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of some new fishes from Port Jackson, by J. Douglas-Ogilby, 
Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum. Four fishes are here 
described—a new genus and species of Blenniidae—/Pesraites 
heptaolus, also Platycephalus macrodon, Percisnova-cambria, and 
Latris ramsayz, the latter remarkable in its want of villiform 
teeth.—Note on JVecanthias guntheri, Cast, by J. Douglas- 
Ogilby, Assistant Zoologist, Australian Museum.—Notes on the 
geology and water supply of the interior of New South Wales, 
by the Rey. J. Milne Curran, F.G.S. The author points out 
the conditions under which the plains of the western interior 
have been formed, explains the river system or drainage of the 
level country, and indicates the sources of the subterranean 
waters which are met with in the gravel formations generally 
known as ‘‘drifts.”—Some remarks on the fertilisation of the 
genus Goodenia, by E. Haviland.—Notes on a medusa from the 
tropical Pacific, by R. von Lendenfeld, Ph.D.— Contributions 
to the zoology of New Guinea; notes on birds from the Astro- 
labe Range, with descriptions of some new species, by E. P. 
Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c. In this paper two new forms of Para- 
dise birds, Parotia lawestt and Lophorina superba minor, ave 
described, the former differing chiefly from its ally from Mount 
Arfak in the shape of the frontal crest and olive-coloured shield, 
the latter chiefly in size ; measurements of specimens from both 
districts are given. The remaining portion of the paper gives a 
list of species hitherto only recorded from Mount Arfak.—Descrip- 
tion of a new species of Collyriocincla, from Queensland, by E. 
P. Ramsay, F.R.S.E., &c. 
ParRIS 
Academy of Sciences, July 13.—M. Bouley, President, 
in the chair.—A method of determining the absolute co-ordinates 
of the polar stars without the necessity of ascertaining the in- 
strumental constants (declinations), by M. Lcewy.—Telluric 
spectra, by M. J. Janssen. The author reports the com- 
pletion of the apparatus prepared in M. Ducretet’s ade/iers 
for the study of the gases in the terrestrial atmosphere and 
of the vapour of water.—Note in reference to M. Stieltjes’ 
communication on a uniform function, by M. Hermite.— 
On the motion of a heavy revolving body attached by a 
point of its axis (continued), by M. G. Darboux.—On the 
theoretic aim of the late M. Henri Tresca’s chief studies in the 
field of mechanics, by M. de Saint-Venant.—A study of the 
action of dust-particles left to themselves, by M. Chevreult. 
The particles in question came from a factory in ~Paris, where 
the hair of cows and calves is prepared for the spinning-mills of 
England. They have been left for a twelvemonth on a sheet of 
red paper in a cylindrical vessel, where they have presented 
certain mechanical, physical, and chemical phenomena studied 
and photographed by the author.—Fundamental principles of 
the new science of dynamic meteorology : reply to M. Mascart’s 
note of June 29 (second part), by M. H. Faye.—Remarks on 
the same subject in reply to M. Faye, by M. Mascart.—Mag- 
nesia ; its preparation from sea-water and application to various 
bianches of industry, by M. Th. Schloesing.—On the central 
nervous system of TZethys leforina, by M. H. de Lacaze- 
Duthiers. — Note on the homography of two infinitely-ex- 
tended solids, by M. Sylvester. —On the nature of the 
transformations undergone by extenuated charbon virus culti- 
vated in compressed oxygen, by M. A. Chauveau.—Remarks 
on Dr. Brouardel’s report on his recent mission to Spain, by 
M. Pasteur. If Dr. Ferran has really discovered a remedy 
against cholera he will stand in no need of any Minister’s signa~ 
ture ; all mankind will welcome a guarantee of the moral and 
material value of his discovery. To persist in refusing to see 
this would justify all suspicions, as has become evident since the 
publication of the replies made to the French Mission in Spain. 
Dr. Ferran now wishes to withdraw from the position taken up 
by him, as appears from his fresh note addressed to the 
Academy. On this issue Dr. Brouardel will be the first to con- 
gratulate himself.—Remarks accompanying the presentation of 
the second edition of his work on the origin of the world, by M. 
H. Faye.— Protection against cholera by means of hypodermic 
injections of pure cultivations of the comma bacillus, by M. 
Jaime Ferran. The Spanish physician describes the results ob- 
tained from his method as quite astounding, and maintains that 
it offers an absolute remedy against cholera. The dangers of 
attack and death begin to disappear five days after vaccination, 
and the immunity from further attack increases with each suc- 
cessive injection. The period of immunity cannot yet be accu- 
rately determined, but a minimum of two months may already 
be confidently anticipated.—Observations of Barnard’s new 
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comet made at the Paris Observatory (equatorial of the West 
Tower), by M. G. Bigourdan.—On a law of reciprocity in the 
theory of displacement of a solid body, by M. A. Schcenflies.— 
On a uniform function in mathematical analysis, by M. Hermite. 
—Observation of a cloud of black particles which were seen to 
cross the solar disk with varying velocity on August 28, 1871, 
by M. E. L. Trouvelot.—Indices of refraction for some 
crystallised alums; by M. Ch. Soret.—On the spectra of 
absorption of some colouring matters, by MM. Ch. Girard 
and Pabst.—On the electric resistance of copper at a tem- 
perature of 200° C. below zero, and on the isolating point 
of liquid oxygen and nitrogen, by M. S. Wroblewski.—Heat of 
formation of the bromide and iodide of antimony, by M. Guntz. 
—On the double bromides of gold and phosphorus, and on a 
chlorobromide, by M. L. Lindet.—On a method of producing 
the alkaline earthy manganites, by M. G. Rousseau.—On the 
development of the Hematodes, and especially of Ascaris 
megalocephala, by M. de Lacaze-Duthiers.—On Adamsia pallatia 
and its association with Zupagurus Prideauxi; a hitherto un- 
recorded instance of symbiosis, by M. Faurot.—On the para- 
sites of Mena vulgaris, by M. R. Saint-Loup.—First traces of 
the presence of Permian rocks in Brittany, by M. Ed. Bureau. 
—On the Permian formations occurring in the departments of 
Aveyron and Hérault, by M. J. Bergeron.—On the distribution 
of luminous intensity and visual intensity in the solar spectrum, 
by M. Aug. Charpentier.—On a case of cebocephaly (atrophy 
of the nasal process), complicated with partial anencephaly, 
observed in a foal, by M. Dareste.—Attenuation of the cholera 
| virus, by MM. Nicati and Reitsch. From a series of experi- 
ments made on the guinea-pig the authors conclude that the 
cultivated virus loses all efficacy after a few weeks.—Photo- 
graphic experiments in a balloon, by M. G. Tissandier. During 
an ascent on June 19, 1885, in Paris, the author, aided by M. 
J. Ducom, obtained some excellent photographs at elevations 
ranging from 605 to 1100 metres. By the new processes of in- 
stantaneous photography these operations have been greatly 
facilitated, and may render effective service in time of war.— 
Remarks on a partial earthquake felt only on the surface of the 
ground in the Department du Nord, by M. Virlet d’Aoust.— 
Note on the microzymas of the Jequirity plant, by MM. J. 
Béchamp and A. Dujardin. 
CONTENTS PAGE 
A New Departure for the University of London. 265 
The Wool Fibre .-0 fe @ oes) peices 266 
Physiology of the Embryo. fy F. J. Allen. 267 
Our Book Shelf :— 
Roth’s ‘‘ Animal Parasites of the Sugar-Cane”’ 268 
Letters to the Editor :— 
Nomenclature in Elasticity.—Prof, Alex. B. W. 
Kennedy. (Jiustrated) . . « «> » « = © 20m 
Spectra Produced in Glass by Scratching.—E. F. J. 
Love. (Zllustrated) . . . % «0 eee 270 
Prof. Sylvester’s Article on ‘‘ A New Example of the 
Use of the Infinite and Imaginary in the Service of 
the Finite and Real.”—Prof. J. J. Sylvester, 
COE Ss co OL 
Rainfall of N.W. England.—Alfred O. Walker . 271 
“Foul Water.,.—Isaac C. Thompson ..... 271 
The Banner System of Drainage.—Banner Brothers 
and Co. Pree mOmoes Oooo 5 272 
On the Use of Carbon Bisulphide in Prisms . 272 
Preventing Collisions with Icebergs in a Fog. B: 
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell. .......-+.- 273) 
The Aurora, I. \(Zdstvated)\. 2 \~ 1) 7) gota 274 
The Eclipse of Chung K’Ang ........ 276 
Notes: .< Mere! 5. ie aelue ecto ce. toy heen ee : 278 
Our Astronomical Column :— | 
The Astronomische Gesellschaft ......+.++ + 280. 
The New Comet. «2 2. 2 & - - @)eneEEmnEnEeOGs 
Tuttle’s Comet <- 1 2 ce gee ies Oem RO 
Astronomical Phenomena for the Week 1885, | 
July 26 to-Augustx 9 i) 20) Si keene sete ee ann 281 
Geographical Notes ibid st lane is fe Ae, noe 281 
Annual Report of the Fishery Board for Scotland, A 
itty eco oo 6 4 4 + Sete ye ss isle: @, oes 281 
Radiant Matter Spectroscopy. By W. Crookes, : 
F.R.S., and M. Lecoq de Boisbaudran (///ustrated) 283 
Societies and Academies... .........-.- 286 
