INDEX. 



935 



450 ; *notes on the accuracy of the 

 sculptures and paintings of races on 

 the Egyptian monuments, 899 ; studies 

 on some groups of his casts and 

 photographs of ethnographic types 

 from Egypt, 1887, by Rev. H. G. Tom- 

 kins, ih. ; *observations thereon, by 

 Dr. I. Taylor, 907. 



Pbffioph}'ceae, the physiology of some, T. 

 Hick on, 761. 



Fhengodi iii, the luminous larviform 

 females in the. Prof. C. V. Riley on, 

 7G0. 



*Phenol series, isomeric change in tlie, 

 by A. R. Ling, G42. 



Phillips (R. C), the Lower Congo: a 

 sociological study, 798. 



Photograpliic star-discs, the nature of 

 the, and the removal of a difficulty in 

 measurements for parallax, Prof. C. 

 Pritchard on, 580. 



Phthisis centres in Manchester and Sal- 

 ford, by A. Ransome, 852. 



Phyllites of the Isle of Man, Prof. W. 

 Boyd Dawkins on the, 700. 



Phyllopoda, the fossil, of the palneozoic 

 rocks, fifth report on, 60. 



*Phymusoma, the genus, notes on, by W. 

 F. R. Weldon, 736. 



Physical constants of solution, third re- 

 port on the investigation of certain, 

 especially the expansion of saline so- 

 lutions, 48. 



Phj'sical Section, the Mathematical and, 

 Address by Prof. Sir R. S. Ball to, 

 569. 



Physiology of the lymphatic system, re- 

 port on the, 145. 



Pickering (Prof.) on the bibliography of 

 solution, 57. 



Pickering (Prof. E. C), exhibition and 

 descriiDtion of Henry Draper memorial 

 photographs of stellar spectra, 622. 



Picrite, a Shropshire, by W. W. Watts, 

 700. 



*Pierce (J., junr.) on the United States 

 geographical and geological survey, 

 804. 



Piloceras, Salter, the genus, as elucidated 

 by examples lately discovered in North 

 America and in Scotland, A. H. Foord 

 on, 717. 



Pitt-Rivers (Gen.) on the preparation of 

 anew edition of 'Anthropological Notes 

 and Queries,' ] 72 ; on racial photo- 

 graphs from the ancient Egyptian 

 pictures and sculptures, 439 ; on the 

 work of the Corresponding Societies 

 Committee, 459. 



*Placenta, the human, Dr. C. S. Minot on 

 the structure of, 760. 



Plant (J.) on the erratic blocks of Eng- 

 land, Wales, and Ireland, 236 ; on the 

 circulation of underground waters, 858. 



*Plant (Major), a new species of virgu- 

 laria, 760. 



Plesiosaitrns, the mode of development of 

 the young in, Prof. H. G. Seeley on, 

 697. 



Plimpton (Dr. R. T.) on the estimation 

 of tlie halogens and sulphur in organic 

 compounds, 669. 



Pliocene beds of St. Erth, Cornwall, the, 

 by R. G. Bell, 718. 



*Polar bodies, Prof. Weismann on, 763. 



Poole (R. S.) on racial photographs 

 from the ancient Egyptian pictures 

 and scul^Dtures, 439. 



Porphyritic structure in some rocks of 

 the Lizard district, H. Fox and A. 

 Somervail on the occurrence of, 708. 



Porphyry quarries, the ancient, of Egypt, 

 account of a recent visit to, by W. 

 Brindley, 801 . 



Portland cement, improvements in the 

 manufacture of, by F. Ransome, 864. 



Poulton (E. B.), further experiments upon 

 the colour-relation between pliyto- 

 phagous larviu and their surroundings, 

 756 ; further experiments upon the 

 protective value of colour and markings 

 in insects, 763 ; the secretion of pure 

 aqueous formic acid by lepidopterous 

 larvjE for the ^jurpose of defence, 765. 



Poynting (Prof. J. H.) on the work of the 

 Ditferential Gravity Meter Committee, 

 41 ; on electrolysis in its physical and 

 chemical bearings, 336. 



Prance (C. C.) on depreciation of land as 

 caused by recent legislation, 835. 



Preece (W. H.) on the desirability of 

 combined action for the translation of 

 foreign memoirs, 41 ; on standards of 

 light, 47 ; on standards for use in elec- 

 trical measurements, 206 ; on the spe- 

 cific resistance of commercial iron, 609 ; 

 on induction between wires and wires, 

 611 ; on the co-efficient of self-induc- 

 tion in telegraph wires, 612 ; on copper 

 wire, 874 ; fast speed telegraphy, ib. ; 

 on the British Association standard 

 screw gauge, 884 ; *on an improved 

 railway reading-lamp, ib. 



Pre-glacial man, tlie migrations of, Dr. 

 H. Hicks on, 912. 



Prehistoric inhabitants of the British 

 Islands, the localities in which evi- 

 dences of the existence of, are found, 

 report of the Committee for ascertain- 

 ing and recording, 168. 



Prehistoric race in the Greek Islands, 

 second report on the, 200 ; report by 

 Mr. Bent on the ancient marble com- 

 merce of Thasos, 201. 



Prestwich (Prof. J.) on the erratic blocks 

 of England, Wales, and Ireland, 236 ; 

 on the circulation of underground 

 waters, 358. 



