INDEX. 
*Starch in plants, notes on experiments 
as to the formation of, under the in- 
fluence of the electric light, by H. M. 
Ward, 1086. 
State guarantee of war risks, by J. Corry, 
1171. 
Statistics, Economic Science and, Address 
by Prof. H. Sidgwick to the Section of, 
1141. 
Staurocephalus, a new British, Prof. 
McIntosh on, 1073. 
Steel, a specimen of almost unmagnetis- 
able, J. T. Bottomley on, 903. 
—, mild, notes on, by G. J. Gordon, 
1200. 
Stewart (Prof. Balfour) on the proposed 
publication by the Meteorological So- 
ciety of the Mauritius of daily synoptic 
charts of the Indian Ocean from the 
year 1861, 60; on Mr. E. J. Lowe’s 
project of establishing a meteorological 
-observatory near Chepstow, 64; on 
comparing and reducing magnetic ob- 
servations, 65, 68, 76; on the best 
methods of recording the direct inten- 
sity of solar radiation, 156. 
Stokes (Prof. G. G.) on the proposed pub- 
lication by the Meteorological Society 
of the Mauritius of daily synoptic 
charts of the Indian Ocean from the 
year 1861, 60; on the best methods of 
recording the direct intensity of solar 
radiation, 156. 
Stone (Dr. W. H.) on the employment of 
Mance’s method for eliminating the 
effects of polarisation, to determine 
the resistance of the human body, 
900. 
Stone circles in Aberdeenshire, by J. 
Milne, 1223. 
--—, the, with special reference to those 
in the more Lowland parts of the 
county, by Rey. J. Peter, 1221. 
Stone circles in Cumberland, three, A. 
L. Lewis on, with some further obser- 
vations on the relation of stone circles 
to adjacent hills and outlying stones, 
1220. 
Stoney (Dr. G. J.) on Mr. E. J. Lowe’s 
project of establishing a meteorological 
observatory near Chepstow, 64 ; on the 
best methods of recording the direct 
intensity of solar radiation, 156; *on 
thermal effusion and the limiting 
pressure in polarised gas, 904; an ap- 
proximate determination of the abso- 
lute amounts of the weights of the 
chemical atoms, 987; on macromole- 
cules (molecules of matter in the erys- 
talline state as distinct from the 
chemical molecule), and determina- 
tions of some of them, 988. 
Stooke (T. S.) on the circulation of un- 
. derground waters, 380. 
1253 
Strahan (A.) on underground tempera- 
ture, 93. 
*Strandlouper from South Africa, exhibi- 
tion of the skeleton of a, by Prof. A. 
Macalister, 1228. 
Strangways (Fox) on the circulation of 
underground waters, 380. 
Striated muscles in the gills of fishes, Dr. 
J. A. McWilliam on the, 1077. 
Structures, certain remarkable, resem- 
bling ova from deep water, 1073. 
Struthers (Prof. J.) on the establishment 
of a marine biological station at Gran- 
ton. Scotland, 474; on the exploration 
of New Guinea, 690; on the Tay whale 
(Magaptera longimana) and_ other 
whales recently obtained in the district, 
1053; on the carpal bones in various 
cetaceans, 1056; account of the dis- 
section of the rudimentary hind-limb 
of Balenoptera musculus, ib.; on the 
cervical vertebree in Balena mystice- 
tus, &c., 1103; on the development of 
the foot of the horse, ib.; on the de- 
velopment of the vertebre of the ele- 
phant, ib.; on the human crania and 
other contents found in short stone 
cists in Aberdeenshire, 1225; notice of 
human bones found in 1884 in Balta 
Island, Shetland, by D. Edmonston, 
Esq., ib. 
Sulphine salts derived from ethylene 
sulphide, Dr. Orme Masson cn, 974. 
Sun, the nature of the corona of the, Dr. 
W. Huggins on, 932. 
Sun-spots, determination of the helio- 
graphic latitude and longitude of, by 
Prof, A. W. Thomson, 931. 
Surface tension of liquids, calculating 
the, by means of cylindrical drops or 
bubbles, by Prof. G. Pirie, 898. 
Surface tension of water which con- 
tains a gas dissolved in it, Prof. G. 
Pirie on the, 898. 
Swan (J. W.) on an electric safety lamp 
for miners, 1196. 
Swansea harbour, the deep sea channel 
into, R. Capper on, 1202. 
Symbol pillars, the, abounding in central 
Aberdeenshire, by Rev. Dr. J. David- 
son, 1227. 
*Symington (Dr. J.) on the curvature 
of the spine in the foetus and the child, 
1101. 
Symons (G. J.) on the proposed publica- 
tion by the Meteorological Society of 
the Mauritius of daily synoptic charts 
of the Indian Ocean from the year 
1861, 60; on Mr. E. J. Lowe’s project 
of establishing a meteorological obser- 
vatory near Chepstow, 64; on under- 
ground temperature, 93; on the best 
methods of recording the direct inten- 
sity of solar radiation, 156; on the 
