CONTENTS. XI 



Page 



Mr. W. P. HiEBN on the occurrence of Aster salignus (Willd.) in Wicken 

 Fen, Cambridgeshire 84 



Mr. E. Rat Lankester on the Boring of Limestones by certain Annelids . . 85 



on the Anatomy of the Limpet . . . : 85 



Dr. W. Lattder Lindsay on the Conservation of Forests in om- Colonies . . 85 



. Is Lichen-growth detrimental to Forest and 



Fnut Trees ? 87 



■ — on Plant Acclimatization in Scotland, with special 



reference to Tussac Grass 88 



. To what extent is Lichen-growth a test of Age ? 88 



on Polymorphism in the Fructification of Lichens 89 



Mr. E. J. Lowe on the Abnormal forms of Ferns 91 



Sir J. Lubbock on some Points in the Anatomy of the Thysanura 91 



Dr. M'Intosh's Remarks on Mr. J. G. Jei&eys's Collection of Hebridean 

 Annelids 92 



Report on the Invertebrate Marine Fauna and Fishes of St. 



Andrews 92 



on the Annelids of St. Andrews 92 



M. Charles Mahtins siir les Racines Aeriferes ou Vessies Nalatou-es, la 

 synonymic et la distribution geographique de quelques especes aquatic[ues 

 du genre Jusdcea 93 



Dr. M. T. Masters on Polliniferous Ovules in a Rose 93 



M. 0. A. L. Morch's Notice of Dredging by the late H. P. C. Moller, off 

 Fair Isle, between Orkney and Shetland 93 



Mr. Andrew Murray on the future Administi-ation of the Natimal-History 



Collections of the British Museum 94 



Mr. Henry Alleyne Nicholson on the Nature and Systematic Position of 



the Graptolitidse 96 



Mr. C. W. Peach on the Fructification of Griffithsia corallina, found in the 



West Voe, Outsken-ies, Shetland 96 



on Naked-eyed Medusse foimd at Peterhead and Wick, 



N.B., and other British Localities 96 



The Rev. H. B. Tristram on the Zoological Aspects of the Grouse Disease . . 97 



Mr. Alfred R. Wallace on Birds' Nests and their Plumage ; or the Rela- 

 tion between Sexual Differences of Colour and the Mode of Nidification in 

 Birds 97 



AlfATOlTT AND PhTSIOLOGX. 



Professor Hughes Bennett on Protagon in relation to the Molecidar Theoiy 



of Organization 97 



on New Investigations to determine the Amount 



of Bile secreted by the Liver, and how far this is influenced by Mercmials . 98 

 Professor Cleland on the Epithelium of the Cornea of the Ox in relation to 



the Growth of Stratified Epithelium 100 



on some Points connected with the Joints and Ligaments 



of the Hand 100 



on the Microscopical Preparation of the Nerves of the 



Cornea 100 



