CONTENTS. 



BIOLOGY. 



Page 

 Mr. C. Spence Bate on the Dentition of the Common Mole (Talpa JEuropeea) 09 



Mr. Henry B. Brady on the Rhizopodal Fauna of the Hebrides 69 



Mr. Thomas Brown on the Application of the Greek and Latin Languages 

 to Scientific Nomenclature 70 



Mr. Frank Buckland on Oyster Cultivation 70 



on the Scientific Cultivation of a Salmon River .... 71 



Dr. Carpenter on Comatula rosacea, C. celtica, and other Marine Animals 

 from the Hebrides 72 



Mr. J. J. Cleater, a few thoughts, Speculative and from Observation, on 

 Colour and Chromula 72 



Dr. T. S. CoBBOLD on the Entozoa of the Dog in relation to Public Health . . 72 



The Rev. F. W. Farhar on the Teaching of Science at the Public Schools . . 72 



Mr. R. Garner on the Power which some Rotifers have of attaching them- 

 selves by means of a Thread 73 



Mr. George Duncan Gibb on Variations in tlie Great Arterial Blood-ves- 

 sels 73 



Professor Oswald Heeb on the Miocene Flora of North Greenland 74 



Mr. H. Hennesst on the Probable Cause of the Existence of a North Euro- 

 pean Flora in the West of Ireland, as referred to by the late Professor E. 

 Forbes 74 



Jlr. John Hoare on the Oyster Fisheries in Ireland 74 



Mr. John Hogg on the BaUast-Flora of the Coasts of Durham and Northum- 

 berland 74 



Mr. E. Ray Lankester on the Asexual Reproduction and Anatomy of 

 Chcetoyaster vermicidaris (Miill.) 74 



Mr. J. K. Lord on the Indians of Vancouver Island 75 



Mr. Clements R. Markh am on the Results of the Cinchona cultivation in India 75 



Dr. C. M'Intosh on a New MoUuscoid Animal allied to Pelonaia (Forbes and 

 Goodsir) 75 



on a Rare MoUuscoid Animal {Pdonaia cori~ugata) 76 



's List of Turbellaria and Annelida of North Uist 76 



Mr. W. MoGGRiDGE on the Zones of the Coniferae from the Mediten-anean to 

 the Crest of the Maritime Alps 76 



■ — — on the Occurrence of Lemna arrhiza in Epping Forest . . 76 



Mr. O. Groom-Napieb on the Food and Economical Value of British Butter- 

 flies and Moths 76 



on the Cause of the Variation in the Eggs of British 



Birds 77 



The Rev. A. Merle Norman on the Crustacea, Echinodermata, Polyzoa, and 

 Ccelenterata of the Hebrides 77 



Dr. W. H. Ransom on the Stinicture and Growth of the Ovarian 0\'um in the 

 Gasterosleus Leiuriis 77 



Dr. P. L. ScLATER on the Systematic Position of the Pronghorn (Antilocapra 

 americana) 77 



Mr. John Shaw on the Distribution of Mosses in Great Britain and Ireland as 

 aflfecting the Geography and Geological History of the present Flora 79 



