INDEX II. 
Leaves, W. Esson on the curvature of 
the margins of, with reference to their 
growth, 3. 
Lias near Whitby, Yorkshire, Dr. A. 
Carte and W. H. Baily on a new 
species of Plesiosaurus from the, 68. 
Life, Charles M. Willich on expectation 
of, 178. 
Light, C. Tomlinson on the motion of 
camphor, &c. towards the, 28. 
Limopsis, J. Gwyn Jeffreys on a species 
of, now living in the British seas, 108. 
Lindsay (Dr. W. Lauder) on the geo- 
logy of the gold-tields of Otago, New 
Zealand, 77; on the geology of the 
gold-fields of Auckland, New Zealand, 
80; on the toot-poison of New Zea- 
land, 98. 
Linear equation of finite differences in 
its most general form, on the solution 
of the, by Prof. Sylvester, 188. 
Linseed cake, W. H. Harris on the adul- 
teration of, with nut-cake, 45. 
Livingstone (Dr.),letter to Sir R. I. Mur- 
chison from the River Zambesi, 146. 
Lowe (E. J.) on the hurricane near 
Newark of May 7, 1862, showing the 
force of the hailstones and the vio- 
lence of the gale, 32; on Lowe’s ozone 
box, 46; observations on ozone, 46. 
Lubbock (John), notes on Spherularia 
Bombi, 109; on two aquatic Hymen- 
optera, 110. 
Lunar craters, W. R. Birt on a group 
of, imperfectly represented in lunar 
maps, 9. 
Macleod (Henry Dunning) on the defi- 
nition and nature of the science of 
political economy, 159. 
Magnesia, Dugald Campbell on the ac- 
tion of nitric acid upon pyrophosphate 
of, 37. 
Main (Rev. R.), observations of R.A. 
and N.P.D. of Comet II. 1862, 15; 
on the dimensions and ellipticity of 
Mars, 15. 
Mallet (Robert) on the measurement of 
the temperatures of active volcanic 
foci to the greatest attainable depth, 
and of the temperature, state of satu- 
ration, and velocity of issue of the 
steam and vapours evolved, 83. 
Mammalian remains, C. B. Rose on some, 
from the bed of the German Ocean, 91. 
Man, Prof. Owen on the zoological 
significance of the cerebral and pedial 
characters of, 116. 
, J. Crawfurd on colour as a test of 
the races of, 143. 
205 
Man, J. Crawfurd on language as a test 
of the races of, 144. 
——, Robert Dunn on the psychological 
differences which exist among the 
typical races of, 144. 
Manures, on the effects of different, on 
the mixed herbage of grass land, by 
J. B. Lawes and Dr. Gilbert, 191. 
*Marcet (M. F.), Dr. Daubeny’s reply to 
the remarks of, on the power of selec- 
tion ascribed to the roots of plants, 
98. 
Marine boiler for generating steam of 
high pressure, Dr. I’. Grimaldi on a 
new, 186. 
Mars, Rev. R. Main on the dimensions 
and ellipticity of, 16. 
Mees (Prof. N. 8S.) on aérolites, 
188. 
Mathews (W., jun.) on serious inaccu- 
racies in the great survey of the Alps, 
south of Mont Blane, as issued by the 
Government of Sardinia, 147. 
Medusoids, Rey. T. Hincks on the pro- 
duction of similar, by certain hydroid 
folpes belonging to different genera, 
Menzies (J. M.) on an optical instru- 
ment which indicates the relative 
change of position of two objects 
(such as ships at sea during night) 
which are maintaining independent 
courses, 22. 
Merionethshire, T. A. Readwin on the 
gold-bearing strata of, 87. 
Merivale (Herman) on the utility of 
colonization, 161. 
*Meteorology, T. L. Plant on, 34. 
Mill (Rev. Dr.), decipherment of the 
Pheenician inscription on the Newton 
Stone, Aberdeenshire, 147. 
Miller (Prof. W. H.), his address as 
President of Section B, 35. 
Mineral veins, Charles Moore on the 
paleontology of, and on the secondary 
age of some, in the carboniferous pe- 
riod, 82. 
Moffat (Dr.) on the luminosity of phos- 
phorus, 47. 
Molesworth (Rev. W. N.) on the influ- 
ence of changes in the conditions of 
existence in modifying species and 
varieties, 111; on the training and in- 
struction of the unemployed in the 
manufacturing districts during the 
present crisis, 162. 
Mont Pelvoux, in Dauphiné, Rev. T. G. 
Bonney on the geography of, 143. 
Moon, Prof. Hennessy on some of the 
characteristic differences between the 
