CONTENTS. XXI 



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5. The Brain Mechanism of Smell. By Dr, Alex. Hill 754 



6. The Nature and Development of the Carotid System. By John Yule 

 Mackat, M.D 754 



7. The Development of the Supra-renal Capsules in Man. By Dr. C. S. 

 MiNOT 755 



MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 5. 



1. Discussion on ' Are Acquired Characters Hereditary ? ' in which Professor 

 Lankestbe, Professor Weismann, Professor Hubrecht, Patrick Geddes, 



M. Hartog, and E. B. Poulton took part 755 



2. Further Experiments upon the Colour-relation between Phytophagous 



Larvae and their Surroundings. By E. B. Poulton 756 



3. Some Remarks on the Recent Researches of Zacharias and Dr. Boveri upon 



the Fecundation of the Ascaris Megalocephala. By Professor J. B. 

 Carnot, of the University of Louvain 756 



4. The Spermatogenesis of the Acarians and the Laws of Spermatogenesis 



in general. By Professor Gilson 758 



6. On the Nesting Habit of Atypus Niger, a Florida Spider. By Dr. 



McCooK 759 



«. On Cephalodiscus. By S. F. Harmer 759 



7. On some new types of Madreporarian Structure. By G. Heebeex 



Fowler, B.A., Ph.D 759 



8. The Role of the Heart in Vertebrate Morphology. By Dr. C. S. IMinot . 760 



9. On the Structure of the Human Placenta. By Dr. C. S. Minot 760 



10. A New Species of Virgularia. By Major Plant 760 



11. On some Rare and Remarkable Marine Forms at St. Andrews Marine 

 Laboratory. By Professor McIntosh 760 



12. On the Development of the Ovary and Oviduct in certain Osseous Fishes. 



By Edward E. Prince 760 



13. On the Luminous Larviform Females in the Phengodini. By Professor 



C. V. Rilet 760 



Sub-Section Botant. 



1. On Cramer's Gemmae borne by Tnehomanes alata. By Professor F. 0. 



Bower 761 



2. On some points in the process of Secretion in Plant-glands. By Walter 

 Gardiner 761 



■3. On Bennettites, the Type of a new gl-oup between Angiosperms and 

 Gymnosperms. By Count Solms-Lattbach 761 



4. On the Presence of CaUus-plates in the Sieve-tubes of certain gigantic 

 Laminarias. By F. W. Oliver 761 



5. On the Physiology of some Pbseophycese. By Thomas Hick, B.A., 

 B.Sc 761 



6. On Assimilation and the Evolution of Oxygen by Green Plant Cells. By 

 Professor Pringsheim 763 



7. Some Words on the Life-history of Lycopods. By Dr. M. Treub 763 



8. On a point in the Morphology of Viola Tricolor. By Professor Batlex 

 Balfour 763 



