X CONTENTS. 



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Mr. J. S. Phene on some Peculiar Stalactitic Formations from the Island of 

 Antiparos 76 



Mr. T. Plunkett on the Exploration of some Caves in the Limestone Hills 

 in Fermanagh 76 



Mr. Clement Reid on the Junction of the Limestone and Culm-measures 

 near Chudleigh 76 



Mr. H. C. Sobby on a new Method for Studying the Optical Characters of 

 Minerals 77 



Mr. Arthur Wm. Waters on the Influence of the Position of Land and 

 Sea upon a Shifting of the Axis of the Earth 77 



Mr. Henry Woodward on the Occurrence of Branc7iijnis or Chirocephalus in 

 a Fossil State in the upper part of the Fluvio-marine Series (Middle 

 Eocene) at Gurnet and Thorness Bays, near Cowes, Isle of Wight 78 



Mr. Hoeace B. Woodwahd on the Devonian Rocks near Newton Abbot and 

 Torquay ; with Remarks on the Subject of their Classification 78 



Mr. R. N. Worth on the Pala3ontology of Plymouth 79 



BIOLOGY. 



Address by J. Gwyn Jeffreys, LL.D., F.R.S., Treas. G. & L.SS., President 

 of the Section 79 



Zoology and Botany. 



Mr. Gwyn Jeffreys's Address ' 79 



Mr. Wm. Ackroyd on the Colour of Animals 100 



Dr. G. Bennett on the Habits of the Pearly Nautilus (Nautilus pompilius) . . 101 



Dr. Otto Finsch on the Biological Results of the North-German Exploring 

 Expedition 101 



Mr. R. M'Lachlan on the Colorado Beetle, and on the Panic existing as to 

 the possibility of its becoming obnoxious in this Country 102 



Professor Rolleston on New Points in the Zoology of New Guinea 102 



Mr. J. B. Rowe on Specimens of Philongria rosea exhibited 103 



Mr. T. R. Archer-Briggs on the Roses of the Neighbourhood of Plymouth 103 



Mr. G. S. Bottlger on Anticipatory Inheritance in Plants, especially with 

 reference to the Embryology of Parasites 104 



Professor Dickson on the Structure of the Pitcher of Cephalotus ....". 104 



, Exhibition of a Specimen of Pogonatwm alpinum 104 



Professor M'Nab on the Classification of the Vegetable Kingdom 104 



on the Classification of Flowering Plants considered Phyto- 



genetically 104 



on the Movements of Water in Plants 105 



on an Abnormal Plant of Primula ten's 105 



Professor Heer on the Fossil Flora of the Arctic Regions ; an Extract from a 

 Letter to Sir Joseph Hooker, K.C.S.I., F.R.S. (Communicated by the 

 Rev. W. S. Symonds.) 106 



Mr. Henry Trimen on the recent occurrence of Lavatera sylvestris, Brot., in 

 the Scilly Islands 106 



Mr. A. S. Wilson on Structural Characters in relation to Habitat in Tlants . 106 



