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 Stonesfield Slate. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Mr. H. B. Wood- 

 AVARD (Chairman), Mr. E. A. Walford (Secretary), Professor A. H. Green, 

 Dr. H. Woodward, and Mr. J. Windoes, appointed to open further sections 

 in the neighbourhood of Stonesfield in order to show the relationship of the 

 Stonesfield Slate to the underljdng and overlying strata. (Drawn up by 

 Mr. Edwin A. Walford, Secretary.) 304 



The Character of the High-level Shell-bearing Deposits at Clava, Chapelhall, 

 and other Localities (Chapelhall Section). — Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Mr. J. HoRNE (Chairman), Mr. David Robertson, Mr. T. F. 

 Jamieson, Mr. Jambs Fbaser, Mr. Percy F. Kendall, and Mr. Dfgald 



Bell (Secretary) 307 



Appendix — On the Chapelhall Clay, by D. Robertson 313 



The Volcanic Phenomena of Vesuvius and its Neighbourhood. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Mr. H. Bauerman, Mr. F. W. Rudler, Mr. 

 J. J. H. Tball, and Professor H. J. Johnston-Lavis. (Drawn up by 

 Professor H. J. Johnston-Lavis) 315 



The Marine Zoology of the Irish Sea. — Second Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Professor A. C. Haddon, Professor G. B. Howes, Mr. W. E. 

 HoTLE, Mr. I. C. Thompson, Mr. A. 0. W^alker, and Professor W. A. 

 Herdman (Chairman and Reporter) 318 



Occupation of a Table at the Zoological Station at Naples. — Report of the 

 Committee, consisting of Dr. P. L. Sclater, Professor E. Ray Lankester, 

 Professor J. Cossar Ewart, Professor M. Foster, Mr. A. Sedgwick, the late 



Professor A. M. Marshall, and Mr. Percy Sladen (Secretary) 336 



Appendix I — On the Reduction Division in the Cartilaginous Fishes. 



By J. E. S. Moore 338 



Appendix II. — A List of Naturalists who have worked at tbe Zoo- 

 logical Station from the end of June 1893 to the end of June 1894... 340 

 Appendix III. — A List of Papers which have been published in the 

 year 1893 by the Naturalists who have occupied Tables at the Zoo- 

 logical Station 341 



The Zoology of the Sandwich Lslands. — Fourth Report of the Committee, con- 

 sisting of Professor A. Newton (Chairman), Dr. W. T. Blanpord, Dr. S. J. 

 HiCKSON, Professor C. V. Riley, Mr. 0. Salvin, Dr. P. L. Sclater, Mr. 

 E. A. Smith, and Mr. D. Sharp (Secretary) 343 



The Present State of our Knowledge of the Zoology and Botany of the West 

 India Islands, and on taking Steps to investigate ascertained Deficiencies in 

 the Fauna and Flora.— Seventh Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. 

 P L. Sclater (Chairman), Mr. George Murray (Secretary), Mr. W. 

 Carrothers, Dr. A. C. L. G. Gunther, Dr. D. Sharp, Mr. F. Dtr Cane 

 Godman, and Professor A. Newton 344 



Investigations made at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological Association at 

 Plymouth. — Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor E. Ray 

 Lankester (Chairman), Professor M. Foster, Professor S. H. Vines, and 



Mr. G. C. Bourne (Secretary) 



On the Development of Alcyonium. By Dr. S. J. Hickson 345 



On the Later Stages in the Development of Decapod Crustacea. By 

 Edgar J. Allen 345 



The Influence of Previous Fertilisation of the Female on her Subsequent 

 Offspring, and the Effect of Maternal Impressions during Pregnancy on the 

 Offspring. — Interim Report of the Committee, consisting of Dr. A. Russel 

 Wallace (Chairman), Dr. James Clark (Secretary), Dr. G. J. Romanes, 

 Professor S. J. Hickson, Professor E. A. Schaper, and Dr. J. N. Langlby. 

 (Drawn up by the Secretary) 346 



