Am- 

 monites (Stephanoceras) subarmatus. Young, from the Upper Lias of 

 Whitby : H. W. Monckton.— On a Piciite and other Associated Rocks at 

 Barnton, Edinburgh H. W. Monckton. 



Entomological Society, at 7 — On a Collection of Lepidoptera from 

 Egipt: George T. Bethune-Baker.— 1 he Rhynchophorous Coleoptera of 

 Japan : Part III. Scolytids : Waher F. H. Elandford. 



THURSDAY, December 7. ''^ 



Royal Society, at 4.30.— The Organogeny of Asterma gibbosse : E. W. 

 MacBride.— Reptiles from the Elgin Sandstone: Pescription of Two New 

 Genera: E. T. Newton, F.R.S.— A Dynamical Theory of the Electric 

 and Luminiferous Mediam: J. Larmor, F R.S.— Note on the Action of 

 Copper Sulphate and Sulphuric Acid on Merallic Copper : Prof. Schuster, 

 F.R.S. — On Copper Electrolysis z« vacuo: W. Gannon.— On a Chart of 

 the Symmetrical Curves of the Three-Bar Motion: W. Brennand. 



Linnean Society, at 8.— Catalogue of the Described Neur.ptera Odonata 

 (Dragonflies) of Ceylon, w.th Description of New Species: W. F. 

 Ki.by.- On the Cause of the Fall of the Corolla in V^erbascum : Signor U. 

 Martelh. 



Chemical Society, at 8.— An Apparatus for the Estimation of the Gases 

 dissolved in Water: Dr. Truman.— Metallic Oxides and the Periodic 

 Law : R. M. Deeley. 



NO. 1257, VOL. 49] 



fRIDA Y, December 8. 

 Royal Astrono.mical Society, at 8. 



Sanitary Institute, at 8. — Metallic Poisons, Lead and Arsenic : Prof. T, 

 Oliver. 



SATURDAY, December 9. 



Physical Society, at 5. — A Potentiometer for Alternating Currents: J. 

 Swinburne. — Ttie Specific Resistance of Sea- Water: W. H. Preece, 

 F.R.S. — The Calculation of the Coefficient of Self-induction of a Circular 

 Current of a Given Cross-Section and aperture ; and The Magnetic Field 

 of a Cylindrical Coil: Prof. G. M. Minchin. 



Royal Botanic Society, at 3.45. 



BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, and SERIALS RECEIVED. 



Books. — By Moorland and Sea: F. A. Knight (E. Stock). — Laboratory 

 Teaching: C. L. Blo.\am, 6th edition (Churchill). — An Elementary Treatise 

 on Theoretical Mechanics, Part 2 — Introduction to Dynamics, Statics: 

 A. Ziwet (Macmillan). — Micro-Organisms and Fermentation ; A. Jorgenson, 

 translated by A. K. Miller and E. A. Lennholm, new edition (Lyon), — 

 Concrete, its Nature and Uses: J. L. Sutcliffe (Lockwood). — The Sacred 

 City of the Ethiopians : J. T. Bent (Longmans). — University College of N. 

 Wales, Calendar 1S93-4 (Manchester, Cornish).— The Pamirs, 2 vols: Earl 

 of Dunmore (Murray). — Against Dogma and Free Will, and for Weis- 

 mannism : H. C. Hiller, 2nd edition (Williams and Norgate). — The Wilder 

 Quarter-Century Book (Ithaca, N. Y. Comstock Publishing Company). 

 — The Story of Our Planet : Prof. Bonney (Cassell). — The Elements of 

 Applied Mathematics : C. M. Jessop (Bell). — A Year amongst the Persians : 

 E. G. Browne (Black). — The Principles of Waterworks Engineering: 

 J. H. T. Turner and A. W. Brightmore (Spon). — Science and Education: 

 r. H. Hu.xley (Macmillan). — Letters of Asa Gray, 2 Vols. : edited by J. L. 

 Gray (Macmillan). — Oxford Bible for Teachers, with Helps (two styles) 

 (Frowde). 



Pamphlets. — A Check List of the Slugs: Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell 

 (Dulau). — Temperature and Vertebrae? Dr. D. S. Jordan (Ithaca, New 

 York). — Sulle Osseivazioni Mareografiche in Italia, &c. : G. Grablovitz 

 (Genova). 



Serials. — Notes from the Leyden Museum, Vol. xiv. No. 3, and Vol. 

 XV. No. 4 (Williams and Norgate). — Sitzungsberichte und Abhandlungen 

 der Naturwissenschaftllchen Gesellschaft Jsis in Dresden, 1893, Jan. bis 

 Juni (Williams and Norgate) — Botanische Jahrbucher iiir Systematik, 

 Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie, Siebzehnter Band v. Heft 

 (Williams and Norgate). — Zeitschrift der Gesellschaft fiir Erdkunde zu 

 Berlin, Band .\xviii. 1893, No. 3 (Berlin). — Mittheilungen von Forschungs- 

 reisenden und Gelehrten aus der Deutschen Schutzgebieten, vi. Band, 4 

 Heft (Berlin). — Bollettino della Societa Geografica Italiana, Serie 3, Vol, 6, 

 Fasc. 8-Q (Roma). 



CONTENTS. ^^ 



The Mummy 97 



Eskimo Life. By J. P 98 



Our Book Shelf:— 



Easton : " La Voie Lactee dans I'Hemisphere Boreal 99 

 Johnston: "An Elementary Treatise on Analytical 



Geometry " 99 



Stehlin : " Zur Kenntniss der Postembryonalen 



Schiidelmetamorphosen bei Wiederkauern "... 99 

 Letters to the Editor : — 



Suggested Nomenclature of Radiant-Energy. — Prof. 



Simon Newcomb, F.R.S ico 



The Postal Transmission of Natural History Speci- 

 mens. — Isaac J. Wistar; Edw. J. Nolan . . . 100 

 Flame. — Prof. Henry E. Armstrong, F.R.S. . . xoo 

 "Geology in Nubibus." — Dr. Alfred jR. Wallace, 



F.R.S loi 



Correlation of Magnetic and Solar Phenomena. — 



H. A. Lawrance loi 



New Variable Star in Andromeda. — Rev. Thomas 



D. Anderson loi 



Protective Habit in a Spider. — Prof. C. Lloyd 



Morgan io2 



The Loss of H. M.S. "Victoria." By Dr. Francis 



Elgar 102 



Jupiter and his Red Spot. By W. F. Denning . . . 104 

 The Preparation and Properties of Free Hydfoxy- 



lamine. By A. E. Tutton 105 



Notes 106 



Our Astronomical Column: — 



Otto Slruve's Double-Star Measures Ill 



Method of Pivot Testing in 



A Bright Meteor ill 



Astronomical Photography ill 



VierteJjahrschrift der Astronomischen Gesellschaft . in 



Geographical Notes in 



Antarctic Exploration 112 



Phenomena of the Time-Infinitesimal. {Illustrated.) 



By Prof. E. L. Nichols 113 



University and Educational Intelligence 117 



Scientific Sertals 117 



Societies and Academies 118 



Diary of Societies 120 



Books, Pamphlets, and Serials Received 120 



