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REPORT 1867. 



Lankester (E. Ray) on some new ce- 

 plialaspidean fishes, 63 ; on the boring- 

 of limestones by certain annelids, 85 ; 

 on the anatomy of the limpet, 85 ; 

 observations with the spectroscope on 

 animal substances, 101. 



*La Plata, exploration of the Grand 

 Chaco in, 127. 



Lawes (J. B.) and Dr. Gilbert on the 

 composition of wheat gTownfor twenty 

 years in succession on the same land, 

 36. 



*Lawson (Prof. G.), notes of the ana- 

 lyses of gold coins of Columbia, New 

 Granada, Chili, and Bolivia; with 

 some account of the operations of gold- 

 mining in Nova Scotia, 37. 



*Leather manufacture, Frank Hender- 

 son on the, of Dundee, 140. 



Leprosy, H. J. Ker Porter on the pre- 

 valence of, in the kingdom of Norway, 

 144. 



Levi (Professor Leone) on the condition 

 and progress of Scotland in relation 

 to England and Ireland, 140. 



Lewis (J.) on an impro-^ed marine steam- 

 boiler, 155. 



*Lias, lower, F. INI. Burton on the, in 

 Lincolnshire, 57. 



Lichen-gi-owth, is it detrimental to 

 forest and fruit-trees ? 87. 



, to what extent is it a test of age ? 



88. 



Lichens, Dr. W. Lauder Lindsay on the 

 present uses of, as dye-stuffs, 38 ; on 

 polymorphism in the fructification of, 

 89. 



*Life and mind, E. Dunn on the phe- 

 nomena of, 101. 



*Life, P. IMelville on, its nature, origin, 

 &c., 102. 



Life-boat, Professor ^lacdonald on the 

 construction of the, 155. 



*Life-boats, George Maw on covered, 

 150. 



Lightning, note by Sir D. Brewster on 

 a haystack struck by, 19. 



Limestones, E. Bay 'Lankester on the 

 boring of, by certain annelids, 85. 



Limpet, E. Ray Lankester on the ana- 

 tomy of the, 85. 



*Lindsay (the late J.) on a proof of 

 the binomial theorem, 5. 



Lindsay (Dr. W. Lauder) on the present 

 uses of lichens as dye-stufts, 38 ; on 

 the gold-fields of Scotland, 64; on 

 the conservation of forests in our 

 colonies, 85 ; is licllen-gro^^-th detri- 

 mental to forest- and fruit-trees ? 87 ; 

 on plant-acclimatization in Scotland, 



with especial reference to Tussac grass, 

 88 ; to what extent is lichen-growth 

 a test of age ? 88 ; on polymorphism 

 in the fructification of lichens, 89 ; on 

 the obstacles to the utilization of New- 

 Zealand flax, 141. 



Linen manufactm-e, A. J. Warden on 

 the, in Dundee and neighbourhood, 

 145. 



*Lingula-flags, J. Plant on the geology 

 and fossils of the, at Upper Maw- 

 ddach, 72. 



Linton (Mrs. Lynn) on the ethuogi-a- 

 phy of the French Exhibition as re- 

 presented by national arts, 117. 



Lisbon and Kew magnetic curves, Sen- 

 hor Capello on a comparison of the, 

 during the distm-bance of February 

 20-25, 1866, 20. 



Liver, Dr. 11. Bennett on new investi- 

 gations to determine the amount of 

 bile secreted by the, and how far this 

 is influenced by mercurials, 98. 



Li\'ingstone-Search Expedition, Sir R. I. 

 Murchisou, Bart., on the, 126. 



Lowe (E. J.) on the abnormal forms of 

 ferns, 91. 



Lubbock (Sir John) on some points in 

 the anatomy of the Thysanura, 91 ; on 

 tlie origin of civilization and the early 

 condition of man, 118. 



Macdonald (Prof) on the construction 

 of the life-boat, 155. 



* on an improved paddle-wheel, 



1,55. 



M'Intosh (Dr.) on the invertebrate ma- 

 rine fauna and fishes of St. Andrews, 

 92 ; on Mr. J. G. Jeftreys's collection 

 of Ilebridean annelids, 92 ; on tlie 

 annelids of St. Andrews, 92 ; experi- 

 ments -uath poisons, &c., on young 

 salmon, 102. 



*Mackie (S. J.) on iron floating forts, 

 iron harbours, and other floating struc- 

 tures, and on Daft's method of con- 

 struction of iron fabrics, 156. 



Magnetic curves, Senhor Capello on a 

 comparison of the Kew and Lisbon, 

 during the disturbance of February, I 

 20-25, 1866, 20. 



*Magneto-electric machine, W. Ladd on 

 a, 14. 



*Main (P. T.) and A. R. Catton on a 

 new synthesis of ammonia, 40. ■ 



Mammalian remains, H. S. Ellis on some, " 

 from the submerged forest in Barn- 

 staple Baj^, Devon, 59. 



Mammiferes, Charles Martins sur une 

 nouvelie coniparaison des membres 



