xviii REPORT — 1897. 



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4. 'Exhibition of a Collection of Devonian Fossils from Western Ontario in 



the Section Room. By Dr. S. Woolvertojt 666 



5. 'Exhibition of a Collection of British Geological Photographs in the Sec- 

 tion Room 666 



Section D.— ZOOLOGY. 



THURSDAY, AUGUST 19. 



Address by Professor L. C. Miall, F.R.S., President of the Section 667 



1. Report on Investigations made at the Zoological Station, Naples 683 



2. Report on Investigations made at the Laboratory of the Marine Biological 

 Station, Plymouth 683 



3. *0n the Naples Marine Station and its Work. By Dr. Anton Dohrn ... 683 



4. *0n a proposed Lacustrine Biological Station. By Professor R. Ramsay 

 Weight 683 



5. *The Origin of Vertebrata. By Professor C. S. Minot 683 



FRIDA Z, A UG UST 20. 



1. Reconstruction and Model of Phenacodus primsevus. Cope. By Professor 



Henry Fairfield Osboen 684 



2. On Skeletons and Restorations of Tertiary Mammalia. By Professor 



Henry Fairfield Osboen 684 



3. Oysters and the Oyster Question. By Professor W. A. Herdman, F.R.S. 685 



4. The Amblyopsidse, the Blind Fish of America. By Dr. C. H. Eisenmann 685 



5. The Origin of the Mammalia. By Professor Henry Fairfield Osboen... 686 



6. Description of Specimens of Sea-trout, Caplin, and Sturgeon from Hudson 

 Bay. By Professor Edward E. Prince 687 



7. On the Esocidae (or Luciidse) of Canada. By Professor E. E. Prince ... 688 



8. *Recent Additions to the Fish Fauna of New Brunswick. By Dr. Philip 

 Con 689 



9. Theories of Mimicry as illustrated by African Butterflies. By Professor 



Edward B. PouLTON, M.A., F.R.S 689 



10. *0n the Surface Plankton of the North Atlantic. By W. Gaestang, M.A. 691 



11. 'Remarks on Branchipus stagnalis. By A. Halkett 691 



12. Report on Zoological Bibliography and Publication 691 



13. Report on the Index generum et specierum animaliuni 691 



14. Report on the Zoology and Botany of the West Indian Islands 691 



15. Interim Report on Bird Migration in Great Britain and Ireland 691 



16. Report on African Lake Fauna 691 



17. Report on the Zoology of the Sandwich Islands 691 



18. Report on the Necessity for the Immediate Investigation of the Biology 



of Oceanic Islands 692 



MONDAY, AUGUST 2Z. 



1. Protective Mimicry as Evidence for the Validity of the Theory of Natural 



Selection. By Professor Edwaed B. Potjlton, M.A., F.R.S 692 



2. Economic Entomology in the United States. By L. 0. Hoavaed, Ph.D. 694 



