INDEX. 
Life zones in the British carboniferous 
rocks, report on, 226. 
Light, secondary standards of, large bulb 
incandescent electric lamps as, Prof. 
J. A, Fleming on, 682. 
{Lightning strokes, the action of, on 
buildings, by K. Hedges, 688. 
*Linear difference equations, Rev. E. W. 
Barnes on some, 464. 
*Linear partial differential equations, the 
theory of, by Maj. P. A. MacMahon, 
440. 
Linear substitution, the roots of the 
characteristic equation of a, J. T. Ia, 
Bromwich on, 440. 
*Lipari Islands, the, and their volcanoes, 
by Dr. Tempest Anderson, 634. 
LISTER (J. J.) on the coral reefs of the 
Indian region, 298. 
Liveine (Prof. G. D.) on wave-length 
tables of the spectra of the elements and 
compounds, 66. 
*LIVERSIDGE (Prof. A.), exhibition of 
photographs of sections of an Aus- 
tralian siderite, 530. 
Local museums, the utilisation of, with 
special reference to schools, by Rev. W. 
Johnson, 388. 
Lock (R. H.), experiments on the be- 
haviour of differentiating colour- 
characters in maize, 593. 
Lockyer (Sir J. Norman) on wmave- 
length tables of the spectra of the 
elements and compounds, 66. 
* ____ the temperature of the stars, 459. 
Lockyer (Dr. W. J.8.), the short-period 
barometric see-saw and its relation to 
rainfall, 459. 
—— some results with the Solar Physics 
Observatory photo-spectro heliograph, 
480. 
LODGE (Sir Oliver) on practical electri- 
cal standards, 30. 
—— on the influence of eraminations, 360. 
Logic and psychology, the present edu- 
cational position of, by Miss HE. E. C. 
Jones, 840. 
Lomas (J.) on the erratic blocks of the 
British Tsles, 237. 
on the fauna and flora of the Trias 
of the British Isles, 275. 
Loos’s, Professor, recent researches on 
Ankylostoma (the miners’ worm), A. B. 
Shipley on, 596. 
Lotsy (Dr. J. P.), the virgin-woods of 
Java, 803. 
the discovery of a new alkaloid in 
strychnos nux vomica, 817. 
Lotus ornament, the evolution of the, by 
Prof. O. Montelius, 700. 
Lotz (Prof. W.), the effect of Protection. 
on some German industries, 651. 
Low (Sidney), the increase of suburban 
populations, 661. 
875 
*Low-temperature phenomena, new, and 
their scientific applications, Prof. Sir 
J. Dewar on, 531. 
Lower cretaceous phosphatic beds and 
their fauna, G. W. Lamplugh on, 548. 
Lowry (Dr. T. M.), dynamic isomerism, 
193. 
LuMMER (Dr. O.) on the separation of 
the finest spectral lines, 465. 
—-- on W-rays, 467. 
MACALISTER (Prof. A.) on the coral reefs 
of the Indian region, 298. 
— on archeological and ethnological 
researches in Crete, 321. 
on anthropometric investigations 
among the native troops of the Egyptian 
army, 339. 
on the present state of anthropological 
teaching, 341. 
— exhibit of Amorite crania, 718. 
MACALLUM (Prof. A. B.) on the distribu- 
tion of potassium in animal and vege- 
table cells, 757. 
*MACFARLANE (Prof. J. M.), the history 
and distribution of Catesby’s pitcher 
plant (Sarracen catesbet), 823. 
*___ observations on two species of 
Alpine rose and their supposed hybrids, 
823. 
*____ exhibition of a bigeneric hybrid 
between Gymnadenia and Migritella, 
823. 
McHEnrY (A.) on the exploration of the 
Edenvale caves, co. Clare, 288. 
McIntosH (Prof. W. C.) on the oceupa- 
tion of a table at the zoological station 
at Naples, 300. 
—— on the Pacific, Atlantic, Japanese, 
and other ‘ Palolos,’ 608. 
MaAcIvER (Randall) on anthropometric 
investigation in Great Britain and 
Treland, 330. 
MACKINLAY (Lieut.-Col. G.), ‘realistic 
arithmetic,’ 844. 
McLAREN (Lord) on meteorological ob- 
servations on Ben Nevis, 55. 
McLELLAN (W.) and C. H. MERz, the 
use of electricity on the North-Eastern 
Railway and on Tyneside, 678. 
MACMAHON (Major P. A.) on the work of 
the Corresponding Societies Committee, 
377. 
*____ the theory of linear partial dif- 
ferential equations, 440. 
MacWini1Am (Prof. J. A.) on reflex and 
direct response to galvanic and faradic 
currents, 741. 
Madras, the progress of the ethnographic 
survey of, by E. Thurston, 705. 
Madreporaria of the Bermuda Islands, 
report on the, 299. 
