INDEX II. 



277 



Laycock (Dr.), handwriting and drawing 

 of the insane, as illustrative of some 

 modes of cerebral functions, 205. 



Leaves, on the colours of, 138. 



Length, on the nomenclature of metrical 

 measures of, 244. 



Lens, on a new photographic, 63. 



Lewes (G. H.) on the necessity of a re- 

 form in nerve-physiology, 166 ; on a 

 demonstration of the muscular sense, 

 167; on the supposed distinction be- 

 tween sensory and motory nerves, 

 168. 



Lewis, on a diatomaceous deposit found 

 in the island of, 133. 



Light, 10; on the theory of, 12, 22; on 

 the affections of polarized, reflected 

 and transmitted by thin plates, 14 ; 

 on a portable apparatus for analysing, 

 62. 



Lima, on the engines of the, 231. 



Lime, on the formation of rosolate of, on 

 cotton fabrics in hot climates, 68. 



Lindelof (Prof.) on the calculus of varia- 

 tions, 5. 



Lindsay (J. B.) on the transmission of 

 electricity through water, 13 ; on Chi- 

 nese astronomy, 35. 



Liquids, on the relation between refrac- 

 tive index and volume among, 12. 



Livingstone expedition, letter from Dr. 

 Kirk relating to the, 183. 



Lloyd (Rev. H.) on the affections of 

 polarized light reflected and transmitted 

 by thin plates, 14. 



Longitude, on the, 34 ; on Sir Christopher 

 Wren's cipher, containing three me- 

 thods of finding the, ib. 



Longmuir (Rev. Dr.) on the section of the 

 coast between the Girdleness and Dun- 

 nottar Castle, 261 ; on the remains of 

 the cretaceous formation, &c. in Aber- 

 deenshire, 262 ; on the restoration of 

 Pterichthys in ' The Testimony of the 

 Rocks,' 263. 



Lophius piscatorius, on the osteology of, 

 265. 



Lowe (E. J.) on the temperature of the 

 flowers and leaves of plants, 135. 



Luccrnariadae, on the structure of the, 



143. 

 Lunar craters, Geminus, Burckhardt, and 

 Bernoulli on the mid-day illumination 

 of the, 30. 

 Lunars, on calculating, 4. 

 Lyell (Sir C), introductory address by, to 

 the Geological Section, 93 ; letter to, by 

 J. W. Dawson, Esq., on the occurrence 

 of a land shell and reptiles in the South 

 Joggins coal-field, Nova Scotia, 102. 



Macadam (Dr. S.) on the analysis and 

 valuation of manures, 72. 



M'Bain (Dr. James) on a skull of a 

 manatee from Old Calabar, 150 ; on 

 the duration of life in the Actinia 

 mesembryanthemum when kept in con- 

 finement, 152 ; on the skull of a wom- 

 bat from the bone-caves of Australia, 

 ib. ; on the skull of a seal from the 

 Gulf of California, 153. 



M'Combie (Hon. T.) on the aboriginals 

 of Australia, 186; on the statistics of 

 the trade and progress of the colony of 

 Victoria, 218. 



Macdonald (J. D.) on the homologies of 

 the coats of Tunicata, with remarks on 

 the physiology of the Pallial Sinus 

 system of Brachiopoda, 170. 



Macdonald (Prof.) on the osteology of 

 Lophius piscatorius, 265. 



M'Donnell (J.) on the action of air on 

 alkaline arsenites, 74. 



M'Gowan (Dr.) on certain phenomena 

 attendant on volcanic eruptions and 

 earthquakes in China and Japan, 115 ; 

 on the cultivation of the opium poppy 

 of China, 136 ; on the native inhabitants 

 of Formosa, 186; on Chinese genea- 

 logical tables, ib. ; on the trade cur- 

 rency of China, 223. 



Mackenzie (J. T.) on the trade and com- 

 merce of India, 217. 



M'Leod (J. Lyons) on the resources of 

 Eastern Africa, 188. 



Macvicar (John G.) on the philosophy of 

 physics, 59 ; on the organic molecules 

 and their relations to each other, 72. 



Magnetic disturbances, on the connexion 

 between the solar spots and, 245. 



Magnetism, 10 ; on the cause of, 28. 



Manatee, on the skull of a, from Old 

 Calabar, 150. 



Manures, on the effects of different, on 

 the composition of the mixed herbage 

 of meadow-land, 70 ; on the analysis 

 and valuation of, 72. 



Marcet (Dr. W.) on the action of alcohol 

 on the nervous system, 1 70. 



Marsh's test for arsenic, on, 75. 



Masters (Maxwell T.) on vegetable mor- 

 phology and the theory of the meta- 

 morphosis of plants, 136. 



Matches without phosphorus or poison, 

 on, 74. 



Mathematics, 1, 245. 



Maxwell (Prof. J. C.) on the dynamical 

 theory of gases 9 ; on the mixture of 

 the colours of the spectrum, 15 ; on an 

 instrument for exhibiting the motions 

 of Saturn's rings, 62. 



