216 
Land, Rey. J. Gunn on the alternate 
elevations and subsidences of the, and 
the order of the succession of strata in 
Norfolk and Suffolk, 66. 
Language and mythology as depart- 
ments of biological science, Edward 
B. Tylor on, 120. 
*——, Dr. Hughlings Jackson on the 
physiology of, 120. 
*Languages, Prof. Paul Broca on the 
seat and faculty of articulate, 120. 
Lankester (E. R.) and H. N. Mosely on 
the nomenclature of mammalian teeth 
and the teeth of the mole, 117; on the 
oldest beds of the Crags, 70. 
Lastrea rigida, George Maw on the oc- 
currence of, in North Wales, 105. 
Lawson (Prof. M. A.) on the flora of 
Skye, 103; on the discovery of Buzx- 
baumia aphylla near London, 104. 
Leaf-organs of the flower, Dr. A. Dick- 
son on some of the principal modifica- 
tions of the receptacle, and their re- 
lation to the “ insertion ” of the, 94. 
Learned societies, Prof. Leone Levi on 
the progress of, illustrative of the 
advancement of science in the United 
Kingdom during the last thirty years, 
169, 196. 
*Learning and teaching, Joseph Payne 
on the relation between, 175. 
Levi (Prof. Leone) on the progress of 
Learned Societies, illustrative of the 
advancement of science in the United 
Kingdom during the last thirty years, 
169, 196; on the present state of the 
question of international coinage, 173. 
“ite-boats, G. Faweus on improvements 
in the packing of, 189. 
Light, Dr. Richardson on the transmis- 
sion of, through animal bodies, 118. 
Liquid and solid substances, Dr. Otto 
Richter on a new theory of the specific 
volumes of, 42. 
Liquids, W. Fletcher Barrett on sources 
of error in determinations of the ab- 
sorption of heat by, 14. 
——, Frederick Guthrie on the thermal 
resistance of, 15. 
Lobley (J. Logan) on the range and 
distribution of the British fossil Bra- 
chiopoda, 71; on the topography of 
Vesuvius, with an account of the 
recent eruption, 137. 
*Login (T.) on the abrading and trans- 
porting power of water, 193. 
Longmynd Rocks of Sweden, Prof. Otto 
Hae on some new fossils from the, 
Lothingland, notice of rare fishes occur- 
REPORT—1868. 
ring in Norfolk and, by T. E. Gunn, 
97. 
Lowe (Dr. John) on the occurrence of 
spherical iron nodules in the Lower 
Greensand, 72. 
Lowne (Benjamin T.) on type-variation 
and polymorphism in their relation to 
Mr. Darwin’s theory of the origin of 
species, 104, 
Lumiere, Prof. Morren sur une action 
peeualee de la, sur les sels d’argent, 
19. 
Macalister (Alexander) on the homolo- 
gies and comparative anatomy of the 
atlas and axis, 117. 
M‘Intosh (Dr. W. C.) on the proboscis 
of Ommatoplea, 105; on the boring of 
certain Annelids, 105. 
Mann (Horace) on some statistics rela- 
ting to the Civil Service, 174. 
Mann (Dr. R. J.) on the resemblance 
and contrasts of the climates of the 
Mauritius and Natal, 21; abstract of 
meteorological observations made at 
Pietermaritzburg, Natal, 24; on the 
coal-field of Natal, 73; on the gold- 
field of South Africa, 137. 
Markham (Clements R.) on the physical 
geography of the portion of Abyssinia 
traversed by the English expedition- 
ary force, 138. 
Matthiessen (Dr.) and Dr. W. J. Russell 
on the vesicular structure of copper, 
38. 
Mauritius and Natal, Dr. R. J. Mann on 
the resemblance and contrasts of the 
climates of, 21. 
, C. Meldrum on storm-warnines in, 
30. 
Maw (George) on the sequence of the 
deposits in Norfolk and Suftolk supe- 
rior to the Red Crag, 73; on the oc- 
currence of Lastrea rigida in North 
Wales, 105. 
Meldrum (Charles) on synoptic weather- 
charts of the Indian ocean, 28; on 
storm-warnings in Mauritius, 30. 
Men and women, Miss L. E. Becker on 
some supposed differences in the minds 
of, with regard to educational neces- 
sities, 155. 
Merrifield (Charles W.) on the necessity 
for further experimental knowledge 
respecting the propulsion of ships, 193. 
Meteor shower of August 1868,G. Forbes 
on the, 13. 
Methyl, acetate of, W. Dittmar on the 
vapour-tension of formiate of ethyl 
and, 36, 
